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#68721 - 03/01/06 07:45 PM
Dog Food
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I have an Australian Sheppard I adopted two years ago who is about 6 or 6.5 years old. I've always fed him Pedigree Complete Nutrition, yet now that he is approaching "senior" years, thought of switching to Purina One.
I've read the ingredients and they seem pretty much the same, yet have any of you gals that have used either product, or both, seen a difference in your dog?
Thanks!
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#68725 - 03/02/06 04:41 AM
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Registered: 10/22/05
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When our dogs reach 7 or 8 we start them on senior food. I'm not sure what brand we used for the last ones, I think maybe Purina, but it seems to me when I compared ingredients, the senior formulas included more elements for joint health.
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#68727 - 03/02/06 10:18 AM
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Registered: 10/11/05
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Well, I just want to jump in here!
Our Winston, an old lab, by any standards, was failing. He had arthritis, and was showing it. He had spent 2 years in the mountains with another family when I could not have him where I lived..... And was fed Purina. When we got him back, he had lost his bark!!!!!!!!!!! I had never heard of such a thing, and did some research. What I found, amazed me. I could readily see that my dog had lost much besides his bark - and he was already 15 years old. So I decided to take the risk.
I began to make his own food. I called it "doggy stew". I made a "stew" of 10 grain cereal, spinach, carrots, celery, garlic, tomatoes, and whatever meat was on sale - mostly liver (of any kind) or chicken....What I saw was nothing short of amazing....His bark came back!!! He began to move around more like he used to and enjoy his life with us. Sadly, after another 2 years, he left us, but, still, I think, at his age, he would have left us sooner......My only thought was that even if you feed your animal the best of prepared foods (we did move him to Science Diet) , they don't have the very best ingredients to sustain long life!!! So now, I am a proponent of making-your-own!!!!
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Oh, but I should mention, we also fed him vitamins for senior dogs. Only $5 for a huge bottle......well worth the effort. You may buy these at Wal Mart.
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#68728 - 03/03/06 09:07 AM
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Searcher, my dogs better not ever meet yours, they'll move to Idaho!
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