B-I-G PROBLEM...need help

although it does contain meat it also contains a lot of veggies and calcium.

Who told you that?[8|]

If they have Beneful then they probably have purina one and the other formula's. Beneful is a terrible food that should never ever be recommended!

Maybe I didn't read his reply correctly, but I could've sworn that he said what he was feeding his dog wasn't due to religious beliefs.

No, Beneful is not a great food. It's usually regarded as a very BAD food for dogs. It has hardly any nutritional value, but Bailyismystar, if your dog is doing good on it and he/she is eating it, then good.[]

I agree with Baileys Mom. If you want to feed vegetables feed Beneful, there are plenty of vegetable on the bag []

If you want to feed vegetables feed Beneful, there are plenty of vegetable on the bag

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Didnt you think beneful was good food when you were feeding it? [] [8D]

ORIGINAL: mudpuppy

dogs rarely hold religious beliefs about not eating meat. Trying to force your religious beliefs on a dog seems rather odd to me, especially since in this case it's likely to damage the dog's health. Feed the poor thing some meat. If you can't bear to handle meat, buy a good dog food.

Ummmm....we are NOT religiously inclined...it's not a religious issue

 Welcome to idog phoenixankit; To repeat Edie's question; What brands of dog food do you have over there? Could you please post some of the brands and their ingredients so we can offer an opinion as to which one may be the best? A dog's nutritional needs are different than ours and they really do need the amino acids in protein from meat to be healthy. Chlolesterol in meat does not block their arteries as it does in people, and they utilize the fat in meat for energy, so if your reason for being vegetarian is because it's healthier for you, it's not the same for your dog. By the way, the price of admission is pictures []; do you have any of your dog?

I agree with Baileys Mom. If you want to feed vegetables feed Beneful, there are plenty of vegetable on the bag
 
Oh my gosh! I really thought I was doing a good thing feeding her Beneful. I was just going by what it said on the bag but, it says that it contains (I actually have the bag with me now lol.) chunks of beef, calcium for strong bones, vegetables with vitamin A and other vitamins, omega fatty acids with vitamin E and selenium , crunchy corn and iron. I know that every company wants you to think it is the best but, I really did think this was one of the good ones. Please let me know what kind of dog food I should be using instead!

Oh! I just wanted to ad - Bailey is obviously a cockapoo. She has a small poodle like mouth, so the size of the food needs to be on the smaller side. She will be a year old in a few days and her weight would be around 23ish lbs.

There's plenty of different foods that have more meat, if you want to give them a try.

Do a google search and kind of try to see where the cheapest place is to buy them or check by you locally to see if you have a pet healthstore that might sell them. Places like Petco will not sell them.

Timberwolf Organics (I use Ocean Blue for my own reasons)
Nature's Variety (I am going to be trying "Raw Instincts")
Innova Evo


There's others but I've used those and prefer the first two.
I'm sure other people will be on to let you know of more brands.

Eagle Pack Holistic is great, IMO. The kibble size is also small.

ORIGINAL: BaileyIsMyStar

I agree with Baileys Mom. If you want to feed vegetables feed Beneful, there are plenty of vegetable on the bag

Oh my gosh! I really thought I was doing a good thing feeding her Beneful. I was just going by what it said on the bag but, it says that it contains (I actually have the bag with me now lol.) chunks of beef, calcium for strong bones, vegetables with vitamin A and other vitamins, omega fatty acids with vitamin E and selenium , crunchy corn and iron. I know that every company wants you to think it is the best but, I really did think this was one of the good ones. Please let me know what kind of dog food I should be using instead!

Don't feel bad!
And don't worry! Seriously. I didn't have a dog when I started posting here, had I though, I probably would've been feeding him/her Science Diet or Iams and wouldn't have thought anything of it. I would've thought that I was feeding the healthiest thing available.

If ethics are an issue, you can buy foods with grass-fed meat or wild-caught fish. I think almost all of Timberwolf Organics' meat is grass-fed and wild-caught... Except maybe the chicken... You can order online too, I'll bet they ship to India. Plus, even when ethics aren't an issue, they say that humanely raised animals have much more nutrients than factory "farmed" animals or farm-raised fish because they eat a natural diet and don't eat hormones in their food, and they have more muscle and less fat.... My two cents...

Ummmm....we are NOT religiously inclined...it's not a religious issue

Yes,you keep saying that [] So why the need to feed your little carnivor a vegetarian diet?

Put him onto a good meat based quality kibble and all should be right in the world of your little lhasa [] Imagine how happy and contented he will be when he's getting the proper diet,and the excitement he'll show when he realises he's finally getting meat[8D] The poor little mite must be continuously hungry....

Edie I'm sure it's an ethics issue. If it were a health reason for them being vegetarians, they'd be giving the dog more meat food because people are healthier as vegetarians and dogs are healthier as mostly carnivores (IMHO).

ORIGINAL: BaileyIsMyStar

Maybe you could try feeding (if they have it where you are) Beneful. Bailey eats dry beneful with some wet beneful on top.  I suggested this to you because, although it does contain meat it also contains a lot of veggies and calcium. Maybe this will work for you?

Other than corn and very little peas and carrots there are only vegetables on the bag of Beneful, not in the dog food.  All those different colored kibbles are not vegetibles, but just colors, which in large doses, as in feeding it every day for every meal, has been linked to cancer.  Plus Beneful is loaded with sugar, salt, and more cancer causing agents.  There are probably .05% peas and carrots in Beneful.  An ingredients list is listed from top to bottom in terms of how much of the ingredient is in the food.  Carrots and peas are pretty low on the list.

Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, animal digest, salt, phosphoric acid, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, vitamin supplements (E, A, B-12, D-3), added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, zinc sulfate, glyceryl monostearate, ferrous sulfate, niacin, manganese sulfate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, biotin, thiamine mononitrate, garlic oil, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite.
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