Mi trentuno hranimo z Canidae in smo zelo zadovoljni. Zal mi je, da je ne moram kupti po isti ceni kot v Ameriki (ca. 35$ za 18 kg, tukaj pa ze cez 60 evrov
) ampak po mojem se vseeno splaca. Preden sem menajala hrano, sem ogromno brala o temi, na PeSjanar forumu in tudi drugje. Poleg komentarjev tukaj, sta bila ta dva vira posebej poucna:
http://www.asuperiorgsd.com/dog.food.htmlhttp://home.att.net/%7Ewdcusick/02.htmlKako naj izberem hrano? No, malo bolj previdno zdaj, odkar sem se malo bolj izobrazevala. Preden sem sla na Canidae, sem imela Purina Dog Chow v bistvu zgolj zato, ker sem dobila dve veliki zaklji na frisbi tekmi. V prejsnjih obdobjih sem dala tudi Eukanubo, ce sem lih dobila na tekmi (in zmeraj sem bila zelo vesela/hvalezna, ce smo ga dobili, da se vsaj malo povrneje vse stroske, ki jih imam, za potne stroske, startnine itn.) Kdaj pa kdaj sem jo tudi kupila v trgovini, delno zato, ker sta psici jo radi jedli, delno zato, priznam, ker je name vplivala vso to sponzerstvo in povezava z KD Ilirija (kamor smo hodili na malo solo in agility tecaj). Drugace sem kupovala to, kar so mi svetovali v trgovini v Sezani (Tacka)--dokaj kakovastne znamke, ponovadi sem izbrala tisto, kar je bila trenutno v akciji. Nutro Choice, potem Cibau, vcasih Hills (ampak redko--zaradi cene). (V tej trgovini se ne prodaja Eukanuba, ker lastnik meni, da ni dobra.)
Purini sem zaupala zato, ker ko je bila Lyra puppy smo ji dali Purina Puppy Chow, po nasvetu veterinarja, in tudi zato--spet--ker so veliki sponzorji razlicnih pasjih sportov. AMPAK--po kaksnemu mesecu hranjena s Purino Dog Chow (pridobljeno na tekmi), Lyra je bila v slabi kondiciji--suha koza, prhljaj, dull coat (ne vem kako se rece--nezdrava dlaka), brez energije in volja...Zato sem bolj podrobno pogledala na sestavine in bila prav sokirana. Ves, da nekj ni vredu, ce so na vrhu seznama sestavin (po kolicini) zita in "mesni" derivati. Cim pise derivati oz. stranski produkti (byproducts) namesto mesa, lahko ze sumis, da je vse skupaj en drek. Dobesedno:
"1) By-products. By-products are what is left over after the processing plants remove what meat is fit for human consumption and send it to the grocery stores. By products can contain anything from chicken heads and feet, to cow hooves and horns, fur, feathers, blood, skin, bone, feces, and even dirt and sawdust from the floors. By products are not kept fresh, and in some cases have even been known to sit in containers for 5 days or more before being picked up from the meat plant and taken to the dog food rendering plant."
Zato sem sla kupit Canidae in takoj menjala dieto. Psici jo radi jesta in je bila hitra izboljsava v Lyrini kondiciji. Pred kratkim sem prvic videla nek "Dog Club Elite" (Italijanskega izvora) v neki trgovini, po sestavinah se mi tudi zdi zelo vredu, ampak zaenkrat bom ostala pri Canidae. Se eno spremembo, katero sem opazila pri obeh psicah: blato je trsje, kar mi je najprej skrbelo (ceprav seveda je laze za pobrati z vrecko), ampak zdaj to gledam kot nekaj pozitivnega--poglej novo temo o analnih vreckah:
http://www.pesjanar.si/forum/index.php?topic=4711.0Torej: kako izberem hrano? Dobro prestudiram sestavine, in se ne dovolim vec, da na mojo odlocitev vpliva ekonomska propaganda (marketing and advertising) proizvajalca. Spet citiram:
" The 'lesser-quality' dog foods are heavily advertised, so that their names become familiar to the general public. The general public is more likely to purchase something that they recognize the name of, and trust what is said in the commercials put out by these companies as being gospel. For example, there's a new Purina commercial out now that says that they did a study and that dogs fed Purina from puppyhood lived 2 years longer. Longer than what? They don't say. They also don't say that dogs fed a better-quality food with more nutrition and less fillers (like Solid Gold, or Canidae) live on average 5 or more years longer than dogs fed lesser-quality foods like Purina. The Kibbles-N-Bits commercials are also misleading, leading you to believe that dogs love it, and that Kibbles-N-Bits is just as nutritious as the higher-quality foods, when in reality, it is one of the worst foods available (down there with Alpo and store brands). The companies that produce these dog foods can afford heavy advertising because they use cheap-o, bottom-of-the-barrel ingredients in their products. The foods that are much better for your dog, like Solid Gold, Canidae, Nutro Natural Choice, Wellness, Innova, California Natural, and Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul are not advertised like the crappy brands are because:
1) The people that purchase their products do not need advertising because they already know they are buying a better product.
2) They use more expensive, better-quality (often human grade) ingredients in their foods, so advertising would make the cost of their products go up as they had to compensate for the cost of advertising, and
3) Their foods are usually only available in certain pet stores or specialty stores that are not located in just about every city or town, as the crappy brands are. Advertising, therefore, simply wouldn't be worth the cost for the better-quality dog food companies. Does all that make sense?"
No, lepo je, da Purina sponzorira frisbee tekme, ampak vseeno njioive hrane ne bom kupila in je tudi ne bom dala, ce jo dobim zastonj: 15-kg vrecko, kar je Olivia dobila na EP na Poljskem, je kar tam ostala.
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