WHAT is with the Purina people?

Why does it have ot be human grade meats...dogs are not humans that is my point.  Do you eat organic foods yourself or do you indulge even occasionally on preservative or chemically enhanced food?
 

ORIGINAL: DakotasDoode

I love my dogs more than life itself.

ORIGINAL: meilani

Is there a shrink in the house? []

 
I don't need a shrink. I have long accepted the fact that I'm a few peas short of a casserole. []

I love my dog too but not more then my family and life itself.

ORIGINAL: Firestorm

Do you eat organic foods yourself or do you indulge even occasionally on preservative or chemically enhanced food?

That is entirely different from feeding it every meal, two or three times a day, every day.

It makes one wonder...I am sure wild dogs do not eat the best.

Wild dogs also don't live very long.

ORIGINAL: DakotasDoode

I love my dogs more than life itself.

ORIGINAL: meilani

Is there a shrink in the house? []

Is their a clinical diagnosis for this affliction?  That way when people ask what's wrong me I at least have the correct terminology! Even though I don't love my dog more than life itself, I think it's safe to say I'm obsessed.[]

If you are feeding your dog all that other stuff, the kibble you feed is almost irrelevant. They may not do too much worse on fortified sawdust (if they would eat it) as long as they get all that other stuff.

My dog gets (non Purina) kibble alone when fed the "high octane kibble" and a little meat added (salmon or chicken gizzards & hearts) when I feed the lower protein/fat kibble. I add yogurt in her fish kibble but she does not get a bunch of "people food" and no supplements. To be fair about the supplements I will point out that my dog is only a year old and yours are significantly older.

 
Hardly irrevelant as they only get about 1/3 of that food, 2/3 kibble and up until a couple of years ago they only got Purina and fresh caught fish.... when I had it.  I started giving fish to my old irish Setter with arthritis because I have rhematoid arthritis and was told be my rheumatologist to eat fish a couple of times a week.  And I actaully started cooking for my dogs because i knew they would enjoy it and I figured  more meat and some veggies wouldn't hurt them at all. And i like to cook. Same with baby food.  Even tho Gerbers, etc  was "complete and balanced" I STILL  made most of my boys baby food.  Not many 6 month olds get to eat quail, mashed potatoes and peas!   Of course it was done in blender.
 
As to sups, I think most here give something in some form or another.  I eat healthy and take vitamins (the same fish oil, EsterC and joint sups as the dogs, plus the same cranberry & B complex that Buck gets, plus i take fiber and Garlique) and I figured it  would be good for the dogs to get the EsterC which is suppose to be good for joints, and their immune system as little things, even stress, change in diet, etc can upset the immune system.Fish oil is good for their skin and coats and apparently for joints.
 
And for  almost 50 years our dogs did just great on Purina alone, and I am sure they  would continue to do so if I stopped cooking for them.

I started giving fish to my old irish Setter with arthritis because I have rhematoid arthritis and was told be my rheumatologist to eat fish a couple of times a week.

 
No mention of grains?

And for almost 50 years our dogs did just great on Purina alone, and I am sure they would continue to do so if I stopped cooking for them.

 
According to your post you feed Purina One Senior and urina One weight managment.  Aren't those rather different from your "50 year" feed?  The quantity of supplements is quite significant a well.
 
I'm not saying you are in any way "sponsored" by Purina but your (non paid) endorsement reminds me of paid endorsers and athletes who endorse something but do not use any of the products that the public buys but have custom made versions.

ORIGINAL: dyan

I don't think anyone's saying they can't share their opinions.  However, even if someone politely disagrees with there opinion there are some individuals that get VERY defensive, which is simply silly.  It's just freakin dog food, and it's just a message board--if you are going to give your opinion than you'd better be prepared for others to give theirs.

I also think that while there have been some unkind things said to Purina feeders, most of us have had unkind things said to us, and those saying these things are the VAST minority.

While you could be right about having unkind things said to most of us,,,it usually by the same big mouths that have no respect for anyone here except those that totally agree with them.  However I havn't seen those unkind things said by the Purina feeders.  My food (Eagle Pack) and myself have also been on the receiving end of unkind things...and that is why I personally feel the need to defend the Purina (and all) feeders here.
This IS a message board and we SHOULD all have the right to post and discuss, and we all must be prepared for people to "politely" disagree with us.  But "politely" disagreeing is not telling someone to keep trying to find other food while their pet is happy and healthy. Politely disagreeing is not telling someone that the food they feed is garbage.  There were so many rude and obnoxious things said on this thread to pretty much one person, and I haven't really noticed that she retaliated with any of the same rudness.

 
No true.  I have seen plenty on unkind things said by at least one of the Purina feeders about premium food feeders as well as one of the foods I have fed specifically.  The difference is that I don't feel the need to turn such things into a federal case.
 
There have been many, MANY polite responses on this thread.  However, it seems far more popular to ignore those and jump on the "poor 'lil Purina feeders that are Oh so discriminated against" bandwagon..  Please.  Most of these posters are far more vocal than anyone else on here.  This is message boards 101--if you're going to put it out there, expect people to have opinions on it.  If you don't want people to express their opinions about what you feed, how you train, etc, then do not post it on a PUBLIC message board.
 
Telling people in a polite way that they dislike a certain food and they think most dogs would do better if switched is not BASHING, it is OPINION.  Kind of like telling people they are a delusional money waster if they feed their dog premium food and that Purina is the be all end all.  Or that they only feed premium as a "security blanket."  Or that there is no possible way that small dog food companies could have decent quality control methods (which, if you know anything about manufacturing, you know is untrue).  All of those are opinions, yet somehow I don't see multiple page topics whining and moaning about them......

There have been many, MANY polite responses on this thread.  However, it seems far more popular to ignore those and jump on the "poor 'lil Purina feeders that are Oh so discriminated against" bandwagon..  Please.

Your right, there is many polite responses on this thread and if they all were polite it would be a nice conversation.  I certainly would not be angry about this thread if some rude and ignorant posts were not make.   Hey,,,I don't feed Purina,,,so I'm not sticking up for the food or getting my feelings hurt that some people don't like it. I am only concerned about the obnoxious posts...I don't think they are necessary and I don't think any of us should like them. 
Thats my big gripe! 

Or that there is no possible way that small dog food companies could have decent quality control methods (which, if you know anything about manufacturing, you know is untrue).  All of those are opinions, yet somehow I don't see multiple page topics whining and moaning about them......

I can't remember reading that anyone said a small dog food company could not have decent QC either to be honest.  Although I have seen it said that many of the small food companies don't even manufacture their own food,,,which they don't. But the key word would be "all!"   Eagle for instance,,is very small, probably has one of the best QC around, probably mainly because they do make their own food. 
I do think that everyone on this thread should call a truce, because I haven't changed my opinion about anything one single bit, and I haven't seen that any one else has either.  Its just too bad that some thing were said by some people that are probably not going to be forgotten, and as seen in past experiences...they will be carried to other threads.

According to your post you feed Purina One Senior and Purina One weight managment. Aren't those rather different from your "50 year" feed? The quantity of supplements is quite significant a well.

I'm not saying you are in any way "sponsored" by Purina but your (non paid) endorsement reminds me of paid endorsers and athletes who endorse something but do not use any of the products that the public buys but have custom made versions.

 
You don't believe I use Purina?  Come to my house  any time you wish and see what is in my garage in food storage bin.  Count the bags I have saved to put fish and duck remains in.   Mine have only been on the One about 6 weeks.  Up until then, the girls were on Fit & Trim and Buck was on Chow for 11 years , the same chow my dad fed his hunting dogs and i have fed my dogs and this goes back 50 years.  I got my very own first dog 50 years ago this past June
 
You are more than welcome to go talk to my vet and I will  give him permission to share all of my dogs records, test result, blood panels with you .  Also, you will see it marked in HIS records that my dogs are on Purina.  Maybe then you will believe it when I say I feed Purina.
 
I see many people here "endorsing" what they feed their dogs if that is the way you look at it.  Do they also remind you of the athletes, etc that endorse products they do not use?  Or does that only  apply to us that say we use Purina, Hills, Iam, Pedigree, etc.  I do not believe a dog has to have the Caviar and Lobster tail of dog food to be healthy. As a matter of fact, richer food often cause stuff like gout in humans, so why not cause stuff in dogs if they are not able to tolerate it?
 
I was told a couple of weeks ago that I was brainwashed by Purina's ads.  I have just about come to the conclusion that some of the ones on this board are brainwashed into believing no dog can be healhty that isn't on premium food...no matter what the owner, vet, medical records, physicals, etc say.
 
 

Is their a clinical diagnosis for this affliction? That way when people ask what's wrong me I at least have the correct terminology!

 
I pretty much just get called "psycho" for how I act about my dog. I've gotten in many a nasty fights with people about her. I stopped talking to my best (human) friend for about 6 months because he told me I was irresponsible for keeping an aggressive dog (who, in the 7 years I've had her, has never bitten anyone, I'd like to point out..), and I should just have her PTS. [&:] 
 
So yeah, psycho seems to be the word. []

ORIGINAL: dyan

There have been many, MANY polite responses on this thread.  However, it seems far more popular to ignore those and jump on the "poor 'lil Purina feeders that are Oh so discriminated against" bandwagon..  Please.

Your right, there is many polite responses on this thread and if they all were polite it would be a nice conversation.  I certainly would not be angry about this thread if some rude and ignorant posts were not make.   Hey,,,I don't feed Purina,,,so I'm not sticking up for the food or getting my feelings hurt that some people don't like it. I am only concerned about the obnoxious posts...I don't think they are necessary and I don't think any of us should like them. 
Thats my big gripe! 

Or that there is no possible way that small dog food companies could have decent quality control methods (which, if you know anything about manufacturing, you know is untrue).  All of those are opinions, yet somehow I don't see multiple page topics whining and moaning about them......

I can't remember reading that anyone said a small dog food company could not have decent QC either to be honest.  Although I have seen it said that many of the small food companies don't even manufacture their own food,,,which they don't. But the key word would be "all!"   Eagle for instance,,is very small, probably has one of the best QC around, probably mainly because they do make their own food. 
I do think that everyone on this thread should call a truce, because I haven't changed my opinion about anything one single bit, and I haven't seen that any one else has either.  Its just too bad that some thing were said by some people that are probably not going to be forgotten, and as seen in past experiences...they will be carried to other threads.

 
It was a little while back, but I do specifically remember it because I gave the company that I work for as an example of how this was untrue. 
 
These threads really are pointless aren't they?  I doubt anyone has changed a bit except for walking away from this feeling all the more self-rightous (this goes for both sides).

Okay, i confess up.  I feed Timber Wolf in the morning and for lunch I have lobster tail flown in from Maine, apples flown in from North Carolina, and salmon flown in fresh from Alaska.  For supper I have fresh butchered New york  strip steak driven in from the King Ranch on the other side of Corpus. and fresh potatoes flown in from Idaho.  And just to add a little more flavor, fresh rainbow trout flown in from Colorado.  My dogs are actually  15, 22, and 36 years old and they go for a 20 mile jog with their trainer every morning.  All this is paid for under the table by Purina because i got on here and lied about feeding my fur kids Purina.
 
And if you believe all this, I got  some real beach front propergy in Kansas for sale for $2 an acre. []

Sandra!  ROFL!  Heck with your dogs pass me that lobster ASAP!

Heck with your dogs pass me that lobster ASAP!

 
I don't like lobster or oysters, but love shrimp, crabs and clams.  My one DIL's dad is a shrimper and keeps them supplied with HUGE shrimp, which they share.
 
But I will sell you some of that beach front property in Kansas for $1.50 an acre since you work for Purina.  LOL, LOl.