Does anyone else find this annoying?

[Unosmom]

I often randomly browse dog forums, even if I dont join, I enjoy reading various nutrition topics. I get really irritated when someone asks what is a good food to feed a dog, so people chime in and recommend various brands, etc. But theres also at least one person that says that it doesent matter what you feed as long as it satisfies AAFCO standards, or the only thing that matters is how the dogs body interprets the nutrients since protein is protein, regardless where it comes from whether its corn or meat. Forget about common sense, bioavailability, allergies just to name a few. By that theory we might as well feed them a mixture of old leather boots, crude oil and sprinkle with vitamins, hey, it satisfies the minimal guidelines set by AAFCO. Ugh.

My favorite one from today "It doesent matter what you feed, its more important that your dog is well trained, loved and gets regular vet care" .. *facepalm*

[RawFedDogs]

YES! It drives me crazy!

[wags]

Those are the same people who eat trix, captain crunch, candy bars and cup cakes and believe they are doing their body good (never actually reading the ingredient label & forget the In MODERATION thoughts! Or lets have something healthier)along with feeding their dogs the same junky dog food ~again without reading the ingredient label!! Some people just feel if its approved by aafco well then it has to be ok. sheesh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

[xellil]

At least they say you have to give regular vet care - they will need it.

[RCTRIPLEFRESH5]

I often randomly browse dog forums, even if I dont join, I enjoy reading various nutrition topics. I get really irritated when someone asks what is a good food to feed a dog, so people chime in and recommend various brands, etc. But theres also at least one person that says that it doesent matter what you feed as long as it satisfies AAFCO standards, or the only thing that matters is how the dogs body interprets the nutrients since protein is protein, regardless where it comes from whether its corn or meat. Forget about common sense, bioavailability, allergies just to name a few. By that theory we might as well feed them a mixture of old leather boots, crude oil and sprinkle with vitamins, hey, it satisfies the minimal guidelines set by AAFCO. Ugh.

My favorite one from today "It doesent matter what you feed, its more important that your dog is well trained, loved and gets regular vet care" .. *facepalm*

i was reading a forum ..and found a thread asking if the op's great pyr was too slim..and one of the posters asked the op what food she was feeding her pyr, and told the OP to feed a high quality kibble with good protein if she wasn't already....and said iams was her reccomendation -_-

[RCTRIPLEFRESH5]

i was reading a forum ..and found a thread asking if the op's great pyr was too slim..and one of the posters asked the op what food she was feeding her pyr, and told the OP to feed a high quality kibble with good protein if she wasn't already....and said iams was her reccomendation -_-

another member on the same forums, called iams and eukanuba ''the goods stuff'.

[chowder]

I was actually reading a site about Vegan dogs and cats today. It was absolutely astonishing. They would not adopt cats every because cats are 'hunters' but when cats wandered into their yard they would feed them vegan cat food because

"At least they are eating some vegan food and therefore saving some animals' lives and evolving towards a more gentle diet".

I can't imagine refusing to adopt a cat because cat's are carnivores. You don't even want to know how they recommend feeding the dogs.

[Scarlett_O']

Yaaaa......


This is a subject that I could go ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON about!

Ive been asked on a couple forums to "step back and come back to the forum once you have cooled off" by a couple mods! (non-dog forums....which caused me to laugh cause I knew I was doing the right thing!)

[Unosmom]

Glad to hear I'm now the only one, I guess its funny that certain things that really aggravate me dont phase others in the least bit, while more "prominent" issues like politics put me to sleep.

Chowder- I dont even know what to say to that, my roommate is vegan and she subscribes to this magazine which I read for health articles since vegetarian diet for humans makes more sense then for dogs. Anyways, theres this ad for vegan cat food and it says something like " where do I get my taurine? its like me asking you where you get your protein"... yeah, lame. I hate when people push crap like that on poor defenseless animals who have no say in the matter.

This actually reminds me of an episode of animal cops, when they came across a hoarder who fed her cats a blend of cooked rice and veggies, all cats were emaciated and most went blind. Really sad.

[chowder]

Glad to hear I'm now the only one, I guess its funny that certain things that really aggravate me dont phase others in the least bit, while more "prominent" issues like politics put me to sleep.

What is this 'politics' that you speak of? Some kind of new dog food?