What do you feed your pets?

Cloud · 04-29-2007, 06:18 PM

I'm talking dogs and cats here.

Dry food?
Wet food?
Standard brand name (e.g., Purina)?
Premium food?
Veternarian-sold food?
Table scraps?
Raw food?
Homemade food?
Supplements?

With all the kerfluffle with the pet food recall recently, just wondered if it mattered to you, if you pay the extra money/go the extra mile to make your own or buy premium food, or what.

zippyt · 04-29-2007, 06:23 PM

Ollie our Boston terrier eats Diamond Adult , good food , he likes it , his coat is shiney and his poop is infrequent but productive .

Oh and he is the Official plate cleaner

Griff · 04-29-2007, 06:27 PM

Goats are on Russian and Autumn Olive.

freshnesschronic · 04-29-2007, 06:49 PM

Dog food. Purina I think? Or the one that starts Eu...i forgot the whole name. Dry food yeah.

Aliantha · 04-29-2007, 09:31 PM

All our animals get dry food which is their staple. We buy good quality dry food because a) they need less of it to fulfill their nutritional needs, and b) because it does actually make them healthier. Also makes their droppings easier to clean up.

We suppliment their diets with fresh raw meat and bones and they also get table scraps.

All in all, it's a battle to keep out pets from getting too fat.

Dagney · 04-30-2007, 08:04 AM

Our dogs get Purina Senior diet in the AM, and then again in the PM with a treat of Alpo (in Gravy) on top. Lately though, that's been suspect, so we have been checking cans carefully.

The cats get Purina Dental Diet mixed with Purina Indoor cat formula.

And everyone gets to participate in Pup-corn night

Suzana · 04-30-2007, 09:15 AM

My cat is 15, he usually eats Purina One Adult, unfortunately, his molars are almost gone on one side (a recent problem) and so I have been feeding him canned food too, Fancy Feast mostly flaked only, he doesn't really like mushy stuff. This food scare has affected how I buy his food, and kind of reminds me of the Tylenol problem (because I thoroughly read all labels again and check out the can for tampering, not because I think it was a malicious act against pets)
Interesting question.

wolf · 04-30-2007, 09:32 AM

The bodies of my enemies.

SteveDallas · 04-30-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The bodies of my enemies.

What do you do when you run short of enemies?

Sorry, the dog/cat qualification was too late. We feed the cockatiels pellet food, or as I casually refer to it, "Purina Cockatiel Chow." (No, it's not really made by Purina.)

Although I was unpacking and opening a new bag of it last night, and we had ordered a couple other things along with it, including a new balsa wood hanging toy that they love destroying. As I was looking at it, I told Mrs. Dallas that I wasn't so sure they had given it the best name--Bird Kabob!

bluecuracao · 04-30-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

My cats get Iams dry, but I'm seriously thinking of switching them over to canned. Too much carbohydrate in the dry -- cats are obligate carnivores. As an almost-diabetic myself, I'm worried about their metabolism.

Cat's systems are really interesting. I read that since cats have been domesticated for 1000's of years to be mousers, the best cat food now replicates the nutrition provided by a whole mouse (not a lot of carbs in a mouse, I guess). And they don't need to eat oranges, because a cat's body makes its own vitamin C.

I was feeding Bosco the Nutro brand dry food, but got nervous and switched to Solid Gold Katz-n-Flocken. He seems to like it better, anyway. I also give him a half-can per day of California Natural canned food. And plenty of Feline Greenies cat cookies.

Undertoad · 04-30-2007, 09:37 AM

Eukanuba is on the recall list.

I use Innova here, high in the quality.

Cloud · 04-30-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Eukanuba is on the recall list.

I use Innova here, high in the quality.

but isn't the recall only for a certain type of canned food? I think that poster was talking about dry

Dagney · 04-30-2007, 10:16 AM

UT, where do you find Innova?

ferret88 · 04-30-2007, 10:26 AM

The dog I inherited (he was part of the deal when I got married) eats dry food -- whatever it is that Costco carries (because my wife works there.)

I would not "go the extra mile" for that dog.

No pet of mine will be a canned-food snob unless that pet has an income that would pay for that stuff.

Madman · 04-30-2007, 11:57 AM

Wife and I have two Terriers (Lady and Sassy).

We feed them a combination. Wet (Purina), dry (can't think of the name right now). Then they get other things like raw potato, carrots, brocolli. They do rather well with those kinds of food.

Of course, since my mother moved in with us a couple years ago, she has tried to feed them things like pizza crust, spaghetti and other things that I would prefer she NOT feed them.

04-29-2007, 06:18 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	What do you feed your pets? I'm talking dogs and cats here. Dry food? Wet food? Standard brand name (e.g., Purina)? Premium food? Veternarian-sold food? Table scraps? Raw food? Homemade food? Supplements? With all the kerfluffle with the pet food recall recently, just wondered if it mattered to you, if you pay the extra money/go the extra mile to make your own or buy premium food, or what. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 04-29-2007 at 06:26 PM.

04-29-2007, 06:23 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Ollie our Boston terrier eats Diamond Adult , good food , he likes it , his coat is shiney and his poop is infrequent but productive . Oh and he is the Official plate cleaner __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-29-2007, 06:27 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Goats are on Russian and Autumn Olive. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-29-2007, 09:31 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	All our animals get dry food which is their staple. We buy good quality dry food because a) they need less of it to fulfill their nutritional needs, and b) because it does actually make them healthier. Also makes their droppings easier to clean up. We suppliment their diets with fresh raw meat and bones and they also get table scraps. All in all, it's a battle to keep out pets from getting too fat. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-30-2007, 08:04 AM	#6
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Our dogs get Purina Senior diet in the AM, and then again in the PM with a treat of Alpo (in Gravy) on top. Lately though, that's been suspect, so we have been checking cans carefully. The cats get Purina Dental Diet mixed with Purina Indoor cat formula. And everyone gets to participate in Pup-corn night __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

04-29-2007, 06:49 PM	#4
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Dog food. Purina I think? Or the one that starts Eu...i forgot the whole name. Dry food yeah.

04-30-2007, 09:15 AM	#7
Suzana Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: PA, USA Posts: 2	My cat is 15, he usually eats Purina One Adult, unfortunately, his molars are almost gone on one side (a recent problem) and so I have been feeding him canned food too, Fancy Feast mostly flaked only, he doesn't really like mushy stuff. This food scare has affected how I buy his food, and kind of reminds me of the Tylenol problem (because I thoroughly read all labels again and check out the can for tampering, not because I think it was a malicious act against pets) Interesting question. __________________ *~ Suzana* “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it yourself.”- Walt Whitman

04-30-2007, 09:32 AM	#8
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04-30-2007, 09:37 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Eukanuba is on the recall list. I use Innova here, high in the quality.

04-30-2007, 10:16 AM	#13
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	UT, where do you find Innova? __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

04-30-2007, 10:26 AM	#14
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	The dog I inherited (he was part of the deal when I got married) eats dry food -- whatever it is that Costco carries (because my wife works there.) I would not "go the extra mile" for that dog. No pet of mine will be a canned-food snob unless that pet has an income that would pay for that stuff.

04-30-2007, 11:57 AM	#15
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Wife and I have two Terriers (Lady and Sassy). We feed them a combination. Wet (Purina), dry (can't think of the name right now). Then they get other things like raw potato, carrots, brocolli. They do rather well with those kinds of food. Of course, since my mother moved in with us a couple years ago, she has tried to feed them things like pizza crust, spaghetti and other things that I would prefer she NOT feed them.

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