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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Linda - my article might provoke a lot of comment or thought and if it does, that's great - but I don't intend in the near future at least, to follow up with it or 'grill' the specialist who I interviewed on any reactions. What one person tells you is no good another will say that its ok and ever beneficial, and there are degrees of intake. By this I mean, that if one uses onions as an example, half a medium size onion is unlikely to cause any adversity to a dog, but a whole onion might or might not cause a toxic reaction and an onion a day might set your dog down the slippery slope to illness. I can only assume that a world class dog nutritionist would not recommend a product if that product contained something which is going to harm a normal and hitherto healthy dog. And neither is the international organisation which subjects dog food products to rigorous testing and analysing.
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If I were interviewing someone who said that Hills was the best all around food for my pet, I would want to know why and what ingredients are in the food and why they feel those ingredients are beneficial for optimum health. I guess I would ask these questions in the first interview, and then a follow-up would not be necessary.
I was hoping this info would be in your article, but I am still waiting to receive it, and I hope you intend to send it since I requested.
I am not knocking all the RX foods - as Darci has mentioned, I know there are situations that dogs/cats may get better on them. But I do agree with her statement in the other thread, "Dexter's", that even Royal Canin RX foods are better. The general overall selection of the Hills foods and what is in them, and what they are lacking, is why I don't have my pets on their food.
While 1/2 an onion might not make my dog ill, I don't intend to feed him that 1/2 onion on a daily basis. A product such as the Hills brand food or others, May in a lot of cases, be the dogs primary food, fed to the dog every day. So if it is something being given to a dog/cat, on a daily basis then one(such as me) wants to feel that what I am giving my pet is a healthy nutritious food that may help him live a longer life. I don't see Corn/filler, or by-products as something I want to feed my pet and I do think that there are profits to be made by all the vets that promote it.
If someone had to write a persuasive paper for a teacher as to why they should buy a product, just "saying so" would not cut it. The teacher would want facts/data and reasons why she should get that product over the others, not just a statement saying it is the best.