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I feed my dogs Instinct chicken kibble raw boost for sensitive tummies now because one won’t eat any other brand. My dogs love the food and their poop is finally great. I used your scale to compare and it’s within limits.. I will say the protein is a bit higher at 31% not off by much. Instinct uses a freezing method to kill off bacteria. I agree, pregnant woman should be careful when dealing with freeze dry raw, but instinct pet food has been a blessing in our home ❤ I feel overwhelmed with joy that I found this food. My dog is smiling all the time and is so excited for feeding time. Regarding raw: I believe dogs can eat raw and raw is more natural for them. There is not an animal in the world, who eats meat, that eats it cooked. I agree, raw can be dangerous if not handled properly

I need your opinion! I just emailed Purina pro plan for their dry matter analysis for sensitive skin and stomach, the salmon and lamb formulas. I just assumed they were good because it's a huge reputable company. But look... Purina® Pro Plan® brand Dog Food - Specialized - Sensitive Skin & Stomach - Salmon & Rice Formula - Dog Food Protein - 29.5% Fat - 19.6% Calcium - 1.45% Phosphorus - 1.14% Purina® Pro Plan® brand Dog Food - Specialized - Sensitive Skin & Stomach - Lamb & Oat Meal Formula - Dog Food Protein - 29.6% Fat - 20.0% Calcium - 1.51% Phosphorus - 1.05% Is this ok? or way over on the calcium and phosphorus?

Do you have a cumulative chart of all these reviews and scoring? its a lot to take in and digest

I was curious where the Large Breed Puppy nutritional requirements table came from? I can't find matching data in the AAFCO profiles, but I also don't even know where all to look.

Dr. Rea would you be able to do a review on Purina? I contacted them today and they said they do not have phosphorus or calcium levels available for their dry cat food. And they also said they were not permitted to share the nutritional information with me when I asked for it. This is baffling to me? Why would they not be able to share this information? How are nutrient levels proprietary information? Perhaps they misunderstood me. But this information should be readily available for the consumer. Especially when you have aging cats. All they were willing to give me was the minimum and maximums which are on the product label and website. Both of which do not include calcium and phosphorus.

Can you evaluate all of Dr. Harvey's mixes? I'd really love your opinion and get the facts on it. Thanks!

I can tell you're very young vet because the more I watch your videos because I'm actually interested in learning about very particular food brands the more I realize you're very contradictory to vets who have been veterinarians way longer than you I mean food rotation protein rotation is the best thing you can do for your animals when they eat one protein their entire life is actually when they develop allergies

I've looked at the links in your description but I just CANNOT find that little chart you pull up in the videos as a reference. I'm trying to see if there's any parameters for taurine or say copper or ash content

160 is completely safe. Food safety is based on time at a temperature. To say that you shouldn't buy chicken because it is not safe is completely false. Chicken can be safe at 145. As I said depends on time at temperature.

Hey Doc whats the best dog food for labi-pits and american bullies? They shed like nobodies business and I'm trying to get a handle on that.

I have a now 2 month old Chihuahua and possible jack russell mix puppy. I got her at 5 weeks and the owners started her on wet food. When can i switch her to dry food? Thank you for video's they are very helpful.

What's the best dog food for a 2 year old 80 pds, picky eater do you recommend? My vet says Purina pro plan dog still picky due to hubby feeding him table food.

can you do dog and cat orijen fit and trim reviews I dont see any videos about it

I lovely I'm about to adopt a puppy and I'm trying to do my research and can figure out what brand is actually good I've been told sulfate free is good and grain is also bad and to get grain free but then I'm hearing the opposite and that raw is good but I understand onlynif recommended or balanced properly I'm sure you might have a video I can't find but I'd really appreciate the help

oh THANK YOU so so much ! this is super valuable information for any pet owner.

Happy Caturday! Your Purrsday video on reading pet food labels has 405 views, 47 likes and 39 comments. This Feline Friday video on a European cat food has 65 views, 5 likes and 8 comments, all but one from a single person. I would say it did not go over, 🎵🎶 Over There! 🎶🎵

0:36 that's germany FYI 😉

Open farm lost my business. The fact that they responded to you with a less than transparent answer then left you hanging, was not good business. Thank you so much for you videos I have learned so much valuable information

I bought a crib mattress for my dog, & she's afraid of it. When she steps on it the ends pop up making her feel like she's unstable. It kind of feels like how an air mattress feels. I was going to make a frame for her as well, but now I don't know what to do. I was trying to think of a way to make it more stable. Anyone have any ideas, or should I just buy her a dog bed? Is yours like that, or did I just order a cheap quality one?

People always say this is the worst dog food, but i have friends that say its perfectly fine and dogs live long healty lives ? The cost is amazing but i see where they probably cut corners

Thank you for Feeline Fridays. Still considering finding a hypoallergenic Siberian Forest Cat (tested). If you ever get bored, a lot of ferrets are fed dry cat food as well because of their high metabolism. Ideally, ferrets should be fed whole prey (not raw grinds nor segmented raw chunks like chicken feet or turkey necks commonly advocated in North America). In Europe, people work full-time, so they provide kibbles during the working hours then feed whole preys (eg. rabbits, rats, mice, chicks) when they are home. So, Ferrety Fridays would also be a nice alternative to Feline Fridays. :)

Hey I LOVE your nutritional videos and was really hoping you would be willing to do a more niche video for working dogs. I have found extremely inconsistent information about that and have working LGD’s and Dr Gary’s is one of the few that has a specific food for working dogs but I have no idea if it’s good or not since the comparisons aren’t there and as someone who has not attended veterinary school I have no idea what an appropriate baseline is. An additional issue is working dogs as puppies. These dogs are huge and athletic but don’t eat very much and are ‘grazers’ therefore the sheer volume of puppy food generally recommended is not realistic- no matter how much they like the food it’s hard enough to get 2 cups a day in while they’re growing. In an effort to help along the chore of adequately feeding them we have been giving the puppies (4 months and up) adult food as well. Can you please advise?

3:54 - true, but you can still find statements on EU products like "meant for growing large breed puppies, except Great Dane under (blank) weeks"

Yay, EU brands

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🎵🎶 You seem to say, that when it comes to pet food marketing, “Heaven knows, Anything Goes!” Cole Porter was prophetic! LOL 🎶🎵

A friend of mine recently took a Havanese puppy that was on Hill's puppy bites. Previous owner tried to transition it to a Canadian brand which did not end well for the pup. The guy was one of those patriotic "support local businesses" nationalists. Problem is there is no reputable Canadian brand that does nutrition properly.

Not surprised Open Farms gave you the run around. Spent too much time on the phone asking why their bags were causing my dog's potato allergy to flare up. The established big companies didn't cause his allergy to flare up

I have always heard it should be grain free. You are the first person to say they need grain. I will stick with Jackson Galaxy

The fact that Open Farm is trying to display their full ingredients in an unconventional way is screaming shady to me. They really think the consumers are dumb.

Open Farm makes their product sound like the best kibble on the market and yet it made both of my dogs sick even after I carefully switched according to the instructions. I completely see how I was taken in by marketing I thought were facts.

I will never support Open Farm. That is terrible customer service. You are small animal practitioner they should be delighted to give you that information. Some companies are shady! I have never had that problem with Royal Canin or Hills. The only company I had a difficult time reaching was Purina.

Hello! Would Purina Pro Plan Large Breed Dry Puppy Food, Chicken and Rice Formula be a good option as well? I'm looking for kibble options for my labrador/pyreenees mix puppy.

Great video! Thank you so much for sharing! I have a question. Isn't the kibble heated up so high that all nutrients are lost and have to be added back in? Would that make the "meat" ingredient pointless to look at? Should we just primarily focus on the mineral content of the kibble? I sadly fell for this marketing ploy and was thinking I was doing good by making sure the meat was the first ingredient. The more I learn, I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't focus on the "meat" ingredient at all.

When it says "chicken and oats recipe" does that mean it could be 1% chicken and 24% oats? Or 25% chicken and another 25% oats? Or does it just refer to meat protein? It is a kind of useless term, though, unless it is by dry matter volume.

5:36 - "family companies" can still be millionaires. Most millionaires don't earn their own dollars. Most of it is inherited from the previous generation

4:09,- I just gave up om ingredient panels altogether when boutique companies are not required to tell you where their synthetic vitamins are extracted from (dog had potato allergy) unless you call them

Thank you so much! I never thought of the water weight of the protein in the formulation I feed, I fell more able to read the bag not just the ingredient list to find the most beneficial food for my puppy. I also was wondering if you could do a video explaining how to rate a dehydrated or freeze-dried food? I appreciate you. Thanks

Another most excellent, INFORMATIVE video, ma'am. Yep, Open Farm sounds just like ANY OTHER "designer" pet food company, out there to get us to buy their products based on smoke & mirrors. I guess they're ignorant to the fact, that the more they tap dance around your questions, the more they convince us not to buy their products. Keep it up and thank you for KEEPING US INFORMED. Your channel is invaluable to us and our 4-legged family members.

Hi, Doctor Rea!! Excellent video. If you don’t mind, I need a little advice with choosing between 2 foods for my 15 yr old pup. I am stuck between Hill's Science Diet Adult 7+ Small & Mini Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food and Royal Canin® Size Health Nutrition™ Small Aging 12+ Dry Dog Food. I asked for both of their nutritional info in a dry matter basis in exact percentages, no min or max, and the two are seemingly wonderful options. However, there are a few points I am concerned about. First, I love the way Hill’s guaranteed analysis in a dry matter basis, is readily available on their site for all of their products, and for that particular one, their Protein is at 21.5%, Calcium at 0.8%, Phosphorus at 0.69%, and Crude Fiber at 5%. According to the charts, Calcium should be at 0.75% max, so they are slightly over. Now the issue here lies in comparison to Royal Canin, in which, for their particular food, they informed me that the Protein content is at 27.17%, Calcium at 0.73%, and Phosphorus at 0.53%. They are a little over in Protein, but are amazing in the Mineral department. They also gave me two answers for Fiber that I am confused about-Crude Fiber at 1.63% but 7.85% total Dietary Fiber. Looking at the senior dog chart, it should be more than 2% Fiber, and my dog personally needs as much Fiber as she can get, or she has tummy/stool problems, and I don’t understand which answer is more applicable. I am unsure of what the better option would be considering all of these factors-I would greatly appreciate your opinion on this, Doctor Rea!!

Hi Dr Rea! Thanks again for another very informative video! I've just checked my dog's SD Adult 7+ Perfect Digestion food bag and it also says "recipe" on it. So it leaves me to wonder if SD is really any better than all these other misleading dog food makers, and also, what is in the other 75%???

Hi! One video I would love to see you speak on is the purpose and appropriation use of pet/dog supplements. Not prescription, but supplements; and what types are considered unnecessary such as daily multi vitamins, omega 3 fish oils etc. It seems the pet supplement industry has become all the rage… completely disregarding the nutritional balance of dog food. I would love to hear your take on this!

I was reading that 4D meat is typically found in meat meal, if used, but it's rendered so it is safe for the animal. I'm curious as to what this means exactly. I know it's at least partially cooked to kill anything nasty. I guess I'm really curious if there is a huge difference health wise between a meat/ meat and bone meal based food vs the more clearly defined meat based food.

Great explanation of pet food terms. Fancy Feast Kitten was the first wet food I tried with my two. It made Colbie throw up. I had been feeding their mama cat Rachael Ray, both wet and dry. I switched to that for the kittens. What I have learned, from you, since, most commercial cat food is so high in nutrients that adult food is fine for kittens. Happy Purrsday!

Platter - I had not seen that one!