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Post by tracilg on Jul 7, 2008 11:37:20 GMT -5
Over the weekend, we were visiting family and met someone that had a 10-month old boxer. She was the sweetest dog, but wow was she ever skinny. Like you could see all her ribs and her spine sticking up along her back skinny!!!
They kept saying they didn't know why she was so skinny because she has access to all the food she wants to eat - and that they feed Atta Boy. I've never heard of ut, but have to assume it's not a good quality food. Not if the dog is eating plenty and is still that skinny!
They figure she's skinny because she runs a lot. Sigh...
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Post by emilys on Jul 7, 2008 12:30:17 GMT -5
Suggest they bring her to the vet to check for worms. There are "occult" worms that don't show up on regular tests and are easily cleared up with the appropriate treatment. My rescue boy ate all the time and was skinny.. turned out he had these worms. In a few weeks he started to gain weight.
I suspect Atta Boy is c***; if you can get a look at the label, check it out for how much fillers it has. You could suggest a better quality food, even something like ProPlan would be better.
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Post by valliesong on Jul 8, 2008 16:48:00 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, Atta Boy is even worse than Ol' Roy as far as quality goes. Almost all corn with just a little meat by-product. It's like chicken feed, so I'm not surprised the dog can't survive on it.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jul 10, 2008 18:06:29 GMT -5
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Post by valliesong on Jul 10, 2008 20:10:25 GMT -5
Yeah, that looks about right. All slaughterhouse waste and low quality fillers.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jul 11, 2008 7:48:28 GMT -5
Gross
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Post by windowdog on Jul 14, 2008 10:01:30 GMT -5
You know, I was considering this over the weekend. My in laws have a farm in up state NY. They have a pit/chow/god knows what mix from a shelter and he's about 9 or 10 now. He's eaten ol roy his entire life and really he's a healthy looking dog. They're generous on the table scraps with him, and he gets TONS of excercise. But really he's lived almost a decade on the wal-mart crap and he's doing just fine. Kind of makes me wonder... I wouldn't stop feeding Devin the Solid Gold stuff I buy. But really it's hard to find anything wrong with their dog that you could link to nutrition.
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Post by tracilg on Jul 14, 2008 10:31:42 GMT -5
I don't think it's just nutrition with this dog - odds are good it has worms or some other problem and her owners are just oblivious. Unfortunately, they are not people I will likely ever have contact with again (I'm in NY. They're in Idaho. Were in the same place for one weekend for a wedding.) or I'd tell them to get her checked for worms. As for the food, I'm just a firm believer now in spending the money to get a good quality food for your pet. You wouldn't feed your kids a diet of 59 cent mac n cheese and ramen noodles, so why feed your dog the equivalent. Before I knew any better, I fed my last dog Ol' Roy for his whole life and his vet said that was probably the single biggest factor to him developing recurring bouts of pancreatitis. He died in January at age 12 a very unhealthy dog - after appearing healthy for his whole life before then.
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Post by RealPitBull on Jul 14, 2008 14:56:56 GMT -5
My grandfather is in his mid 80's, and very healthy. Eats nothing but crap (white flour, sugar, meat). I attribute his health to good genetics and a lifetime of working outdoors and physical labor. If my diet consisted of what he ate, I'd probably be dead or at least walking to an early grave. Nothing beats good nutrition, it is the single most important element of maintaining and gaining health. There will always be someone, somewhere who will live to a ripe ol age despite not eating well. For every one of those, I'll show you tons who have serious health issues.
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