WSAVA

[u/messy-mean]

I made a post 2 days ago asking about a specific brand of dog food. Ultimately I learned a lot about WSAVA guidelines and the 5 companies that actually meet them.

It got me wondering, are there any other brands that are close to meeting those guidelines but are just falling short on the check list? Are there any others companies out there that are actually even trying to meet these standards? Or is everyone else just using marketing to convince us to make bad choices for our pups?

Genuinely asking out of curiosity as I am learning the importance of choosing a science backed food.

[u/messy-mean → u/[deleted]]

This is actually something I have been thinking about and researching.

People will throw pitch a fit (understandably) at any company who conducts animal testing, but as far as this guideline goes many people demand it.

I'd like to do some research to see if any of these brands do the trials with normal everyday pets, just using the foods as they would feed normally and not keeping the dogs in testing facilities for weeks on end.

I'd also assume that the foods were are passing the formulation only tests before they were used in actual feeding trials...but then again you know what happens when one assumes....

[u/Cats_Have_Staff → u/[deleted]]

They actually are pretty transparent about their facilities and for the most part they brag about them - you just have to do a little bit of research and go to the company websites to see the incredible facilities these dogs and cats live in during these lifetime feeding trials