Beneful food analysis? Suggestions for a client? - Page 3

Shame on the vet for recommending this food.  They should know better.  The first 10 ingredients which is where most of the nutrition is supposed to be are bad for the dog...  Tell her that.  She might see a couple of vegi's listed which might make her THINk the food is OK but that is not enough to sustain a healthy animal.  Maybe she just does not give a rats a__ and you will know as soon as you try to tell her the food is very unhealthy let alone where and how it is made.  Maybe gross her out with the article on how dog food is made and from what.  That ought to do it.  Nan

I feel for you Guy;  it really gets to me, too, when I see this happening to any dog,
being aware of the heartache and bother that can arise if the dog gets diabetes
or heart disease or arthritis later, and it could SO have been avoided if the owner
had listened / thought about what they were doing.  But other posters are right :
it is worth having a try or two - particularly if you can furnish the facts as suggested;
but then you just have to back off.  That stinks; but at least you get to think to yourself
"Well I told her so" when it backfires on her - not much consolation, is it ?

GUy:

 Have you or anyone held a handful of this dog food in their hands..I had same thing happen to me , when I boarded a business owner in TOWN  , his dog , half wolf and half german shepherd , OVERWEIGHT and he brought a bag of BENEFUL , handed it tome saying   "Why is Barbie so fat and she is dull and has bouts of gas"

I  fed her the first night and had honor of sticking my hand in bag and using my hands to fill the bowl...

THAT dog never ate Beneful again...IT feels like a handful of RUBBER  or like  GUMMIE bears...THAT ARE FULL OF SUGAR ALSO..

SORRY GUYS, BUT HEALTH  and food are my biggy, and I could not keep quiet.

I would never feed anything DIAMOND foods manufactures...google on our database for last 6 yrs of saga on them , their foods and experiences of research by breeders.

Steak and potatoes and green beans 365 days a year with one egg and a raw bone a day would be better than BENEFUL OR  Diamond..

I speak from experience not opinion.

YR

When I ask a client what they are feeding their dog after they complain about a fat dog, I ask them... What do farmers feed cattle and hog to fatten em up for slaughter? 90% of folks know that they feed them corn to fatten them up. I then pull up the ingrediants in the food and explain about the primary is before dehydration etc. They see the corn as the primary or second ingredient and by the time they leave their mind is moving. They usually ask what I recommend and I tell them I feed Diamond Natural or 4health. I tell them to do their research and they will be suprprised at the info.
I never tell them what they are feeding is causing them to get fat or ill health, I let them draw their own conclusions by educating them backed up with information they can find themselves. I also suggest adding greenbeans instead of fatty treats, great roughage.

Best thing to do is to print this out and give this to your client... . http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/beneful-dog-food-dry/

It breaks down the food and gives an analysis... it also rates it up to 5 stars (Beneful has 1 star... that says quite a bit in itself).

Beneful has been described as "THE WORST COMPILATION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE ON THE MARKET"

Then show her some other foods with better star ratings... maybe that will help change her mind.