Laurie, this post really hit home with me. I lost my 10 year old Lab to cancer last Saturday and I know it must have been caused by the trash that was in her dog food. Next puppy will definitely be fed meat and bones. Please let me know about feeding dogs this way, as I want to get it right next time. tia, Jan > > > Don't know diddly about supplements as an industry, but as a parallel to > your conclusion, I do know that the commercial dog food industry was > developed as a way of profiting from foods too spoiled to legally feed to > cattle or swine or poultry (grain with too-high PPMs of aflatoxins, and 4-D > meats, which means diseased, down, dying, or dead -- the stuff too far gone > to even be seen by the USDA inspectors).... >