Dog food information needed

[shaheen]

Hi all!
I am a university student and doing some research on dog food either wet or dry. I have to create a new product for them and I just need some tips to help me through my creation. I love dogs however, I don't own one which is a bit sad:(
Can you all help me out please in telling me what is good or bad for them..or any changes you might want in their diet.
Thanks

[Hannie]

If only it were simple enough to sum up in one post.

It took me months of researching to learn all I have about dog food, what the ingredients were, what was good & what was bad.  So trying to sum it up is pretty much impossible.

My advice is to start searching.......there's a ton of info on the internet about the ingredients in dog food & comparison of different brands of dog food.

I sure wish I could help you......perhaps somebody else might have some other ideas but the only thing I can suggest is to do research & a lot of it.  That's how I learned & actually wish I could go back to those days when I opened a bag of food & threw it in my dog's bowl.  Those days are long gone!

[shaheen]

Thank you for your input, I shall continue  my research ..
cheers

[Hannie]

Rather than checking websites for you, I Googled "ingredients in dog food" & came up with a zillion websites:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ingredients+in+dog+food&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Happy reading!

[5CatMom]

Hi Shashee,

Welcome.

Could you please give us more info about what kind of "product" you want to create?  Do you mean a "food" product?

I see that you're a university student doing research.  Is your research related to food science, veterinary medicine, marketing and advertising, manufacturing/engineering, other?

Is your "creation" a student project, or do you work for a pet food company?

Do you have contacts with a pet food company?

Would love to help, but more info needed.

Thanks.