Re: [PyrNet-L] Bil-Jac

[Jaime Stathis <jstathis@andover.edu>]

i am a sucker for healthy, wholesome, whole food for me and my dog.  the
thought of feeding her nasty by-products grosses me out, and i think a dog
is only as good as what you put into him or her. i agree that expensive
isn't always better, but you have to pay attention to the ingredients.
imagine what you would look and feel loike if you ate mcdonalds every day...



At 12:56 PM 11/01/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>Just a warning -- after reading a Consumer Reports article that said the
>expensive dog foods (Iams, Science Diet, etc.) weren't any better (in fact,
>were worse) that Wal-Mart/Sam's Club brand Old Roy, we switched our Pyrs to
>Wal-Mart's Old Roy. One of our Pyrs, for some still unknown reason, was
unable
>to process any of the nutrients in it.
>
>Within six months, he went from 130 to 90 pounds, his hair became thin and
>very dull, he had constant ear infections, and unexplainable and unhealing
>lesions on the tops of his paws.  Meanwhile, we were at the vet weekly
running
>blood tests, stool tests, urine tests, skin scrapings, etc.  (Thank God for
>pet insurance!)  We were on antibiotics, and every other kind of medicine you
>can imagine.  And then one day it dawned on me that his food was different
and
>he didn't have any problems before that!  In short, we were starving our poor
>dog to death and didn't even know it.  Talk about feeling horrible.
>
>Well, after that, Consumer Reports ran a retraction saying that the testing
>had been skewed and was inaccurate.  Science Diet and the like are still the
>best dog foods on the market!
>
>Just so I'm not misleading anyone... our other Pyr had absolutely no trouble
>with Old Roy.  It's just that some dogs have strange/finicky digestive
>systems.  So if you watch your dog closely, you should be fine.
>
>In the end, it all turned out fine: we put him back on Science Diet (he got
>dry as well as two cans of food a day -- how heavenly!), and gained all his
>weight back in three months.  His coat is now back to it's original fullness,
>and he's doing great!
>
>Marcia Williamson
>Wheaton, IL
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>Dancingpyr@aol.com on 11/01/99 12:24:18 PM
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>In a message dated 99-10-30 22:39:53 EDT, you write:
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><< my pyr that's in a reasonable price range " under $15.00 for a 20 lb.
>bag".   >>
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>Do you have a Sam's Club card?  A long-time breeder suggested to us to go to
>Sam's and get theirown brand of dry dog food.  We went to check it out, and
>found that the ingredients and % were about the same as the Purina that we
>had been feeding our guys.  Also a 50 pound bag costs $9.95 here in South
>Carolina.  We've been using it for around 3 months now, and so far the
>results seem good.  Mind you, they don't just get dry dogfood!  Not our
>spoiled children.
>
>Robyn
>dancingpyr@aol.com
>Taylors, South Carolina
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