...Over the past few days I have read the posts about health, bloat,and nutro max...there are three big no no's on this list...talking about politics, sex, and religion...well I have my own personal three big no no's...critiquing judges, National locations, and Dog food...it's my opinion that folks get too carried away when these items come up for discussion so I decided not to comment publicly anymore.....today I will break my own rule....let me start out by talking about me...I'm 5'9" and 265 pounds....my diet sucks, I'm addicted to fast food, sugar, fried foods, and I eat far too much red meat...I'll spare you my health problems, but let me say they are mostly diet related...humans ( me included) were not made to eat the way many of us eat, refined sugars, processed foods out of a can or a box,high amounts of fat, large amounts of red meat, all the added chemicals and bi-products. We were designed to eat grains, fruits, and vegetables ( our teeth and gastronomic structure supports that statement)...Our dogs were not created to eat processed foods out of a can, box or bag that have been chemical enhanced and/or chemically altered. A dog's jaw structure is basically the same as a wolf ( in fact he is a wolf, re-classified by zoologists in 1993). He has fangs to rip flesh, and powerful jaws to grind bone. His intestinal system can digest things that ours can not, his system was not set up to handle grains. Many believe the dog food companies have your dog's best interest at heart...that's like me believing Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken have my best interest at heart. Dog food companies exist to make a profit! PERIOD...and I'm not saying they are bad folks...and I'm not saying if you feed you dogs commercial dog food your dog is doomed...I suspect if I ate a diet closer to what my creator intended me to eat I would not be in the poor physical shape I'm in now...if that true for me it's true for my dog...but unlike me, my dog has no choice in the type of food he eats....Man domesticated dogs, but they didn't do him any favors when they domesticated his diet........ off to McDonald's.....SUPER SIZE ME PLEASE....Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================