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Old 07-18-2007, 09:05 PM   #22 (permalink)
Michael Romanos
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Taflar/Peggy - you are going around in circles and all this produces is to implant into Corgi owners and potential Corgi owners on Go Corgi a method of feeding Corgis - puppies in particular - with the wrong food for their particular life stage that they are in. The great dog food producing companies with premium international reputations on the line, do not produce food for the sake of it and do not attempt to mislead the public. They have years of research behind them and they engage highly qualified canine nutritionists and other qualified people at great expense. You are wrong in previously stating that these producers make and promote puppy/senior food because it makes more profit for them. The difference in costs to the buyer is in a lot of cases of no consequence and can even be cheaper - and the products usually cost more to produce anyway. So when they tell you that adult food for Corgi size dogs is for dogs over 12 months and that puppy food is for dogs under 12 months and senior food is for dogs seven years and over, it is not to be disregarded unless there is a absolute specific reason.
One can feed a puppy with dog food recommended only for adults and that puppy can grow up with little apparent problems but the bases for the different ingredients in puppy food may come back to bite his/her bum of the Corgi lacking in whatever, later in life......... and yours.
I have spoken to many people about this subject - and yes, some are expert in the field and in giving out advice to clients, and NONE share yours or Glencorgi's philosophy.
Ideally babies and children and puppies need particular nourishments etc in their formative and growing years/year for a solid platform to their adult and senior stages of life. If you can't buy into that, then so be it - but you should desist from promoting the opposite.
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