Where Have All the Pet food Commercials (on TV) Gone?

[Tracy]

Now that it is mentioned that is true.  I am so used to seeing so many more pet commercials and maybe it is here in Colorado, but national shows too, it seems that there are not so many.

And it seems like you do not see so many commercials with dogs and cats in them either.  I thought maybe it was me because I just do not watch that much television.

I guess the big companys are stuck if they say something like we are sorry and then people who do not know about this will think, sorry for what?  And then people who are angry.  Well, maybe they need their money now for other things.   

Tracy

[garypen]

I saw the the standard Beneful dog food commercial the other night. You know the one. It has wholesome whole foods falling from heaven into the bag. Carrots, peas, whole cuts of meat and fish, whole grains and ears of corn. I'm thinking of starting the day with a heaping bowlful, myself!

Here are the actual ingredients:
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, animal digest, salt, phosphoric acid, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, vitamin supplements (E, A, B-12, D-3), added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, zinc sulfate, glyceryl monostearate, ferrous sulfate, niacin, manganese sulfate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, biotin, thiamine mononitrate, garlic oil, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite.

[willyagogo]

Hey gary....so yummy eh?

I'm one of those folks who thought that by feeding Beneful.....my dogs would be "so healthy!"

As of 3 weeks ago...I have been home-cooking.....no more Beneful!

I know exactly which commercial you're talking about! There are times when I feel so guilty that I did not realize (lack of research) what garbage I was feeding them. Although my dogs appear to be healthy.....they were at the END of their last bag...I just thank God that I had the sense to check it out (even though it's STILL not on the recall list)....and that I had these website blogs to go to that I have learned SO much from!!

I'm far from being a pro on my doggie's nutrition...but I'm constantly doing research on different foods....and supplements for their home-cooked diet which I plan on keeping for them ( I also bake cookies for them!).

Has anyone here had any experiences (good or bad!!) with a supplement called Missing Link?

I thank you in advance!!!!!......

[Cindy Nevarez]

Yuk! What..no BHT or BHA?
A fellow pet sitter once said to me that if we fed the bags this stuff comes in to the dogs it would be more nutritious.

[garypen]

I'm still trying to figure out what "animal digest" is. Is it one of those magazines they sell at Petsmart by the checkout counter?

[willyagogo]

Ha! Ha!......you guys slay me!!!!!....

gary.....I believe "animal digest".....is a scientific/polite....term for sh*t!!!....

[Cindy Nevarez]

Yeah...that's the ticket...it's a Reader's Digest for the particularily learned among us who walk on four legs.