[Michael H]

Amy and Rachel, thanks. The DCM issue is really gotten me upset. I think we are seeing some of the political issues with dog food marketing here. Purina has been using their dog food to get rid of food byproducts for many years, and been very successful doing it. Any vet I would consider using would not have Purina product in their office or promote it. Same with the other really bad foods, Royal Canin and Science diet. All will never be in my house. No one has taken a stand on the DCM issue as far as setting a minimum standard for dog food. Every time you hear about it, oh, here is another list of recommendations but not a list of what is good and what is bad. And everyone with dog food crammed with fillers like rice, grain, alfalfa, oatmeal, are just making hay while the sun shines. I’ll tell you what the standards are. No fillers. No peas, pea parts, legumes, rice, oats, grains, corn, alfalfa, canola oil, flax, white potato, brewers yeast, tomato pomace, beets, yet includes minerals and probiotics. With an actual protein content of 30% or more, dry matter basis. Try to find that dog food. It’s Sport Dog Food Elite Sporting or Working. The other two Elite choices are poultry free and contain white potato.

[Michael H]

I am disgusted with the lack of information being given to this DCM issue. Not one site–including Dog food advisor–has given a proper instruction as to what the minimum standard now is for dog food in light of the issues announced. The smokescreens about how grain free is the problem, BUT only because of the legumes and potatoes being used to prop up the protein, has not even been resolved. Now we get the best dog food in light of the DCM issue right here on this site, telling us that all these dog foods with various fillers like grain, alfalfa, rice, peas, potatoes, are the best. WHAT? Those fillers are all still bad. Yet the only food I am aware of, Sport Dog Food ELITE series, is not one of the top 20. Their lower quality active series is on the list, along with some oatmeal alfalfa and etc. The real issue with the DCM is that the deaths are all from vet reports that involved very expensive testing. And folks that have the money to pay for that kind of testing are going to be buying the best dog foods, meaning, grain free. That right there is the main part of the DCM issue. Now stop recommending dog food with fillers like oat meal and rice and alfalfa. You can get dog food without the fillers, no rice, no grain, no flax, no alfalfa, no oat meal, no soy, no corn, nothing but quality dog food, only from a few dog foods. The Sport Dog Food Elite series is one. And I get it straight from them for less money per pound, that most foods on your best 20 dog foods.

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