Margo, I think I also remember hearing that they removed the peanut shells as a filler, since they are extremely irritating to a dog's digestive system and were causing a whole new set of problems. I've always heard that adding plain cooked green beans or canned pumpkin to a dog's food is a good way to add bulk and help them feel full in a safe and healthy way.
Maureen and the girls at the
Rowdy Girls Ranch
Tucson, AZ
In a message dated 4/27/2010 9:57:21 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, toomanykitties2@earthlink.net writes:
Maureen wrote;"I've heard of dog food companies that used ground-up peanut SHELLS as "roughage", or rather,
filler."
Hills used it in their "prescription" weight loss foods, r/d and w/d. It worked, but I preferred to feed them something that contained actual nutrition (and I used to be "certified" by Hills to sell/prescribe their foods....
Margo.
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