The Truth About Corn?

[LabbieMama]

Ever since I became a dog owner and doing research on various brands of dog food for my rescued dogs (all of the dogs I have owned as an adult have been and continue to be rescues) I learned that there are basically 4 things to be avoided when choosing a kibble: Corn, Wheat, Soy, and Gluten.

However, since reviewing the Whole Dog Journal's recent 2011 List of Approved Foods, I came across a couple of companies I hadn't heard about, and continued to explore.

Here is an article I found about Corn which I thought was interesting. Just wanted to share.

PHDPRODUCTS.COM

Of course it doesn't mean that I'm going to start adding Corn to my dogs' diet but it is an interesting article just the same.

[practicalfeeder]

Ever since I became a dog owner and doing research on various brands of dog food for my rescued dogs (all of the dogs I have owned as an adult have been and continue to be rescues) I learned that there are basically 4 things to be avoided when choosing a kibble: Corn, Wheat, Soy, and Gluten.

However, since reviewing the Whole Dog Journal's recent 2011 List of Approved Foods, I came across a couple of companies I hadn't heard about, and continued to explore.

Here is an article I found about Corn which I thought was interesting. Just wanted to share.

PHDPRODUCTS.COM

Of course it doesn't mean that I'm going to start adding Corn to my dogs' diet but it is an interesting article just the same.

People with multiple dogs, or that compete, have known for years that corn is a very valuable part of a dog's diet. There is no truth to the internet blabber that it causes allergies. It has been studied to death by every major vet school and whole grain corn is no more allergenic than rice. The link you provided is incorrect, however, Grade #2 is not "feed grade". Grade #2 is human grade but has more broken kernels.

There is a "feed grade" corn but it is called "feed grade" or "livestock feed grade" or #4,5,6

That is the truth, the science, for whomever has the brains to think objectively.

[PUNKem733]

Ever since I became a dog owner and doing research on various brands of dog food for my rescued dogs (all of the dogs I have owned as an adult have been and continue to be rescues) I learned that there are basically 4 things to be avoided when choosing a kibble: Corn, Wheat, Soy, and Gluten.

However, since reviewing the Whole Dog Journal's recent 2011 List of Approved Foods, I came across a couple of companies I hadn't heard about, and continued to explore.

Here is an article I found about Corn which I thought was interesting. Just wanted to share.

PHDPRODUCTS.COM

Of course it doesn't mean that I'm going to start adding Corn to my dogs' diet but it is an interesting article just the same.

How did you find it interesting, as it's all a marketing gimmick for a dog food with whole corn in it's third ingredients.

Premium-grade corn is one of the best sources of skin and coat conditioners. It is also an excellent source of amylase, a much-needed enzyme for the proper digestion of carbohydrates. Without amylase, much of what animals eat will not benefit them and may cause dramatic weight loss. Premium-grade corn is also an excellent source of carbohydrates, protein and fatty acids, which provide additional energy.

Are these people joking? I thought it was a comedy routine after reading the page. I wonder how all these raw fed dogs survive? I wonder how dogs fed the Orijens, Evos, and other A+ kibbles without corn survive? I know, it must be because we are practitioners of black magic. I personally perform a voodoo sacrifice over my dog's food before I feed him with the blood of a freshly killed chicken, and sprinkle the powdered bones of a three breasted witch!!

DOGS DON'T NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS CARBS BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED CARBS! Reading that page, you'd think dogs would be dead within a matter of days without corn.Hell Human can't digest corn, why do you think you see whole corn in our stools?

Wonderful we got unpractical feeder now salivating, pointing at us, and saying, "see, see I told you".

[stajbs]

Go Punkem...love the last line. These posts are getting annoying, however as someone else said I will no longer feed the troll.

[PUNKem733]

Go Punkem...love the last line. These posts are getting annoying, however as someone else said I will no longer feed the troll.

Yup that's exactly right, ignoring this thing is the best way to do things. Sooner or later it will get banned, and we can flush it's memory away like so much used toilet paper.

[Caty M]

My sheltie's breeder does competitive flyball and agility at national level.. and has won a few times. The dogs are also working herding sheepdogs. She feeds Orijen.

I can play nothing but chuck-it fetch with my dog, who's seven months, for three straight hours and he is barely tired at the end. He eats raw.

No corn in either diet!

[Caty M]

Mr Feeder, you are not a nutritionist either!

[CavePaws]

Hell Human can't digest corn, why do you think you see whole corn in our stools?.

I thought about saying that a few days ago when I posted here. >__>

I don't like talking about human poop too much though. <__<

[kevin bradley]

This lady IS a Dog Nutritionist and wrote "The Dog Food Project" which many are familiar with. Based on her analysis, corn isn't the devil that some make it out to be.

Interesting.

What's wrong with corn?

[Caty M]

I don't think corn is the devil. I think corn is just one of many species inappropriate foods added to dog food to keep costs down.