luvmyangels wrote:So what I am trying to get at is that maybe people get defensive because they think they are doing the best for their dog and money is a factor.
Magnolia618 wrote: Your pet's health directly reflects what he/she eats every day.
SisMorphine wrote:luvmyangels wrote:So what I am trying to get at is that maybe people get defensive because they think they are doing the best for their dog and money is a factor.
And that's what gets me. $20 for 30 pounds of Kibbles'n'Bits vs. $30 for Iams and $40 for Canidae. The Canidae will last longer than the other two because it is higher quality so you feed less. Plus, IT'S ONLY A DIFFERENCE OF $10 OR $20 BUCKS!!!!!!!!! That's a bottle of Jack Daniels or a trip to the movies with popcorn. It's nothing.
Plus I'm on the firm stance of "if you can't feed it and vet it don't get it." Too many people get dogs and then can't afford the vet care, can't afford the neuter, can't afford the good food. I'm sorry, it's not an excuse. Trust me, last fall I fell on some very hard times when the company I worked for shut down and I didn't have a job nor the time to work in most places (as I was in school fulltime and some classes were during the day, others at night, made it hard to find a job to fit the schedule). I spent every last cent I had on feeding Wally. I had adopted him when I could afford him, I fell on hard times and insisted on continuing the best care for him no matter what I had to do to achieve it. Now I am building up a dog fund so I am never in that situation again. If you put a certain amount of money in it each week it grows pretty quikcly and then you won't have to worry about stuff like not having food for him for that month, or not being able to pay for a necessary surgery.
Money is not an excuse. If you can't afford it from the get-go don't get an animal. If you fall on hard times in between don't give up on that animal by feeding crap. If you had kids and were going through hard times would you feed them twinkies just because they were $50 for 2 bucks? Suck it up, make sacrifices that will affect you and you only, and don't let other lives suffer because of your bad luck.
Sorry . . . it's just something that irks me greatly. People need to set their priorities straight.
luvmyangels wrote:I too worked full time and went to school full time and had my own apartment. My dog had all the vet care and emotional care he needed since family always came to visit. Maybe it was more of not knowing at that time too considering there was not as big of a push on dog nutrition 16 years ago as there is today.
concreterose wrote:While this attitude is good in theory, most pet owners do not think this way. MOST people do not consider their pets their top priority.
I know other people that feed grocery store food even though their dogs have continual ear infections, allergies, etc. I tell them about nutritional alternatives, but it's just not a big deal to them. They won't spend their last $10 on their dogs. And I wouldn't call them 'bad' or irresponsible owners.
ParisStreetPitCrew wrote:Magnolia618 wrote: Your pet's health directly reflects what he/she eats every day.
I'm going to have to disagree with this-- your pet's health reflects both what it eats AND there are contributing genetic factors.
SisMorphine wrote:Right there wasn't. But once it became an option you educated yourself, did some research, and changed, correct?
It's the people who refuse to educate themselves on new things that cause problems. If they took the time to look into nutrition when someone mentioned it to them, they would see and change their ways. But it's the people who refuse to educate themselves that's the problem.
We've all fed our animals crap at one point or another, before we knew better, but because we were open to change and education they now eat well.
gf turtle wrote:concreterose wrote:While this attitude is good in theory, most pet owners do not think this way. MOST people do not consider their pets their top priority.
I know other people that feed grocery store food even though their dogs have continual ear infections, allergies, etc. I tell them about nutritional alternatives, but it's just not a big deal to them. They won't spend their last $10 on their dogs. And I wouldn't call them 'bad' or irresponsible owners.
Oh, that's so true! Most folks just don't know and don't care... I have neighbors who are Du Ponts, they have an older Chow mix with thyroid and coat problems. What do they feed her? Kibbles and Bits.
I have tried to suggest that a better food would help their dog so much, they agree and then do nothing. It's not like they can't afford it, they just don't bother. I even said how TW can be delivered right to the door and she liked that, no more lugging big heavy dog food bags... But they still buy the crap food...
Malli wrote:I personally do not agree with raw, home made done very carefully perhaps; but I suppose thats a whole other topic.
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