Comments on: Pedigree Dog Food (Dry)

By: Nowayout4670

Nowayout4670 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:00 +0000

Lol, someone said Pedigree is the #1 dog food in the world! Ha! Just because they sell alot of food because they have great marketing techniques doesn’t make them a good food. McDonalds is the #1 fast food chain. Yum! Love them heart attacks on a bun and them yummy grease filled fries but they certainly ain’t good for me. All those things they add to make it taste good sure keep me going back though. Anyway, back to the dog food.
My family has always feed the Diamond foods. I currently use the Diamond Naturals 60# and over variety. My fiancé’s family are firm believers in pedigree. We have never had a dog sick with anything other than old age. Every dog except one in his family has/had some type of problem. All of my families dogs are healthy weight and are mostly muscle instead of fat. All of their dogs are very fat and shiny but feel like pressing on a memory foam pillow when you pet them. We have never had a dog with allergies. We breed German shepherds and foster rescues. His family has mostly chihuahuas and large breed rescues. Every dog in their house has digestive problems, allergies, diabetic,seizures or had cancer. Coincidence? I don’t think so! We are talking about a group of dogs between the two of our families big enough to do a scientific experiment. You do the math. What would you feed? And to add to that when we moved in together I refused to let his dogs eat crap food. They have went from spongy to muscles and have much more energy and no more health problems and to boot they are able to maintain a proper weight on approx 1/3 the feed they were eating. To compare this to people. Sure we can stay fat on fast food burgers and fries but won’t be healthy or have much energy. We can also maintain a good weight on grilled chicken and fish with an assortment of veggies, fruits and nuts and cut our chances of having diabetes, high cholesterol, heart attacks, cancer and many other illnesses way down. Think healthy, not cheap!

By: Shantigurl

Shantigurl — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:15:00 +0000

This food has changed over the years. We had a Golden for almost 13 yrs. From the time we brought him home, we fed him Pedigree because his vet told us it was good food. We noticed some changes in the food over the years including the dyed kibble. I mentioned it to my parents and they really didnt think nothing of it. Well, a harmless fatty tumor he had for years ended up turning into full blown chest cancer. He had to be put to sleep just short of his 13th birthday. Do I think Pedigree may have something to do with his cancer? You bet I do! By the sounds of it there was NOTHING remotely nutritious or even healthy in this food. I tell everyone I know who feeds it to switch.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:27:00 +0000

This food is horrible!!! I gave our husky hot spots that covered her neck, head and back! She had a dull itchy coat every were else and runny poop. We have now switched her to earthborn primitive(and rotate throught the other grain free ones) and are VERY happy with it. She now has a thick shiny coat, tons of energy, and good stools.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Well, the low rating is due to the poor ingredients in the food, not how well some dogs do on it. That’s something Dr. Mike can’t reliably quantify in his reviews.

By: Tberg63

Tberg63 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:44:00 +0000

We have been feeding our dogs Pedigree for over 15 years and have never had any kind of problems. So I’m not understanding the low rating on this. I’ve read several of the comments and we never experienced any one of them. Some dogs are prone to allergies and skin conditions. Others have flatuance. In these cases perhaps a different food is needed with more or less fats.