Pet food

[eviltammy]

I'm going to end up learning how to make my own out of self defense, man.

One of the latest recalls hit too close to home.

Although we have no confirmed cases of illness in pets, we have decided to voluntarily remove the following dry pet food products that contain rice protein concentrate due to the presence of a melamine derivative.

ROYAL CANIN SENSIBLE CHOICE® (available in pet specialty stores nationwide)

- Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Senior DRY DOG FOOD(snipped list)

I buy my lab Rosie the Chicken Meal & Rice Adult - which wasn't in the recall. But the main reason I've never gotten her the Senior is that my Petco doesn't seem to stock it. Rosie is 11; she turns 12 in July/August.

So her bag of Adult was next to empty, and the cat food bag is starting to get low, so had to go buy pet food earlier today and was talking to one of the Petco guys at the checkout. His thought was that, basically, they should just toss everything and start over. I'm not really against this idea, though how to do it is beyond me.

I decided to skip the RC purchase this time. And the Nutro I buy for my precious furry kitty girls wasn't recalled, but I decided to skip it too, just because some of their stuff had been recalled. Checkout guy was talking about the Dick Van Patten brand that's organic, but didn't think my Purina Pro Plan Selects were a bad choice - he also gave me a free bag of kitty treats :)

And, since this is a pet post, here are pictures!

Comments

[lasairfhiona.livejournal.com]

cute pictures!

The Dick Van Patten brand isn't bad. I use the rolled food for bait in the show ring.

I use Purina ProPlan and ONE for my dogs and have been breathing a sigh of relief every time the list is updated and Purina isn't on it.

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

I used the DVP brand once - Rosie didn't seem thrilled. But she likes the RC, but she likes the Purina too. The cats really seem to like it too - and the kibble is small - the Nutro has switched to a smaller kibble, but the first bag I bought was almost my last because it seemed too big.

And if the Purina shows up on recall? I really may think about doing it myself. It's getting ridiculous.

[miyeko.livejournal.com]

Cute animals! ^_^

[otterevil.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) I'd tell them, but they're already rather full of themselves
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