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BPO Food Forum => Food Discussion & Information => : Gypsy Jazmine April 30, 2006, 11:57:20 AM
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With all the great dogs foods out there & the anguish we go through choosing just the right food for our canine friends I often wonder how much easier would it have been in the days there was only like Purina & a few other brands...lol.. .When I talk about dog food I often get an old timer who says something like this, "Back in the day we fed Purina (or insert the other few brand names)& table scraps & our farm dogs lived to 15 years old"!...lol...Does this ever make you wonder? :-\
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My wife always says that her pop pop who came from upstate PA, fed the dogs left overs and table scraps, never went to the vet, and lived 10-15 years with no major medical problems. Ir does definitley make you wonder. But which one of us is willing to try that with our dogs today?.... exactly why there are always new and better products on the market.
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My wife always says that her pop pop who came from upstate PA, fed the dogs left overs and table scraps, never went to the vet, and lived 10-15 years with no major medical problems. Ir does definitley make you wonder. But which one of us is willing to try that with our dogs today?.... exactly why there are always new and better products on the market.
I'm not willing to try it!...lol...I just chuckle & then start to wonder when the oldtimers make these comments. :)
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When I grew up we fed our dogs purina. I'm still trying to get my mom to feed her dog better stuff. When I do she tells me all of our dogs lived to be 13 years or more on the stuff. I even tried buying my mom better dogfood, but the town she lives doesn't carry any. :-\ The closest is an hour away. My mom does go there at least once or twice a month. Now her dog is having skins problems, so here we go again. ::)