Calisdad wrote:Maybe I'm slow but I didn't see how it promotes any particular dog food company as it give you the formula and lets you rate any food you wish. As far as by-product meals, what would you rather eat: chicken breast or a chicken lip burger ? It also takes into account preservatives which are known cancer causeing agents, salt etc. Most people forget that kibble didn't exist before 1950 and our dogs lived much longer and still do where its not used. I don't even give my dogs tap water becuse I don't think their systems were designed to filter chlorine. Buts that's just me- some (most) find that odd.
btw- I didn't know the nickname for Richard was a censorable word. I'll watch it in the future.
It is put out by the people who are employed by the company that makes Blue. The whole thing has ads for it.
Just to set the record straight, the formulas for the different feeds are not public knowledge and are not given in the article. They do take a list of the ingredients that is published but it is impossible to use those and know what the fromula is.
As far as by-products meal, I would rather eat the chicken probably, though we do eat a lot of by-products too, such as chicken hotdogs plus many others. And we do know that what we eat and what a dog eats need to be different since their tastes and requirements have little connection to a humans needs or taste. And the truth is the by-product meal is much more nutritious than the meat by itself. Its from the "chicken lips" that the dog gets the fats, minerals, and all of the other good stuff for the joints.
There are some preservatives that are suspected to be cancer causing at certain levels and if they are they can't be used at those levels. The reason that preservatives were used and still are is to keep the food we eat fit for consumption and to reduce the medical problems that used to be caused by spoiled food. I would rather be exposed to a remote possibility of cancer than dead from botulism, which is the side of the arguement that you never read about from the people who promote natural things only. We need to thank the scientist that have worked so hard to find ways to keep our foods healthy so we can live long enough to complain about how bad everything is for us.
Your comment about longevity being greater before kibble was made and used is just plain 100% wrong and there is nothing else to say about it.
About the water I have no idea if they filter chlorine and different than any other animal but I know it has not caused and problems over the years. I would bet a dog can filter most anything after seeing them stirup mud puddles before they drink, watching them eat cat, horse, and pigeon poop and lick their lips when through, or seeing them pick up roten carcasses and seem to enjoy them to eat and to roll in.
AAll of these thing s a re just normal for a dog and pretty well demonstrates a few of the differences between the dog and human spieces. I just can't find the basis of tryong to compare their needs or desires to ourselves and I do know that when they are teated as human they sure aren't healthier and they sure don't act happier. That said, it is wonderful we live in a country where so far, even though it is changing rapidly, you can feed what you like and our dogs are able to handle it and most can live a long and healthy life.
Ezzy
get exceed from Sams. 
