I did a lot of research on it yesterday and it appears that while it is almost always included in foods, it is sometimes not included because the body does make it. It is not tied to taurine, which I first suspected, but it has been implicated (wron…
Jeffrey,
You bring up an interesting point about excesses. The problem with many foods on the market is just that-there are excesses in the food to start, so when you overfeed, which most owners seem to do, you do create a very unbalanced diet. Most…
I have no idea why you think our opinions would be polar opposites. I think all ingredients should be listed and labeled. When my dog was a puppy I had started her on a food that Hill's no longer makes, which was called (I think-it's been years!) He…
Danielle,
What makes you think that there are not lower phos/mag foods out there? It's usually the combination of Phos/calcium and mag that causes problems with dogs. Large breed formulas are out there- Hills makes one. They were the first on the ma…
Good morning everyone! I am a Registered Veterinary Technician with 30 yrs of experience. I specialize in Small Animal Nutrition and am here to learn even more about what it out there. I was trained with Hills and Purina plus I have studied many oth…
Welcome, Jana. To learn more about nutrition, you might want to register for the Virtual Petfood Forum (see group on this site, or http://www.wattevents.com/). It's on October 28 and all online, with five presentations on nutrition. Each will be played twice, so you can check in and out during the day as your schedule permits. (You can also view an archived version for 90 days afterward if your schedule doesn't permit at all!). The best part is, registration is free!
Hope you can participate, and again, welcome to Petfood-Connection.com.
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