Don’t Have A Dog In This Fight

You may know that the Boggy Thicket family includes two miniature dachshunds.  We still refer to them as our puppies, although they both turned eight years old this summer. 

Tinker and Dusty are happy and healthy, but lately Dusty has begun scratching and licking a lot – not enough to have raw spots, but enough to be noticeable and worrisome. On the off chance that she may have developed a food allergy, I decided to do some on-line research about dog food.

OH…MY…GOD!!!!!

If you think websites relating to politics or religion are contentious, just check out the sites that rate dog food.  Believe me, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

There are sites that will tell you that feeding your pet the product of any major manufacturer is tantamount to animal abuse.  Giving your animal dog food from Purina (Nestle) or Pedigree (Mars) is cruel, evil, worse than letting them starve.  Foods that contain grain, soy beans, or by-products of any sort guarantee your dog is headed toward and early and painful death. 

And those statements are from the less strident sites!

All of these sites state opinion as indisputable fact, and most of them disagree.  I don’t think I learned anything that I can depend on.