It does not matter what the food is, if the dog won't eat it it, it is worthless. Bil Jac is the only brand that I have found that all 5 of my dogs (Great Pyrennes, Hound, Golden Retriever, Spaniel, Beagle) will eat consistently. They seem to be doing well after 2 years on this diet and there have been no unusual problems and no events that my vet attributes to food. My vet does say that getting the dog off people food, which was the only thing they would eat consistently prior to Bil Jac, is definitely a good thing.

Having said that, I am appalled at the ignorance of the "if its not natural don't eat it" group and the lack of common sense (obviously an oxymoron) displayed. One poster in particular, seems to have a thing about propylene glycol. He describes his experience with propylene glycol as an aircraft deicer. Yes, it is used for that purpose, simply because it lowers the freezing point of water (melts ice). It is also used for that purpose in the manufacture of some ice cream brands. This poster also states, with obvious horror dripping from his words, "It has a MSDS published on it", with the unspoken implication that anything that has a MSDS publised on it should never be in dog food. Yes, there is a MSDS published on propylene glycol, but following this string of logic, dogs as well as humans are not long for this world, because good old water, yep, H20, has a MSDS published on it. Check out Chemical Abstract Number 7732-18-5 in an online MSDS search and there it will be. The fact is that an MSDS being available says absolutely nothing about whether a material is inherently hazardous in any way.

I have not checked out this poster's claim as to the applicability of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but given the logic displayed elsewhere in the posting, I would consider this claim to be highly suspect.

So, folks, get your information from a reliable source and weigh what you find on the scales of logic, reason and knowledge and not knee-jerk hysteria.