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**PreciousPrince** · 05-12-2009, 09:36 PM

Unless they have some sort of condition where they would need a low protein diet or something, I would want meat in the first ingredient. So I don't like that, and there is a meat meal (the one I looked at for this is the puppy small bites), as opposed to something specific like chicken meal, lamb meal - what kind of meat or meats is that? Could they vary between batches, since it's just "meat"? What if your dog had an allergy to something in the food, how would you determine what it was if you don't know what some of the ingredients are? At least it doesn't have by-products, animal digest, fillers such as corn gluten, etc like the Purina puppy chicken formula does, but you can do a lot better. I think the Burns claim on helping with the anal gland issue is summed up by this quote from their article:

"In fact, if the anal glands fill up and cause trouble it is due to low-quality diets which create an excess of waste matter in the system. Feeding Burns results in very low amounts of faeces being produced yet Burns is an excellent food for avoiding anal gland problems because it minimises the amount of waste matter in the body. "

They think they are a great food. So if feeding a quality food does help that, and it makes sense that it would, then any quality diet would help, and there are much better than that. I'd go for organic, or make sure that the meats are hormone/antibiotic free at least. I know of several premium ones that aren't organic, but are very good and use good meat sources. Usually a foods website will tell you that, but if not you can always contact them. There's lots of great info in this food section, and here are a couple sites that carry some good brands to help you get an idea of the selection that's out there:
Only Natural Pet
<a href="http://waggintails.com/" target="_blank">Waggin Tails
</a>K9 Cuisine (this site also has samples of some of the foods they carry)

I don't know anything about anal gland problems, luckily I haven't had to deal with that. Perhaps being on a (truly) good food will help, perhaps you'd have to add something like Debbie's suggestion of pumpkin, or chia seeds for the extra fiber, talk with your vet, etc, but getting on a good food is definately important to health in general.

05-12-2009, 09:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
PreciousPrince Maltese Guru Name: Ashley Dog's Name: Perri Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,665	Unless they have some sort of condition where they would need a low protein diet or something, I would want meat in the first ingredient. So I don't like that, and there is a meat meal (the one I looked at for this is the puppy small bites), as opposed to something specific like chicken meal, lamb meal - what kind of meat or meats is that? Could they vary between batches, since it's just "meat"? What if your dog had an allergy to something in the food, how would you determine what it was if you don't know what some of the ingredients are? At least it doesn't have by-products, animal digest, fillers such as corn gluten, etc like the Purina puppy chicken formula does, but you can do a lot better. I think the Burns claim on helping with the anal gland issue is summed up by this quote from their article: "In fact, if the anal glands fill up and cause trouble it is due to low-quality diets which create an excess of waste matter in the system. Feeding Burns results in very low amounts of faeces being produced yet Burns is an excellent food for avoiding anal gland problems because it minimises the amount of waste matter in the body. " They think they are a great food. So if feeding a quality food does help that, and it makes sense that it would, then any quality diet would help, and there are much better than that. I'd go for organic, or make sure that the meats are hormone/antibiotic free at least. I know of several premium ones that aren't organic, but are very good and use good meat sources. Usually a foods website will tell you that, but if not you can always contact them. There's lots of great info in this food section, and here are a couple sites that carry some good brands to help you get an idea of the selection that's out there: Only Natural Pet <a href="http://waggintails.com/" target="_blank">Waggin Tails </a>K9 Cuisine (this site also has samples of some of the foods they carry) I don't know anything about anal gland problems, luckily I haven't had to deal with that. Perhaps being on a (truly) good food will help, perhaps you'd have to add something like Debbie's suggestion of pumpkin, or chia seeds for the extra fiber, talk with your vet, etc, but getting on a good food is definately important to health in general.