So Tumeria33 your saying that petguard is a better food to feed your dogs than Imas?? i feed my dog imas and she always feels jumpy and great after we give her dinner. well thanks

Hi Down-2-earth,
I would never feed my cat Iams for a very important reason. Iams does cruel testing on animals!! Please go to http://iamscruelty.com
The food itself may be OK, but I won't support any company that tortures animals.
Tumeria33

My family shows dogs and although we are Purina Pro Plan fans, we have used iams. I have never been impressed with it on a quality level. The adult formulas seem to have a lot of corn and wheat in them-2 ingredients dogs tend to have allergy problems with. Also, the food never did too much to improve the coat health of our animals. We stopped feeding it years ago and we will never feed it again due to Iams's cruelty against animals. However, I guess it could pass as a maintance food. If your dogs are doing well on it then that's all that matters.

We have a major recall on contaminated pet foods.

Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:40 am (PST)
_Click here: ALERT!!!!! MAJOR RECALL!!!!! DEATHS!!!!!_
(http://www.rumormil lnews.com/ cgi-bin/forum. cgi?read= 100998)

This website has lists of the recalled brands of dog and cat food:
http://www.menufood s.com/recall/ product_dog. html The lists are
below, but at the site you can get a description of any recall items.

Recalled Dog Food:

Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
Authority
Award
Best Choice
Big Bet
Big Red
Bloom
Wegmans Bruiser
Cadillac
Companion
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba
Food Lion
Giant Companion
Great Choice
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams
Laura Lynn
Loving Meals
Meijers Main Choice
Mighty Dog Pouch
Mixables
Nutriplan
Nutro Max
Nutro Natural Choice
Nutro Ultra
Nutro
Ol'Roy Canada
Ol'Roy US
Paws
Pet Essentials
Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority Canada
Priority US
Publix
Roche Brothers
Save-A-Lot
Schnucks
Shep Dog
Springsfield Prize
Sprout
Stater Brothers
Stop & Shop Companion
Tops Companion
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet

Recalled Cat Food:

Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
Authority
Best Choice
Companion
Compliments
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba
Fine Feline Cat
Food Lion
Foodtown
Giant Companion
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams
Laura Lynn
Li'l Red
Loving Meals
Meijer's Main Choice
Nutriplan
Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
Nutro Natural Choice
Paws
Pet Pride
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority US
Save-A-Lot
Schnucks
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans
Sophistacat
Special Kitty Canada
Special Kitty US
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stop & Shop Companion
Tops Companion
Wegmans
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie

This is so sad, not just for the dogs and cats that died but also for the millions of farm animals who's flesh will just be thrown away because of the recall.

Rat Poison Caused Pet Food Recall
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:31:34

In a message dated 3/23/2007 10:28:38 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
froggervs@yahoo. com (@yahoo.com) writes:

Rat Poison Contaminated Pet Food, Lab Says Pet food that killed
dozens of animals was contaminated with rat poison, a lab reports.

MORE DETAILS: http://www.10News. com/tu/5nyBCQiv9 .html

Rat Poison Cited In Pet Food Recall
Wheat From China Contaminated, Lab Says

POSTED: 7:52 am PDT March 23, 2007

http://www.10News. com/tu/5nyBCQiv9 .html

A spokeswoman for the New York state Department of Agriculture and
Markets said Friday that rodent poison was found in tainted pet food
that killed several animals, and sparked a nationwide recall.

A spokeswoman did not identifying the chemical or its source, beyond
saying that it's rodent poison. State officials will be releasing
laboratory findings later today. A news conference is expected at 1
p.m. EDT. Watch live on 10News.com.

ABC News reported that the chemical was aminopterin, which was on
wheat imported from China.

Various online medical sources indicate that aminopterin is also
used in trials to treat leukemia.

Sixteen animal deaths led to the recall of 60 (m) million cans and
pouches of pet food sold throughout North America under 95 brand
names.

I wish I would have read your messages a long time ago. I was never aware of all the atrocious things that went into pet food. Unfortunately I'm now looking into this after my pug dog, Ruby, passed away from what we feel was apart of the "Menu Foods Recall." As all you pet lovers know, we cannot put into words how much she is missed. Ruby ate Eukanuba lamb & rice. I always thought Eukanuba was a top brand and it was recommended by our vet. If I should own a dog again, I will thoroughly investigate the ingredients of the pet food. Ruby had all the symptoms stated in the recall: lethargy, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, and internal bleeding which is I believe finally what took her. Though the news stations all seem to report KIDNEY failure, Ruby had LIVER failure. My family and I are convinced that she passed away because of the food. Today was the first report I heard of another animal suffering from LIVER failure and I know there are more out there. I do believe Menu Foods and others knew about this contamination long before they made an announcement - just look into the story of the CFO of Menu Foods selling quite a bit of stock 3 weeks before the announcement, the same time people starting calling in to report pet illnesses! I find that more than just coincidence. I am looking for others to share their stories and go after these companies, demanding stricter regulations within the pet food industry. Also why is it that pets are considered mere property. Ruby is irreplaceable as I'm sure many of your pets are.

Dear klf_franny,

We are all very sorry about your dog. Truly.