Lawsuite against Purina over Beneful Dog food

[leftyladyfrommo]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/us/dog-food-lawsuit/index.html

This is really such an awful product but people buy it because it's cheap. And the bags have these bright pictures of fruits and veggies and raw meat. It looks wonderful.

[procon]

1. I remember being initially attracted by the advertizing

The heavy ad campaign -- aww, what a cute dog! -- should be a warning sign, but the alarm bells really went off when I first looked at the ingredient list with junk like grain and soy, and byproducts. No thanks!

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Doig Food Advisor gives it a 1 - the lowest rating.

It's right there with Pedigree and Old Roy.

It's mostly corn and chicken by-products which means all the chicken parts left over at the slaughterhouse. It's rated as a plant based food.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Oh, they have wonderful ads on TV

Wonderful packaging.

[Lurks Often]

3. I am far more careful about reading the ingredients of anything I give me dog

then I am about what I eat.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I am, too. But corn isn't good for dogs.

Some people just think that dogs can eat anything and be OK. Not true.