I brought home a brochure on Hills pet foods (Ideal Balance, Science Diet, Prescription) and wanted to share some of the info in it:
My question is...what do you think of this?
Something I found really interesting...Hills Pet Nutrition Canada Inc. is one of the pet food companies vet clinics selectively choose to carry, and is one of the highest quality, containing nutritious, highly digestible ingredients that are easy for your pet to absorb and utilize. This means less feeding and less scooping.
It also says:Should meat be the first ingredient in any high quality food? Not necessarily. The right mix of high quality animal and plant protein sources with the other ingredients provides the nutrients your pet can utilize, digest and absorb.
Honestly, I have nothing against people feeding their pets Hills prescription diets - in most cases, the foods are designed with specific illnesses in mind and have certain levels of vitamins for different conditions. But with Science Diet and Ideal Balance, why do certain vets push these foods on healthy patients? These foods are definitely not the best thing for them...meat should be the first ingredient, and corn should not be included. Whenever we fed Cookie dry food with corn in it, it always caused really really smelly gas. :lol3:Corn is a superior grain, compared to other grains used in pet food, like wheat or rice. It does not mean corn on the cob. Corn provides less digestible protein. Corn is added as an exceptional, completely digestible source of energy boosting carbohydrates. It is also an excellent source of essential fatty acids. Out of all the major grains, corn is the least allergenic.
My question is...what do you think of this?