Why you should not feed your dog Bakers

Dollardog

It might be an emotive subject but as has been said by others, the 'E' numbers are there to make the food look attractive to us.

Personally, I would much rather feed my dog a 'natural' food, apart from the things mentioned by Jo Jo which are known to be bad for dogs, than feed him something that is known to be a carcinogen, even if it is in a low dose.
The effect of all those carcinogens added together cannot be healthy. I would rather not take the risk.

Bromley86

than feed him something that is known to be a carcinogen, even if it is in a low dose.
The effect of all those carcinogens added together cannot be healthy. I would rather not take the risk.

The problem is that, whilst all that seems reasonable, it doesn't necessarily work that way.

You should be far more concerned by the high levels of dihydrogen monoxide present in wet foods:
http://www.dhmo.org/

Dollardog

Bromley86 wrote: »

The problem is that, whilst all that seems reasonable, it doesn't necessarily work that way.

You should be far more concerned by the high levels of dihydrogen monoxide present in wet foods:
http://www.dhmo.org/

Its very rare I feed him those too.

izzzzythedog

ive tried out rather alot of dog food , wet dog food isnt nice at all , it tends to taste as it smells , in certain foods you may also find ``tubes`` which are chewy to say the least , dog biscuits tend to not taste of alot , bonios as an example taste of chalk and crumble a bit too much , on the whole dog food doesnt have sharpness to it like human food

oh and id not recommend this to others , i dont have a glossy coat

Miss_Ratty

Sadly it is not just Bakers...have a look at some other brands! There are some much better and more natural dog foods out there, which aren't really that much more expensive, as less is required. As a rule of thumb I wouldn't feed my dog something I wouldn't eat (additive-wise, not taste wise!). Be grateful we don't live outside the EU...even in the US they put euthanised pets in some animal foods!!

cathwood

Last weekend, my dog nearly died from bloat. I cant prove it, but having read up about bloat, i can only put it down to his food. Guess what - I used to feed him Bakers dry food!!!

He hadn't exercised before or after eating, because i know this is how bloat is brought on with the deep barrelled chested dogs (was fed in the morning at around 11am. I noticed the bloat a few hours later) - fortunately, i had heard about bloat and rushed him straight to hospital. He survived :j

The worst thing is he had not long back suffered from a spinal injury. Using the Dogaids harness I'd just got him walking again, but he was not insured. It cost me around £340, but had his stomach twisted, the cost would have been around £2400 for the operation and a further £2400 for the aftercare at the hospital.

All of this could have been avoided by simply not feeding him Bakers!!

antw23uk

Simple solution is to not feed rubbish commercial dog/ cat food. Go back to whats natural and feed the RAW/ BARF diet. Simple :T

Dollardog

cathwood wrote: »

Last weekend, my dog nearly died from bloat. I cant prove it, but having read up about bloat, i can only put it down to his food. Guess what - I used to feed him Bakers dry food!!!

He hadn't exercised before or after eating, because i know this is how bloat is brought on with the deep barrelled chested dogs (was fed in the morning at around 11am. I noticed the bloat a few hours later) - fortunately, i had heard about bloat and rushed him straight to hospital. He survived :j

The worst thing is he had not long back suffered from a spinal injury. Using the Dogaids harness I'd just got him walking again, but he was not insured. It cost me around £340, but had his stomach twisted, the cost would have been around £2400 for the operation and a further £2400 for the aftercare at the hospital.

All of this could have been avoided by simply not feeding him Bakers!!

I've been saying on another thread how much my insurance has gone up and how I am going to struggle to pay it, but it would frighten me if something like that happened to my dog and I couldn't afford it if I cancelled the insurance.
Do you feed your dog with the bowl raised? I have one of those stands so the food is level with mine when he is eating, that is supposed to help them not draw air in.

Hope the dog is soon on the mend. xx

Bromley86

I've raise bowls suggested as a good idea, but also seen them listed as a cause of bloat. I.e.
http://www.globalspan.net/bloat.htm

Never paid attention to when their dinner is in relation to their walk; looks like we've dodged a bullet on that one.

Dollardog

It looks like I am doing everything wrong then, my dog always wants a drink when he's eating and especially at the moment as he is drinking a lot of water anyway - had tests, vets can't ind anything wrong physically.
Eats and drinks out of raised bowls I don't exercise him though before or after food. He's old, big and male. So a typical candidate.

Its funny though, I am sure that raised bowls have been recommended as being better.