Digging up details on dog food.

Redicnomad · May 2015

Hello all!

I'm wondering if anyone has any general calorie information on dogfood?

I've looked over the bag and its pretty much just bragging about whats in side, protein levels, phosphorus ( ??? ) , all natural blah blah blah Omega whatever's. Nothing useful you know?

I've recently been chowing down ( no pun intended ) on a bowl or two a day since the bags are pretty heavy and carrying them AND groceries to my scooter is a no can do. Its really not that bad and I figured I could just make it a staple of my weight loss plan! I do need to know the details though so I can properly track it , so's why i'm here.

Any answers? woof woof ( haha jk )
Thank you
-Rob

barbecuesauce · May 2015

Well, I just found this, comparing various dog food brands.

I don't know that 400 calories a cup is a great snack but if it works for you . . .

Redicnomad · May 2015

WOW! Thank you so much! This is exactly what i need!

buffveganme · May 2015

Hi roblopatto
This is intriguing to me. I still don't understand why you are eating dog food as apart of your diet.
Enlighten me!
Thanks:)

Redicnomad · May 2015

Hi Buff! Well let me ask you something ,have you ever tried it?

Its mostly a cost thing but so far its been a great meal replacement.
I usually put a cup and a half in a little bag and no one is the wiser! ( I tend to remove and "bone" shaped pieces because I think that's a bit too obvious haha )

Francl27 · May 2015

Please tell me you're trolling...

PopeyeCT · May 2015

The canned stuff is lower calorie, plus if you just transfer it to a Tupperware container you can tell your workmates that your spouse made pate' and put it on crackers. They have lots of flavors, so you can change it up.

Redicnomad · May 2015

Job? Spouse?! What do you take me for, a pure bread? haha jk

Seriously though thanks for the tip. I'm not sure If I'm ready for wet stuff but I may just give it a try!

Lasmartchika · May 2015

EW!! :sick:

PeachyPlum · May 2015

To ensure optimum protein intake, make sure you're eating a brand where the very first ingredient is meat, not corn or soy!

SherryTeach · June 2015

Surely this is a joke.

rachael00679 · June 2015

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3dogsrunning · June 2015

SherryTeach wrote: »

Surely this is a joke.

The guy at the pet store did tell me that Holistic Blend was made with all human grade ingredients and that I could eat it.
Of course, for the price, I could just buy regular people food.

DeterminedFee201426 · June 2015

Interesting = P

mmnv79 · June 2015

Check here The Updated Dry Dog Food Index

betuel75 · June 2015

Have none of you had a dog when you were kids and ate to taste the dried dog food or the canned stuff? I have. No big deal. The canned meat stuff is flavorless as it does not have salt in it. I dont eat it but i have tried it. No biggy...

Redicnomad · June 2015

Thank you all for being so supportive! That's why i love this community so much!

Alatariel75 · June 2015

betuel75 wrote: »

Have none of you had a dog when you were kids and ate to taste the dried dog food or the canned stuff? I have. No big deal. The canned meat stuff is flavorless as it does not have salt in it. I dont eat it but i have tried it. No biggy...

My mum used to have to feed the cat on a bookshelf out of reach of my brother and I, we REALLY liked kibble.

jemhh · June 2015

I tried dry, canned, and dog treats as a kid. I also ate my sister's Avon lip balm because it was a 3 pack of ice cream flavors, chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. I think the dog food tasted better than the lip balm.

kommodevaran · June 2015

When dog walking as a child, I would steal "some" of the chocolates meant as rewards for the dog. Shaped like little turds but tasted nice enough.

And I had to try the apple scented shampoo. Didn't taste like apples at all.

sbocephus · June 2015

You need to be careful where "ingredients" are sourced. My Jack Russel Terrier stuck down with renal failure at 5 years by eating Chinese melamine in his canned. No quality regs there and pet food industry writes regs for the FDA here.

Francl27 · June 2015

Yeah Holistic food is human grade ingredients, but the stuff you find in supermarkets is made of by products, so you'd be pretty much eating chicken beaks and legs... but to each their own I guess.

This site is good too. http://www.dogfoodproject.com/

But no calorie info

And yeah, at $50 a bag of dry dog food, I don't even know why anyone would eat that...

buffveganme · June 2015

PopeyeCT wrote: »

The canned stuff is lower calorie, plus if you just transfer it to a Tupperware container you can tell your workmates that your spouse made pate' and put it on crackers. They have lots of flavors, so you can change it up.

If someone heated that up in the staffroom...I think it would clear the room...oh my.
Plus, most dog food is not cheaper than human food.

This has GOT to be a 'joke' post...is it a late April Fool's Day?

CM_73 · June 2015

I've been on the dog food diet for a while now, it's working well for me

Saves money, time and it's good exercise fighting my dog for the bowl at meal times.
Downsides are that I now have a bit of a flea problem and keep chasing cars down the road, but even that's good training for chasing those pesky cats out the garden.
Only thing I'm a little concerned about is my ever-growing urge to savage the mail man, but I'm working on that.

spoonyspork · June 2015

While I find this kinda gross (the rules on pet food aren't as regulated as with human food, for one. Sure there are 'human grade' pet foods, but does it actually say anywhere it's inspected, etc for the validity of that claim?), most of the 'better' quality dog foods list the calories on the bag/can, and if you go online some of the big-box brands do as well (Iams, Purina, etc). I know this cause I have an old dog who can't eat a lot at a time and can't chew much crunchy food, so I've been researching the highest calorie per smallest cans of wet dog food.

It's really not a savings though. The kinds of dog food a human should safely eat are really expensive! Pretty sure I spend more on my dog's food than per human family member. Less expensive on time and cooking though, I suppose.

martyqueen52 · June 2015

If your stomach hurts you can always go eat grass outside like a dog. Just don't go eating your own *kitten*..... unless you're into that type of ... *kitten*.

Nice troll attempt too.

KarenJanine · June 2015

spoonyspork wrote: »

While I find this kinda gross (the rules on pet food aren't as regulated as with human food, for one. Sure there are 'human grade' pet foods, but does it actually say anywhere it's inspected, etc for the validity of that claim?), most of the 'better' quality dog foods list the calories on the bag/can, and if you go online some of the big-box brands do as well (Iams, Purina, etc). I know this cause I have an old dog who can't eat a lot at a time and can't chew much crunchy food, so I've been researching the highest calorie per smallest cans of wet dog food.

It's really not a savings though. The kinds of dog food a human should safely eat are really expensive! Pretty sure I spend more on my dog's food than per human family member. Less expensive on time and cooking though, I suppose.

It turns out human food is not regulated as thoroughly as one might hope.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/may/28/supermarket-chickens-contaminated-campylobacter

Pre-cooked dog-chow may well be safer than a cheap supermarket chicken.

Enjoy OP, just make sure you check the label as many animal foods are only 4% meat, so make sure there's more protein than that in your favourite brand.