[Dillydoodle]

Michael Romanos stated "Dillydoodle - you're being very unfair. The guy who said Hill's dog food products are the best is a world class small animal/ dog nutritionist based in a University in NZ and completely independent from any salesmen or sales pitch.
Then the vet who suggested gluscosamine for Dexter said that Dex should have the stuff either as a supplement or in the dog food called Hills JD - because Hills JD contains sufficient quantities of gluscosamine. You just jumped on a bandwagon. And I suppose you don't work for Hills but for a rival organisation.
Maybe you should read the article I have produced re The Ultimate Meal thread."

Here I am on the appropriate thread to continue this. I just wanted to assure you, Michael, I work for my mortage broker husband, i do not work in any part for any pet food organization. I just did my research on line, reading books, talking to the vets that don't buy into the whole Hills Science Diet is the best theory that has been pumped into their heads. I used to be a proponent for Hills Science diet 14 yrs ago, I thought their food was the best. This is all i fed my cats. At that time, they may have been the best when compared to the supermarket sugar-laden by product filled dog and cat "food" of the day. When My eldest cat developed Diabetes it set me off on a mission to learn about what is in pet foods and how their body's use the components of the food. HIlls science has corn meal as first ingredient in their cat foods too- Cat's have a differently functioning pancreas than dogs and humans, their pancreas cannot process carbohydrates effectively and over time, the over worked pancreas eventually craps out, and when that happens the pancreas no longer makes its own insulin and the blood sugar skyrockets. Why would a top company that call themselves SCIENCE feed a product to a cat that is scientifically proven to cause harm? Regarding my comments about their dog foods- I dont think i was being unfair, only stating what is contained in the hills science diet. If the JD has good amounts of glucosamine that is great, but it doesnt change the fact that the basic food to which that glucosamine was added is far from optimal- Corn meal, peanut hulls, meat by-product meal, chicken liver FLAVORING ( which by the way- in pet foods can often be the words used to hide Monosodium Glutamate -MSG- which is far from healthy for people or animals.) I am not trying to fight with anyone here, just please, read up on canine nutrition....and if you can afford to feed the HIlls science diet food you can certainly afford to feed some of the other healthier all natural choices... doesn't your pup deserve that? IF Glucosamine is needed for joint health, then buy it separately and add it to their food yourself, that is what i have done. If you buy it in a large size container, the overall cost really becomes quite effective.
Emilie