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Black Gold dog food thoughts?
I bought a bag of Black Gold dog food and my husky likes it ok but I'm
wondering if anyone who knows more about food has thoughts about it's being as good as Science diet. Any thoughts? www.blackgolddogfood.com |
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:58:53 -0700 Peter Crosby whittled these words:
I bought a bag of Black Gold dog food and my husky likes it ok but I'm wondering if anyone who knows more about food has thoughts about it's being as good as Science diet. Any thoughts? www.blackgolddogfood.com Saying something is "as good as Science diet" isn't really much of a goal. Personally I'd feed lots of things, including some grocery store brands, before I'd feed Science diet. Science diet is designed as a food for labratory dogs. Its primary advantage is consistency in formulation. It is a "good enough" food. Virtually any dog food that meets the AFFCO guidelines (which all mainstream types do) will have sufficient nutrition for the dog. The decision making in deciding what food to feed involves in no small part your philosophy and feelings. For example, I avoid corn in the formulation. Not because I think corn is bad for all dogs, but simply because I like the results of most non-corn diets more than I like the results of many corn included diets. I believe a lot of dogs don't do well with corn, but that doesn't apply to *every* dog. Choosing the best food for your dog can be a pain because it takes 6 to 8 weeks for differences in coat, allegic reactions, etc to become noticeable. Looking at the ingredients and information on the blackgold website I'd say it is pretty comparable to Science diet. The market seems compareable too. It is more directed toward kennel dogs than household pets. One factor in evaluating dog foods is deteriming how the caloric values are determined. One way is by burning and measuring the amount of heat produced. That gives us the standard "calorie" http://members.aol.com/ScienzFair/foodcal.htm http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/courses/a...ation/bombcal/ The problem is that the stomach does not set fire to food. What energy is derived from the food depends not merely upon its calorie count but also on the ability of the body to break down and make use of the energy. If the body can't digest it, it has no metabolizable Calories. To deterimine metabolizable calories the energy of the food prior to digestion is measured against the energy remaining in the waste discarded by the body. So one way of comparing foods is to look at their relative metabolizable calories. http://www.webdesignpros.net/wellness/calories.html That isn't sufficient. That tells you about the efficiency of the food in providing energy to your dog. But you then have to look at protein, fat and carbohydrate levels, as well as other nutrients to learn what is about right for your dog given its activity level. Most of us add a decidedly non-scientific bent to the process of choosing a food. Since I know everything will be adequate I choose next based on my own sensibilities of preferring cleaner, fresher ingredients even if I can't prove it makes a difference in health. It makes ME feel better, and it isn't harmful to the dog regardless of the lack of scientific evidence. Similarly I will choose a food that I *think* my dogs do well on - nice coats, not gassy, poop nicely formed not too hard or too soft etc. It doesn't really matter that I'm not keeping double blind scientific records. I'm hapy and as long as the dogs are healthy I'll be happy. Diane Blackman |
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AS it's a small batch food and Science foods are large batch foods, I
suspect the Black Gold is as good or better.... probably fresher. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia |
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