What is the worst dog food in existence?

ORIGINAL: RidgebackGermansShep

Probably anything you can buy at a gas station...or that ol' yeller food at kroger

There's Ol' Yeller food????!!!!???

Oh no!

That's about as bad as the generic Mountain Dew my friend used to buy that was called "Mountain Holler"!
hahahaha.

Ew.

Isn't it funny that the worst dog foods don't  have their ingredients listed over the internet.  For example, Ol' Roy, Tender Vittles, Hunter's Special Economy Adult made by Sunshine Mills, Thrify also made by Sunshine Mills.  None of which list the ingredients on the internet.  But you bet they list the ingredients of their higher quality  lines.

I'm still going to go with Beneful.  The combination of truly awful ingredients and their claims/advertising campaign about how healthy it is is just offensive-- and so many people have fallen for their ads and are happily wiping years off their dogs lifespans. At least you don't see ads for Ol roy all over the place claiming to be a super healthy food.

ORIGINAL: mudpuppy

I'm still going to go with Beneful.  The combination of truly awful ingredients and their claims/advertising campaign about how healthy it is is just offensive-- and so many people have fallen for their ads and are happily wiping years off their dogs lifespans. At least you don't see ads for Ol roy all over the place claiming to be a super healthy food.

 
have to agree with this....a few months ago I was talking to my neighbor and we got on the topic of dog food.  She said she feeds Beneful because "it has all the vegetables and stuff".  Marketing is an amazing thing!

That's a good point also Mudpuppy and a different way to look at the question. As far as the company being part of which is the worst food, yeah I have to agree about Beneful. The packaging and commercials are so incredibly misleading. [&o]

My friend feeds her dogs Beneful.  I have tried and tried to get her to switch, but she insists they are doing fine on it.  However, her 7 year old golden retrieve/sheltie mix has been suffering with some type of endocrine disorder and benign tumors all over her body for the last 18 months.  They are basically waiting for her to die at this point.  I tried to point out that maybe she should rethink the food choice, but she is still feeding the same food.  Her 1 year old Irish setter is a complete crazy dog who poops and poop everywhere and has a skin issue. Poor pooches.

ORIGINAL: lisa4kids1pup

My friend feeds her dogs Beneful.  ...  Her 1 year old Irish setter is a complete crazy dog who poops and poop everywhere and has a skin issue. Poor pooches.

Wrong food for an Irish Setter especially  I know, just about any dog but anyway...

Beneful Original

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.

This is one of many sources.

[linkhttp://www.eaglepack.com/pages_OLD/pethealth.html]www.eaglepack.com/pages_OLD/pethealth.html[/link]

Even if you ignore the artificial color and sugar it would be good if you could point out to your friend that her choice of food does not agree with her dog.  That's probably why it is always pooping and likely liquid,  oorly formed or mucousy.  From link above

[size=3][size=2]Gluten enteropathy (celiac disease, an inflammatory disease of the small intestine), affects the Irish Setter.   rolamins of wheat, rye and barley have marked sequence homology but not prolamins of rice or corn, which do not exacerbate the disorder. (Small Animal Clinical Nutrition IV)[/size] [/size]

ORIGINAL: Luvntzus

That's a good point also Mudpuppy and a different way to look at the question. As far as the company being part of which is the worst food, yeah I have to agree about Beneful. The packaging and commercials are so incredibly misleading. [&o]

DH always makes nasty comments about Beneful and Kibbles n Bits whenever we are in the pet asile at the store.

I'd have to go with Ol' Roy and something they sell at the dollar store, I think its Super Pet. Its a 5 pound bag for like a dollar. 3rd would be Pedigree which IMO is worse than Purina. 4th would have to be Beneful. I actually fed this because of all the horrible marketing. They make the food look so good!!

I will pick Beneful also as worst only because it deceives the public with the slick marketing.  But in defense of those who have overfed their poor dogs to the point of major health problems.  Fit and Trim will drop weight off a dog that had no luck with anything else.  And that outweighs the bad ingredients because at that point losing weight might save the dog.  Then you get on another food.  We had this discussion often and I do not know why it works, but I have seen dogs drop 20-30 lbs on that stuff.  I won't feed it to mine but I also won't let him get to that point that his weight would kill him either.

ORIGINAL: losinsusan

I will pick Beneful also as worst only because it deceives the public with the slick marketing.  But in defense of those who have overfed their poor dogs to the point of major health problems.  Fit and Trim will drop weight off a dog that had no luck with anything else.  And that outweighs the bad ingredients because at that point losing weight might save the dog.  Then you get on another food.  We had this discussion often and I do not know why it works, but I have seen dogs drop 20-30 lbs on that stuff.  I won't feed it to mine but I also won't let him get to that point that his weight would kill him either.

my guess would be because its all junk and they barely digest any of it. most of  it comes out the other end

We had this discussion often and I do not know why it works, but I have seen dogs drop 20-30 lbs on that stuff. I won't feed it to mine but I also won't let him get to that point that his weight would kill him either.

 
  It's because of the protein to fat ratio; it's 25% protein and 6% fat whereas the difference between protein and fat for most dog foods is 10%; ie; Sensible Choice Lamb and Rice is 25% protein and 15% fat.

Another vote for Beneful, because they deliberately seek to deceive. At least the supermarket generics and feed store brands sell their food on exactly one, very truthful, point: "It's cheap and it will keep your dog alive!"

Iams is a close second for the same reason. They changed that stuff a lot but they are pretending they are the same product they used to be. I can't believe I used to like Iams better than Euk even.

A few days ago I was in a pet store looking for Cord's Royal Canin Yorkie formula and the guy asked me if he could help. I told him what I was looking for and he looked like I had asked him to bag up some reindeer heads for me. He said, "Nooooo, I don't think we have any of that but let me show you something that is just as good!" (How could he know that if he'd obviously never even heard of RC?)

We walked over to the Iams aisle and stopped. I said, "I hope you aren't going to show me any Iams!" Poor guy - I have no excuse other than it was a long day and I was hoping to cut the Iams push off at the pass. I coulda been nicer, I suppose. [sm=crazy.gif]

He said, "Oh, no, no, no!" and walked quickly over to the Nutro aisle. I realized then that that was the top of what they offered, pretty much, thanked him, and left. [8|]

I told him what I was looking for and he looked like I had asked him to bag up some reindeer heads for me.

ORIGINAL: brookcove

That's funny! []

Fit and Trim will drop weight off a dog that had no luck with anything else. And that outweighs the bad ingredients because at that point losing weight might save the dog. Then you get on another food. We had this discussion often and I do not know why it works, but I have seen dogs drop 20-30 lbs on that stuff.

 
that's because there is nothing nutritious in it. Be healthier, cheaper, and just as effective to feed your dog nothing but green beans for a couple of weeks.