We are spending money on expensive foods and vitamins because of scary pedigrees. There are auto-immune problems, toxic gut, HD, ED, DM, pancreatic insufficiency, the list goes on. Your friend rescued a brother and sister from hardy lines, most likely, which was why a low- grade food was ok with them. She lucked out. Nowadays, there is no pedigree free of problems. Penny ******************************************************************************** Just why are we spending so much money on expensive food if other dogs are living longer lives without it? Barbara ------------------------------ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================