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<DIV>I had been feeding Iams for about 7 years until about 3 months ago. First
thing I noticed was some of my dogs refusing to finish their meal and that is
defintely not normal here. They also began having like dry heaves and drinking
lots and lots of water. Way more than normal. All this seemed to coordinate with
Iams "new" ProActive foods that had started appearing in the stores and I was
buying. I began scrutinizing their over all appearance and was not satisfied
with what I saw. The final "straw" was when the price began to jump and Iams is
now up to almost $35.00 per 40 lb. bag. Up from approimately $25.00 in my area.
Having had experience with talking to this company before, I chose not to call
them but I did write them to tell them that I was not impressed with their
proactive formula food and that I would no longer be feeding Iams to my dogs.
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<DIV>I have returned to Diamond which I had used for well over 20 years
prior to switching over to Iams. Diamond now has All Natural formulas and my
dogs are eating like the used to and looking and acting like themselves again. I
feed the All Natural Lamb & Rice formula which costs about $20 per 40
lb. bag. They still get Dynamite Showdown added to their food as they
always have and the seem to need a little less of it to stay in proper weight.
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<DIV>We had been feeding our weimaraner Eukanuba and she developed a severe skin
problem and got very ill with an intestinal bug. Within a week of switching her
to the Diamond, she was voer the intestinal and her skin is almost back to
normal after about 4 weeks. It will take a while for the hair to return. I no
longer recommend feeding Iams or Eukanuba pet foods and have contacted my puppy
buyers who were feeding it to their dogs.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jacqie Marvich</DIV>
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