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Dog food. Cheap dog food

If you don't like paying those high prices for cat or dog food you are not alone. Usually the content of the food is going to be similar, but your cat or dog might not like the taste. You can still save money buying inexpensive cat or dog food by adding leftover juices from meats and your dinners to the food and your pet will eat it right up!

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Cheap pet food is NOT of the same quality Comments By: erika Cheap pet food is NOT of the same quality of some of the better and more expensive pet foods. even some of the more expensive foods are rubbish. pet food is often made with ingredients not fit for human consumption like ligaments (which are undigestable), spoiled meat or cancerous tissue. the grains are often not whole grains but nutritionless husks. foods are sprayed with rancid deep fat oil disgarded by restaurants to make the food more palatable because without it the smell is so horrible no animal would eat it. if you want to improve your pet's diet then research your foods and buy only those made with human quality ingredients.   unhealthy dog Comments By: I_have_a_healthy_dog Cheap dog food makes your dog unhealthy. Why would you want to make your dog more unhealthy by adding cheap broth and gravy to it???   Do not feed your animals cheaply! Comments By: Shannon Cheap dog or cat food is just that. Cheap! Your animal and its health depend on the food you choose for them to ingest. If you're confused on what's an appropriate/healthier food than what you give now, go to your vet and ask, or to a local pet wharehouse and talk to a pet specialist. Knowledge is power. Don't be ignorant.   Read the ingredients Comments By: Jeff Just do a google search and see how most dog food is made. Usually the more well known a brand of dog food, the worse it is for your dog. If you want a quality dog food that is cheaper, use a more expensive dog food. What?? That's right. Many quality dog foods like Wellness and Flint River Ranch are available, they cost more per bag but you feed your dog 1/2 as much as a cheap dog food (because it is baked, not extruded). This works out to be cheaper in the long run. By the way, your dog will love it with nothing extra put on it. A quality dog food contains no corn, wheat, white rice or animal fats, which most dog foods use as their main ingredient. These are nothing more than fillers and you're throwing your money away feeding them to your dog. I just switched my dogs to Wellness, and within 2 weeks they have a new bounce in their step and look great.   Do you love your pet? Comments By: Linda Would you give your dog a moldy piece of cheese? Take them to a groomer who injures them? Why would you give your dog cheap food covered up by a tempting broth? Do your homework. If you love your dog, it's worth them time and expense to keep him healthy   Worst Advice Ever Comments By: Anon This is very poor, irresponsible advice. I cringe when I see people buying "Ole Roy" at Walmart. Its the dog food equivalent to McDonalds food. Sure it tastes good, dogs love it, but it is poor quality garbage that will not do your dog any favors. Its borderline animal abuse. Dogs depend on you to take care of them and feeding good quality dog food is a good start. Its not that much more expensive to get the quality food and it might pay off with less money spent at the vet. If you don't believe this, ask your vet. He will probably recommend Iams, Science Diet or similar.   Stop Killing Your Pets Comments By: Sharon Do you know all gro store brand dog food is nothing but corn,wheat and soy and by products.By products are all the dead cows pigs,chicks,diseased animals thats took to rendering plants.So sure you buy cheap,its all fillers and cheap way to add protein for the companys.And you people wondering why your pets itch and shed and get sick..Do some research,The first 10 ingrigents will tell you whats in your foods.I my Self will only use Blue Buffalo its Human grade,no corn,soy or wheat and the Chicken and Lamb is free range feed so it has no hormones or bad things in body to injest in your pets.It has life source bits thats been freeze dried and put back into food to give it vitemins and minerals,as you know when you cook any food you tend to cook that all out,but with the way its done with Blue adding it back in with the bits,I know my dogs are getting real nutriton.Check it out your self. www.bluebuff.com   morrisons Comments By: theboss i feed my dogs the morrison premium food rlatively cheap. both dogs turn away them more expensive types and prefer this and are both fit and healthy which shows that cheap food isnt always the worst.   Appalling! Comments By: 3 Hound Mommy I am appalled that anyone can think that feeding your dog anything less than human grade dog food is ok as long as their dogs LOOK healthy?!!! There are many people out there that LOOK healthy, and from one day to the next they find out they have cancer or even suffer from a stroke or heart attack. Animals are the same. Diseases take years to manifest in the body, and the poor grade "food" available for dogs these days are the causes of these awful diseases. Diseased poultry and beef, animal carcasses, rotting animals that are supposed to be cremated but sent to these companies instead to be ground into store bought kibble and colored with red 40 and other chemicals for some appeal. Wake up people. This cannot be healthy for any living creature on this planet. If you love your dog, feed your dog decent food and also save on medical bills in the future. I use The Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Raw Food (Human Grade). Their products are wonderful. There is also Flint River, Natural Balance (if you're more on a budget) and many more. Do your research. It doesn't take much effort to find valuable information on the internet. I apologize for my intensity but this attitude towards animals has got to change.   Same OLD arguement.... Comments By: Galen Since when did dogs NEED to start eating "human grade" food? Ever seen a farm dog? They eat the nastiest "roadkill" type stuff and LOVE it. A dog isn't supposed to have "human grade" food. People have just been conditioned to believe they do. Your dog will do fine on "Old Roy" and other cheaper brands. Everyone feeds what they want but, don't be fooled by hype and "scientific studies"....   Yes, don't be fooled by learning something . . . Comments By: Neocog Just to point out that if your farm dogs are eating roadkill they are still eating better then the useless matter in Ol' Roy. The idea here is that a dog's or cat's body is fit for processing particular types of food. Meat is pretty much their natural primary food source, even more with cats. Cheap pet foods have more grains (you ever see a dog shuck a corn cob? or graze?) than protein, and the protein is barely even meat. By-products usually refers to rendered tissues such as tendons, skin and hair. Yes, a dog might naturally eat those things but only because they chew through them to get to the meat. Human grade pet food simply indicates that it is free of dangerous levels of pesticides, poisonous chemicals (melamine anyone?) and that the meat is fresh when added to the product.   Whats Wrong ?! Comments By: Anon Everyone is going very over the top about cheap dog food. Cheap dog food is NOT going to kill your pet, it is just as good, and even if it isnt as tasty, adding gravy isn't cheap. You eat gravy dont you ? or is it too cheap :| People who leave mindless comments like that need to think a bit. People dont die if they eat cheaper food? do they ?!   Use Your Brains People Comments By: Anon I have had several dogs and they all ate cheap dog food. Just because it is inexpensive does not mean it does not contain the nutrients your pet needs. My first pet was a mixed breed..lab/husky. She ate "Moist&Meaty) het entire life...and lived to be 20 years old...I am serious! My other dogs (labs) are doing just fine...one is 7 healthy as an ox and the other is 12.   U feed your dog ur food ill feed my dog my food Comments By: Derek Who CARES!!!!   CHEAP-LONG LIFE Comments By: SAND THOMAS MY DOGS ARE FED THE CHEAPEST DOG FOODS I CAN FIND. THE ONES WITH THE LIFE-SPANS OF 10-12 YRS. LIVED TO BE 16 YRS. OLD! LITTLE PEDIGREED TOY DOGS! RIGHT NOW I HAVE 2 PEKENESE, ONE IS 15 AND THE OTHER IS 12. THANK YOU, I WILL CONTINUE TO FEED THE CHEAPEST BRANDS. TWELVE DOLLARS FOR 50 LBS!   Neocog your wrong Comments By: caroline my dog is halthy she eats peas cabbge corn pop corn she will clim a mouten to get a apple or a pear and bread witch has weat and stuff in when a dog eats an animal it eats the stomock of that animal first that probly has corn seeds and berries grass nettles and all kinds of stuff in my dog rades the bins for carrots she love bake beans dont think i feed her some of this stuff offen but is i have beans i give her some and our cats will come and nik them from her and eat them cheap dog and cat food is not bad but some ar not good some expensice brands are not good for some dogs e.g barkers has coloring that make some dogs hyper and uncontrolible   Over rated Comments By: smarterthanyou I have 4 dogs and feed them what you all consider cheap dog food. My oldest dog is 15 and drinks from the toilet instead of her water bowl. She has eaten cheap food her whole life and can keep up with my 2 year old lab. She is way healthier than most of these dogs on their "special foods" that are plagued with allergies and hip problems and every other issue a dog can have. Give me a break. A dog is a dog not a person. Given the change they would probably choose to eat out of the garbage or the cat box vs your fancy dog food LOL