Science Diet recall

[Sally S Miles]

While I know that most know this is not a good food in the first place - it is still the number one reccomended brand by vets and breeders. There are still a lot of people who follow this advice and a lot who do not get such alerts.

This has just arrived in my inbox.

Dear Fellow Dog Lover, Because you signed up on my website and asked to be notified, I'm sending you this special recall alert. On June 2, 2014, Hill's Pet Nutrition of Topeka, KS announced it is recalling specific lots of its Science Diet Small & Toy Breed dog food due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria. To learn which products are affected, please visit the following link: Hill's Recalls Specific Lots of Science Diet Dog Food Please be sure to share the news of this alert with other pet owners. Mike Sagman, Editor The Dog Food Advisor P.S. Our Editor's Choice members get instant access to the complete recall history of our most recommended brands.  Click here to learn more.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Hallelujah! Thus endeth the claims of the company (and so many vets) that Hill's/Science Diet has never had a recall. It wasn't true before, and now I have the info at my fingertips next time I need to refute the claim. :)

[Sally S Miles]

Ready - aim - fire!

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

So true- a friend's vet just recommend this food for her young dog since his weight is max - okay mind you, but max telling her Blue Buffalo is "too rich" 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

That "too rich" stuff kills me, as does the ignorance on the part of most vets about anything pertaining to nutrition or food.

Richness in food refers to fat content. Did the vet compare the fat precentage in the particular BB formula your friend is feeding (there are only about 2 dozen different ones) to the fat percentage in the Hill's food? I guarantee you the answer is NO. What the vet meant, like most other people who erroneously state that a particular brand is "too rich", is that the food has too many different ingredients or protein sources. But there again, the comment is still ignorant, because BB makes several different single protein, LID formulas. So even if the vet thinks the dog needs to be on a "simpler" formula, the brand has nothing to do with it. 

Hills/Science Diet just has the vets brainwashed, and that's pretty much all she wrote. 

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

Proof positive that not only is it rubbish but it's potentially dangerous too.

[John Hillers]

I didn't know it was bad. We have been feeding our cats SD for years. 

Our new pup however is starting off on BB. 

[Mari Bezanson]

It drives me nuts how the vets are always pushing this food,  and always gives you a look if you say you prefer another brand.  I hope this opens up their eyes a bit. 

[Emily, Bentley, & Maserati]

I agree, it makes me mad. 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Ha!  They'll fix this but they can't fix the GMO corn in their food.  I told the nutritionist at my vet's office I only feed GMO free food. Case closed. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Brilliant! Of course, dogs shouldn't be eating corn anyway, but you can save that discussion for when Hill's starts buying GMO free corn, which gives you just a little bit of time to rehearse. :) 

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

LOL I started out with "dogs shouldn't be on a diet of corn" and little Miss Nutritionist told me that corn is the perfect food --after all the Indians (excuse me, Native Americans) survived on a diet of just corn for thousands of years! SMH! What was your saying?  God must love idiots, he made so many of them.  Geesh!

I must remember to get her a t -shirt :)

[Sally S Miles]

ROTFL - I totally agree!

Corn may have been perfect then - it sure as heck isn't now - and I seriously doubt dogs would have chosen it over a nice chunk of meat.

Yes - I have also heard the "too rich" comment. It was regarding Orijen