| Is a discount dog food just cheaper than other food | | | | anything left on the floor or any leftover parts from |
| or is it really bad for your dog? You might be a little | | | | a "human grade" slaughter house. We pet lovers |
| taken back on the findings. There are lower priced | | | | would consider this a discount food but it never be |
| foods that can be OK. There are food makers that | | | | presented that way to us. |
| say they are organic, or we don't use fillers, or (and I | | | | Below are some findings on brand name dog foods |
| love this one) our food comes from human grade | | | | what some would consider discount dog food. These |
| facilities. Wouldn't you think these would be better | | | | are listed on the websites. |
| foods? Well, read on to find out the truth. | | | | BENEFUL: Their first ingredient is, ground yellow corn |
| Exploring food comparisons I found more information | | | | (substandard), second, chicken by-product meal |
| than I really wanted to know, but I am glad I did for | | | | (substandard) third, corn gluten meal (substandard) |
| my dog's sake. I brought these to the vet to get his | | | | no meat at all |
| opinion and he looked down and agreed it was true. | | | | PURINA: First ingredient, whole grain corn |
| There is discount dog food that is no worse than the | | | | (substandard), Second, poultry by-product |
| expensive foods. Just read the packages. | | | | (substandard) Third, animal fat (substandard) no meat |
| In my area there is one food I never bought for my | | | | OL'ROY (this is a Walmart food) First ingredient, |
| dog because it wasn't a name brand and it was | | | | ground yellow corn (substandard), Second, meat and |
| considered a discount dog food. It was only after | | | | bone meal (substandard) Third, corn gluten meal |
| doing the dog food comparisons that I learned it is | | | | (substandard) When You look at their label you will |
| not as expensive because it is made locally using only | | | | see BHA this is a cancer causing preservative. |
| ingredients from local farmers, and they only sell it to | | | | I could not list all the ingredients here but I know |
| a few states in the area. So what I thought was a | | | | that you get the idea. Read the ingredients. |
| discount dog food was really the same as more | | | | Now just because a food is less expensive as the |
| expensive brands just produced and sold in a | | | | discount food above don't let price be what causes |
| different way. Doing research can be good for your | | | | you to make a choice. I found this out after doing |
| dog. | | | | dog food comparisons. Now we will take a look at |
| It is not hard to tell the best foods from a discount | | | | IAMS dog food |
| food, just look at the label. The less ingredients the | | | | IAMS: Their first ingredient is lamb meal |
| better the food. I learned this when I did dog food | | | | (substandard), Second, brewers rice (not bad) Third |
| comparisons. The food should have a meat listed as | | | | corm meal (substandard) again no meat. IAMS put |
| the first ingredient, not a by-product. Do you want to | | | | ethoxyquin in certain foods as a preservative, it is |
| know what a by-product can be? READY? Some | | | | cancer causing. (they state the use of ethoxyquin on |
| may find this shocking. By-products can be heads, | | | | their website) I could not imagine IAMS being in the |
| unborn animal babies, unclean intestines, road kill or | | | | same category as a discount dog food. |
| the dreaded 4"d's" (disables, dead, dying or diseased | | | | Don't think that just because the price is higher the |
| animals). Now as for "human grade meat" that can be | | | | food is better. Even a discount dog food can be ok. |