Quote: jennifer coulter

I wonder if any big companies will come out with grain free options after this whole mess is over, so that they may capitalize on the "fear" that is out there at present. Or would that devalue their crap filled products? Only time will tell.

Cheers,
Jennifer C

But then they would have to use *meat*.... Think of the COST.

Oh, I am so cynical...........

Well, go OPRAH!

Sue Tuck emailed me that Oprah's vet was on her show today talking about the dog food recall.

I caught it just in time to see him introduced and hear him explain that there are very few actual dog food manufacturers in the U.S. -- that many national brands are made by few companies.

Well, I think we had all surmised that.

Then he put up a list of preferable canine diets in descending order of desirability:
raw meat
cooked meat
super-premium no-grain canned
low-grain canned
super-premium no-grain kibble
low-grain kibble

.... and so on.

When Oprah gestured to a display of fresh meat, produce, etc., on a table, and said "So this is good, then?" he said, "Yes. It's called FOOD."

There was not enough detail; it was a brief segment. But what a boost for fresh raw food!

He was clear about grains, too, saying that whole grains are good food..... they are just not good DOG food.

That's pretty cool! Now we just need Oprah to put some money down for research and publicity.

Was he a traditional vet or a holistic vet? Just curious.

I think she's had Cesar on a couple of times so maybe she will give this topic some more tv time, too.

 Quote: Michael_Wise

That's pretty cool! Now we just need Oprah to put some money down for research and publicity.

Was he a traditional vet or a holistic vet? Just curious.

I think she's had Cesar on a couple of times so maybe she will give this topic some more tv time, too.

He was a holistic vet...... :>

You know, one thing that is worrisome with the recall is that a lot of people have started home cooking food for their dogs...without any research and with very little knowledge of what a dog's nutritional needs are. One woman told me on the phone, as an aside, that she had been giving her dog cooked ground beef, white rice, and a few cooked vegtables for a month...and that's it!

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great people are wanting to move away from commercial food but it seems there are many people who are not doing it wisely and they may end up causing a lot of harm to their dog.

A co-worker was discussing with me about how great Natural Balance was and when I told her that it ended up on the recall list, she just couldn't believe it. She was working with a customer whose dog was also on Natural Balance and when I spoke with the client about changing her dogs diet to raw, she was a little dubious about changing away from kibble. I explained that there are many people who do feed raw (including myself) and that there are wonderful benefits to feeding it. What pi$$ed me off was when this co-worker interrupted me and started talking about how a dog once fed raw starts to chase livestock and eat everyones poultry or other pets once it tastes blood . She actually started raising her voice saying this and I tried to tell her that that isn't true. I tried to say it's the natural prey drive in the dog, but she kept talking above me. Needless to say, ignorance from the co-worker shooed a potential feeder of raw away. I was so mad I just couldn't talk to her. I have thought about printing Ed's info and passing them out to customers who are concerned about their dog. I swear with some people, I just want to kick the ignoramous right out of them.

 Quote: Sarah_Morris

You know, one thing that is worrisome with the recall is that a lot of people have started home cooking food for their dogs...without any research and with very little knowledge of what a dog's nutritional needs are. One woman told me on the phone, as an aside, that she had been giving her dog cooked ground beef, white rice, and a few cooked vegtables for a month...and that's it!

Don't get me wrong, I think it's great people are wanting to move away from commercial food but it seems there are many people who are not doing it wisely and they may end up causing a lot of harm to their dog.

That scares me too.