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#191553 - 04/21/08 08:40 AM
Re: Royal Canine dog Food?
[Re: Brenda Mitchell]
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Jeff Cambeis
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90% of dogs have no problems with good kibble. They can digest it well and get necessary vitamins and nutrients. Saw dust is common filler used in human food. Ground up trees is essentially a source of cellulose(fiber). Dogs and people alike can not digest much of this fiber, so it is considered a filler.
Some dogs might be allergic some dogs not.
My personal view is that if I am going to buy a bag of saw dust at the same price as a bag of dog food I can get it a hell of lot cheaper than a bag of RC costs.
I feed similar to Brenda. I feed Raw in the mornings and kibble at night (EVO brand orijin is very good also). My reasoning is as follows. Many people spend money on supplements. Most good kibbles have everything a dogs needs for good health. If you were to figure out your dogs weight and the amount of recommended vitamins you will come very close with a good kibble. If certain things are low, like Vita E and A and D remember they are fat soluble and do not need to be given everyday. There is some good science out there that says to much of some of these can be harmful. As I see it, 100% raw is great if you can produce variety and supplement it but good quality kibble is OK too. A good quality kibble will produce or simulate that variety. So you add ease and cost benefits.
Remember when in the wild, dogs eat herbivores. These herbivores have plant materials inside their gut. The idea in kibble is that if you grind it up fine enough it will resemble partially digested fiber.
Good arguments can be made against even good quality, but try to keep a critical eye and put things in context.
Edited by Jeff Cambeis (04/21/08 08:41 AM)
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#193107 - 05/02/08 11:44 AM
Re: Royal Canine dog Food?
[Re: Jeff Cambeis]
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Jorge Ledesma
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Your proposed explanation makes sense and that's exactly what I do as well, I tend to feed kibble either Royal Canin Puppy 33 or some EVO I have there, good point on the vitamins yes, ADEK, I figured let me combine a good quality kibble,EVO, Royal Canin with RAW; in my RAW fridge I have chicken necks, chicken hearts, red meat, chicken quarters and some ground beef. So we'll see, although I plan on being 100 percent when my dog gets to 1year.
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#193119 - 05/02/08 12:49 PM
Re: Royal Canine dog Food?
[Re: Connie Sutherland]
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Connie Sutherland
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To the O.P.: If you want to continue the Royal Canin topic, please open a thread in an appropriate forum; no more replies to this thread in this location.
http://www.leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/postlist/Board/12
is where the topic goes. Thanks. 
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