Ask Susan Peters - Are Wellness Healthy Dog Foods?

I am a little unsettled by taking a point off for the use of Salmon Oil. I would not have thought the addition of Salmon Oil was a real problem until I realized there was not any salmon in this recipe. Due to the fact that salmon is not used as an ingredient I feel like salmon oil was added to lure a pet to eat this product. I pray I am wrong in this and Wellness was just looking out for the health of our pets. Then, I have to ask myself, why doesn't Wellness use salmon oil in all their products?

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Potatoes - just a filler, much like the use of beet pulp.

I'm proud of this pet food company. I do not have any real complaints about the ingredients except I do not like to see Natural Flavors. I always like the way pet food companies hide the use of manure in the ingredients. Natural flavor is usually made from the manure of the animal the pet food company wants the pet food to taste like. Wellness has done a good job of making healthy dog foods. Healthy dog foods do not include needless grains and other pet health damaging ingredients.

Pet food producers are using ingredients unfit for human consumption which are killing our pets. The ingredients in pet food must be changed!

The use of Corn, Wheat, and Soy are causing such awful conditions in pets including:

• Dry and itchy skin
• Fever
• Ear aches
• Ear infections
• Hot Spots on the skin
• Bad breath
• Dental disease
• Hair loss
• Sore feet
• Abnormal nail growth
• Bloat
• Weight gain
• Tumors
• Moles and warts
• Seizures
• Blindness
• Deafness
• Heart conditions
• Kidney conditions
• Liver conditions
• Early pet death

These companies need to be held accountable for the injuries to our pets and our best friends early deaths!

Thank you Wellness for making Healthy Dog Foods - Susan Peters

Wellness CORE Grain Free Original Dry Adult Dog Food Rating

• Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = No animal digest
• Corn - Plus 1 point = No Corn
• Wheat - Plus 1 point = No Wheat
• Soy - Plus 1 point = No Soy
• Gluten - Plus 1 point = No Gluten
• Extra Goodies - Minus 1 point = Potatoes, Dried Ground Potato, Natural Chicken Flavor, Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Products
• By-Products - Plus 1 point = No By-Product
• Animal Fat - Minus 1 point = Salmon Oil
• Pet Food Recalls - Plus 1 point = No Recalls Wellness Pet Food
• Class Action - Plus 1 point = No Class Action Wellness Pet Food

Wellness CORE Grain Free Original Dry Adult Dog Food Rating

Healthy Dog Foods? Total Score = 8/10