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Originally Posted by dogcom
Cannot lah, if dogs know nutrition and can select food for their nourishment they are more intelligent that human liao! I have my doubt on this theory.
Also hard to swallow is the opinion that poop eating dog is not getting the nutrients he needs. 
I think the hint is in Kitsilano's post. It's more to do with the added chemicals - preservatives, colouring in commercially pack food.
Now ponder on all the reported benefits of a BARF diet.  |
Bro DogCom your experience is invaluable and beside training, if you can add in your knowledge of dog nutrition while on your daily rountine of training dogs..I think you will be doing a great service to dog owners in Singapore.
Yes you are right preservatives, colour enhancer, ingredients replaced with cheaper ingredients etc are bad for our dogs. Dog owner buy a bag of dog food which appeal to him because of peer influence, the colourful dog food bag, price factor etc..all wrong reasons. The right way to look at dog food is to understand by reading up on dog nutritions and then look at the write up on the bag of dog food and try to make a decision from there.
Just to highlight certain food for thought regarding ingredients in dog food....
(1) Beet pulp...many dog food uses beet pulp in their ingredients listed on the bag(in fact beet pulp is mostly the bigger ingredients on the list)....some say it is useful for the dog intestinal tract(aiya something to help digestion)..can it be true? What is beet pulp..it is nothing more then the sugar cane (por) left behind after the hawker grind out the sugar cane juice at your hawker centre...that is being used to make dog food...think how good can beet pulp be. Maybe a good idea if you want to save cost..go hawker centre gather beet pulp to feed your dog...of course your dog will not want to eat...aiya must add in taste enhancer lah! Beet pulp good for the dog intestinal tract meh?....try looking at the sugar cane fibre closely...the shredded fibres especially the finer ones are like little armour piercing needle if it goes through the dog intestinal tract...I tend to believe(my personal opinion) that prolong usage of beet pulp based food will cause intestinal bleeding in the dog. Also I will like to highlight that dogs prolong feeding on beet pulp based food tend to develop pinkish stomach...I think reaction to the beets...anybody out there have any experience in this regard?
(2)In canned dog food ....it is really all meat?...are you sure it is not sorghum? What is sorghum....remember vegetarian food where they have chicken, char siew, pork etc that really taste like the real thing but is all flour like substance coated with chemical call taste enhancer. I am just wondering...maybe some of these canned food should be sent to the Department of Scientific Analysis for a closer look. Let me reiterate that I am not saying that canned dogfood are sorghum based...but I am wondering whether they are?
(3)Poo or dog stools...oh yes I love talking about it. In fact in my personal opinion especially for somebody like bro DogCom who get to see so many dogs a day...stools observation should be perfected as an art. Whatever good or bad that a dog intake, the waste will tell a story. If a dog is eating correctly with a good diet...the stool should come out firm and slightly moist. I will not flood the net so much with stool talk afterward no appetite for lunch. p.s.....dog that eat poo is a social habit...aiya in doggy mind an acquired weird habit...look real stupid...but how about our kids...they dig their nose...look at the "pee sai" and then stick it into their mouth?????...are our kids suffering from malnutrition when they do that kind of thing...I don't think so...I think it is a habit they will eventually outgrow.
Bro DogCom and everybody reading...have a good day.
Regards
Kitsilano