We give our large breed dog Limited Ingredient (by Blue Buffalo) specifically because it doesn't contain grains and other irritants. Maybe I'm being overly cynical, but I'm concerned that General Mills ownership will decrease the quality of the ingredients, and we'll have to find another brand, which has always proved to be a tricky, extended process of trial and error, where the "error" leads to your dog losing weight and having diarrhea.
I wonder how long it's going to be until we hear about a direct-to-consumer online pet food store that gives a bag of food to a dog in need for every bag purchased
The big food conglomerates have been buying up pet food makers for decades. Gives a convenient place to dump all the leftovers from their human food production.<p>Best option is to find a maker that still only makes pet food, or take the old fashioned approach and feed the dog raw bones and leftovers.
I feed my purebred English bulldog:<p>He started off on royal cabin puppy bulldog blend.<p>Then I was a little smarter, and fed Origin.<p>Origin I found was true protein rich.
Switched to Acanna, which is actuallyade by same people as origin, just less protein.<p>Tried fromms, taste of the wild.<p>Then nutrience grain free with freeze dried meat.<p>I have used this a few times inbetween, but now back on it.
Zignature Kangaroo formula.<p><a href="https://www.zignature.com/?portfolio=kangaroo-formula-dry&lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.zignature.com/?portfolio=kangaroo-formula-dry&la...</a><p>With my dogs allergies and gastro issues, this has been the best.<p>Hypoallergenic meat first recipe, with no Corn, grains, Wheat, Soy, Dairy, or Chicken, Chicken Eggs, or Chicken By-Products.<p>My Dog is allergic to chicken, suprised how much chicken meal is in alot of dog foods.<p>They pet store basically said: "has your dog ever had kangaroo? unlikely, and its only meat in it.)<p>So I tried it, maybe not the absolute most favorite of my dog, but he still enjoys it and it's been the best for him.<p>Never tried blue origin, likely won't now, my wife' heart always dropped watching the commercials telling the history of blue the dog and the resulting company in memory
I don't wanna be the "why is this on HN" guy, and I certainly don't <i>mind</i> that it's here, but I really don't see any possible hacker angle here. I'm not complaining, I'm just puzzled.
People interested in this topic might want to check out the Skept Vet's web site:<p><a href="http://skeptvet.com/Blog/" rel="nofollow">http://skeptvet.com/Blog/</a><p>The site is run by a veterinarian who "takes a skeptical and science-based look at veterinary medicine". There's a strong bias towards evidence based research over junk/pseudo-science (which should appeal to a lot of HN'ers), and I've learned a lot from reading his blog.
"Hacker News" this is not. I hate to be the guy saying "why is this article on here" but I do miss the stuff that used to be on this site :(