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Abady Dog Food

reviewed by jlphilli

jlphilli
07/26/2007

Abady Dog Food 1

Um..these are the ingredients in the Toy dog/puppy formula straight from the website: Poultry By-Product Meal (**protein content is inconsistent**), Menhaden Fish Meal, Pre-gelantinized Corn Meal (**A fancy way of just saying corn meal...they are all pre-gelatinized or they wouldn't be edible**), Beef Fat, Ground Kibbled Corn (**hmm..splitting? Guess this food has more corn than necessary**), Meat Meal (**What type of meat?? Beef, chicken, Fluffy??**), Cold Pressed Safflower Oil, Lamb and Mutton Fat, Flaxseed Oil, Undefatted Beef Liver, Salt, Egg Albumen, Dehydrated Carrots, Wheat Germ Oil, Torula Yeast, Menhaden Fish Fat, plus essential vitamins and mimerals.  I have NO idea how or why they can charge such outrageous prices for ingredients that are found in grocery-store brand dog foods.

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RBrindleT commented 308 days ago.
I believe that Abady no longer uses corn in their products. Regardless, my impression with regard to Abady is that they make kibble because their customers have asked for it. They aren't fans of kibble as a ration due to nutrients lost during extrusion/baking. They're far greater fans of their granular, canned, and raw rations. And, indeed, that's where they shine and are virtually unmatched.

With regard to the ingredients. Protein content in any kibble ration is suspect due to the process of baking the food - much nutritive value is lost when making kibble. We humans know this to be true of our own food. Fresh fruit and/or vegetables have greater nutritive value than cooked. Steamed rice is better than boiled rice. Etc., etc.

55yearswithdogs commented 262 days ago.
You can't tell what the proportions are from reading a label.

Having been involved in training and showing dogs for over 5 decades, there is simply NO COMPARISON between Abady and any of the food you can buy at feed store or groceries or 98% of pet suppliers. That stuff - and I include eveything from Purina to Innova and all the rest - can't even come close.

The only foods (kibbles) that come close are the boutique foods made for sled dogs and which have to be shipped straight from the manufacturers (all sled dog breeders and competitors.)
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