It's not that much of a stretch. Consider how Bobby Kotick feels about whichever game series has meant the most to you over the years. And there are actually a very large number of people who completely lack empathy with animals, such that they would consider killing your dog to be no more serious a crime than breaking something else you own that cost a couple hundred dollars.I've been using purina my dogs whole life. Both regular and beneful. Starting last month he's been losing his hair. I've been through pretty much everything with my vet, and we're stumped. The last tests have shown his liver values are way out of whack, and looking back they've been slowly getting worse. We're still not sure what it is, but I've moved my dog off of purina and haven't noticed a difference so far. I sure hope it's not from something like this. I can't believe a company would do something like this to something that means so much to people.
I'm assuming you're referring to propylene glycol. Antifreeze is ethylene glycol. Propylene glycol is "generally recognized as safe" by the FDA, and is in a number of products consumed by humans and animals, including food and medicine. I also smoke the crap out of it in my e-cig.actually contains an ingredient in antifreeze and airplane de-icer
Well, it doesn't have rice in it, so it's probably not immediately "dangerous," but purina dog chow is basically cardboard, nutritionally speaking for your dog, since its primary ingredient is corn.Just bought a big new bag of Purena dog chow. Hope it's safe because I can't afford to get anything else for a little bit!
Chances are good they don't make the food from raw ingredients they grow themselves anyway. They buy ingredients from many other suppliers, and it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't something the main company did, but a supplier.FWIW, it's unlikely that the pet food companies are actually trying to kill your pet (i.e., that's not their goal), but if standards slip, it's no different than if you were to decide to eat nothing but McCholesterol for dinner and then wonder why your health goes downhill.
A decrease in liver function could be due to age, but constant low-level toxicity can also cause liver failure, though before pointing any fingers I would make sure it is indeed coming from food and not tainted water or other environmental causes.
--Patrick
If the damage has gotten too far, then liver failure can't be reversed and no changes now would make a difference.I've moved my dog off of purina and haven't noticed a difference so far.