It's from the blog, 'Dogs in Training'. I can't remember the author's name but she posted here a couple of times a while back...

Talking about premium, novel protein kibbles (at least, that's what they are supposed to be). She also has a more recent blog about Evanger's; you can find it under her 'recent posts' in the right hand column.
http://dogsintraining.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/whats-in-your-dog-food-maybe-not-what-you-think/

Very interesting reading Lynne! Thanks for posting.
You always post really great articles and I have enjoyed reading them.

The article about Evanger's was an eye opener! I have fed this before when my dogs have been snubbing their raw.
Even though it is rated as one of the "super premium" rated foods, this article sheds light on what appears to highly unethical and flat out lying to the public on what is really in their canned food.
I appreciate you for posting this, thank you!

I also found this an interesting read.

The dog food industry as a whole disgusts me almost as much as peoples complete lack of knowledge on proper nutrition for their animals.

 Quote: Michael Bennett

I also found this an interesting read.

The dog food industry as a whole disgusts me almost as much as peoples complete lack of knowledge on proper nutrition for their animals.

I agree with you Michael! After reading this, it certainly makes you question these manufacturers ethics. How can anyone put their trust in something that has been found to be in fact so egregious as this?
I hope more people see this and learn for themselves what the truth really is.

 Quote: lynne barrows

It's from the blog, 'Dogs in Training'. I can't remember the author's name but she posted here a couple of times a while back...

Talking about premium, novel protein kibbles (at least, that's what they are supposed to be). She also has a more recent blog about Evanger's; you can find it under her 'recent posts' in the right hand column.
http://dogsintraining.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/whats-in-your-dog-food-maybe-not-what-you-think/

A great closing point:

"It’s time to stop this ridiculousness. There is big money to be made for a laboratory somewhere – one who will offer pet food companies a certification program, requiring quarterly samples to be obtained off store shelves and independently tested from front to back, top to bottom, with full results available online for customers to view. Trust me, the companies that truly care about quality will become evident quickly. As for the rest, well… as we always say – VOTE. With your dollars. In the meantime, we’re adding Eukanuba and Natural Balance to our “Do Not Buy” list. Nature’s Variety, on the other hand, has been on it for a while with this latest news serving only as an assurance that they belong there."

 Quote: connie sutherland

 Quote: lynne barrows

It's from the blog, 'Dogs in Training'. I can't remember the author's name but she posted here a couple of times a while back...

Talking about premium, novel protein kibbles (at least, that's what they are supposed to be). She also has a more recent blog about Evanger's; you can find it under her 'recent posts' in the right hand column.
http://dogsintraining.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/whats-in-your-dog-food-maybe-not-what-you-think/

A great closing point:

"It’s time to stop this ridiculousness. There is big money to be made for a laboratory somewhere – one who will offer pet food companies a certification program, requiring quarterly samples to be obtained off store shelves and independently tested from front to back, top to bottom, with full results available online for customers to view. Trust me, the companies that truly care about quality will become evident quickly. As for the rest, well… as we always say – VOTE. With your dollars. In the meantime, we’re adding Eukanuba and Natural Balance to our “Do Not Buy” list. Nature’s Variety, on the other hand, has been on it for a while with this latest news serving only as an assurance that they belong there."

I agree but this lab would need a HUGEEEEEEEEE marketing campaign to inform the average consumer about animal nutrition, what the lab tests for and why it is important.

Dogfoodanalysis.com is great but most of the people who go there already know what foods they should be buying or what they should be looking for. I am afraid this "certification" would suffer the same fate. The only people interested in it are already doing their due diligence.

 Quote: Michael Bennett

I also found this an interesting read.

The dog food industry as a whole disgusts me almost as much as peoples complete lack of knowledge on proper nutrition for their animals.

My family has been working in the animal health and food industry for 25 years I have 10 years experience myself. Like any buisness there are companies that are just trying to make a buck and there are people that are devoted to making a safe quality product to improve your dog/cats health. I think it's very important to do research on products that you give your pets but, sometimes I wonder if people know what they are consuming and the environment human food is produced in. I think the average person would be surprised at the standards many petfood companies operate under alot of them exceed human food manufacturing guidelines. We often get compliments from ingredient vendors saying our facility is cleaner then most they see in the human industry. I also think that in the next few years you will see many improvements as far as food safety in both industries as the FDA begins implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act.

I'm not saying that the information in this article is wrong but I would like to see the label claims and the actual test results myself before jumping on the ban wagon... Just like you would if a petfood industry posted a study like this. A bag of petfood might not say soy or soy flour specifiacally but it could say Lecithin which is derived from soy. (Sure who ever wrote this probably knows that but if you were trying to make a case that Petfood companies are not properly labeling there food you could leave something like that out)

I'm a raw feeder and always probably will be I definately feel the nutrition I provide my dog is better then any highly processed extruded product, but I tell myself that if there was not a market for kibble then they wouldn't make it. Also I don't think the average pet owner will research and take the time to prepare proper meals for there animals and a poor raw diet can be as worthless and dangerous as kibble.

Just wanted to throw out a different perspective I think about this topic alot and I'm kind of on both sides of the fence. I know that I care about the well being of the animals that we produce products for and after meeting people in the industry face to face I think most others do as well. Sometimes I just feel like people view the Petfood industry the same way they would big tobacco, like we are trying to push a product that is 100% unhealthy and killing your animals.

Yet more confirmation that a well done raw diet is the right way to go for your dogs & cats.

Now if I could only get my cat, Sami, to eat raw. She won't even eat a piece of chicken or fish raw or even cooked. (She won't even eat canned cat food!) Stupid cat doesn't know what she is missing.

I've had her since she was 10 weeks old. So it's not that she was on a certain kibble food for any length of time. She just won't eat anything other then Innova adult kibble. UGH!