Actually you are spaming as most of the people that you "advise" to try this food are UK based and have no access to the food you quote. However, keep mentioning it on forums like this it increases the google hit rate!!

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Indeed, I run many large communities myself, and I know when somebody is there for the spam and there to actually join in and take part. Thanks for backup Kiska

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[/QUOTE And the beet pulp is a great digestive ingredient.[/QUOTE]

Dogs are best fed on raw meat so... i don't know where someone has tried to convince you that beet pulp is good other than a low quality dry dog food manufacturer

Dogs are best fed on raw meat so... i don't know where someone has tried to convince you that beet pulp is good other than a low quality dry dog food manufacturer[/QUOTE]


Maybe this article will give you some insite. And beet pulp is a good ingredient for dogs...and it is in very high quality dry dog food. There are many high quality dog foods out there, so check the ingredients before you purchase. I myself am very please with the ingredients that are in the food that my dogs are eating. And they are pleased with the food as well. I have not criticized anyone for feeding their dogs whatever food they are feeding them. A question was asked, and I only offered my opinion. I did not push anyone to buy the food. Everyone should be respectful to others, especially when asking a question and looking for replies.

Here is an article that you may want to check out....every type of food has it's pros and cons.....and as the dog owner, it's your decision to choose what to feed them, based on your opinions about a certain food.
Raw Meat Debate – Should You Feed it to Your Dog?

Got to page 5976 and got bored, so I skipped to the end to add my own thoughts.

We tried our SBT on a huge variety of dried food in the first few months we had him. He'd been on a diet of chicken, rice, scrambled egg, tuna, and cheese at the breeders so it was a gradual and very expensive first few weeks - getting him used to eating what I would call "dog food".
We discovered that:

Bakers gave him spots/lumps

Pedigree of all types made his poo runny and stinky.

Iams didn't interest him at all, and Science Diet, James Wellbeloved, Eukanuba, Royal Canin, Purina, etc etc etc all gave him the squirts/dandruff/spots/skin problems/itching/etc etc etc.

We tried them all, and in a moment of exasperation and cheapness bought him a small bag of Morrisons My Dog.

Ingredients as follows :

Don't know - 100%

Dog likes it, eats it, is fit and healthy, and has none of the symptoms the other foods gave him, so.........

Before anyone jumps down my throat and calls me irresponsible for feeding my dog meat flavoured cardboard - it doesn't matter.

Each to their own, each dog will do well on a certain food and poorly on others, so try them all and decide for yourself.

BTW I've just started making dog food from ground chicken necks and meat 'leftovers' from the butcher, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, porridge oats, tuna, cheese, and goats milk. Not all at once of course, and I'm still experimenting, but both my dogs eat everything I give them and aren't showing any signs of ill health, weakness, or dandruff (which one of them was starting to get) and the female is putting on weight at a good rate after giving birth to 7 puppies 6 weeks ago.

I'd better get off to the raw food forum.

Congrats to finding something that works for you and your dogs. You are absolutely right, you have to just try them and see what works for them. Whether it's dry, can, or raw. Kind of like feeding a newborn,,sometimes they have to try different kinds of milk to find which works best for them.
Congratualtions on your litter~

Culleydog

All i'd say in the first few months of having your dog is that you perhaps switched diet too much. Runny poo is a sign that it is going through the system too quick. I had this with my greyhound who was fine after taking her off dry complete - until i changed the meal. Then back being fine again. I'm keeping her on Pedigree with mixer now as she is an older girl and i can be sure of supplies.

Well said. Where do people get the idea that sugar beet pulp is poor quality?
In the same way people don't trust big companies for their dishonest labelling, some small companies are scaremongering to try and make themselves out to be different.
My boys get a good quality natural food and it works brilliantly - and has sugar beet in it!

I tried him for a few weeks on each type of food. A week changing from one to another, then 3 weeks on just that food, or however long it took for him to get bored with it, or develop any negative symptoms. The Morrisons My Dog seemed to satisfy him and not cause any problems, and he didn't lose any weight so we stuck with it.
I thought it had started giving him dandruff recently but that was my mistake, it was actually Tescos dry food (all looks the same when you it's in the containers !)
He's back on Morrisons now, and we're gradually introducing various raw meats, including chicken necks, along with some vegetables, eggs, cheese and oats. I hope to have them both on some sort of BARF diet in the next month or so, and if I can get a decent grinder I'll be giving it to the pups as well.

A few weeks [like 3-4?] isn't that long for a dog to get used to if they have a sensitive stomach. It took my greyhound closer to 8-10 weeks to get settled on the biscuit i'm giving her. One's judge is the coat and No: 2s. The No: 2s gradually got firmer and firmer. I don't know what dry complete does to a dogs digestive system but they do need a bit of time to 'detox.' I a dog is used to bit of change and is young like my lurcher it doesn't matter so much it seems.

Let me know what sort of grinder you get - i've been after one myself.