<div>Purina (as well as Hills and the drug companies) helps fund a lot of research in a vet schools. Without this support, I'm sure a lot of the advances in vet medicine would not have been possible. In this area, Purina still donates food to some area shelters. As my vet pointed out recently, he never heard about a food recall on Purina products. Our dogs have done well on ProPlan. </div>
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<div>My shepherd Baby (atb) used to eat Hills Prescription Diet r/d. Because of thyroid problems, Baby gained a ton of weight and her coat was dull and thin. Baby shed the pounds and her coat grew back in beautifully (of course the thyroid meds helped too). Did Baby like the food? Probably not because she tried to get the other dogs' food at times.</div>
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<div>As far as the smell of the food, that's not an issue for me. If some dogs eat poop, then they shouldn't be picky about the smell of dog food. I don't know of any dog food that smells worse than that. </div>
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<div>Strongheart - Oh I remember it well. When I was growing up we used to feed our dogs Strongheart. I still remember their blue label with the regal German Shepherd Dog on it. The posting about the meat loaf made of Strongheart was too funny. Wonder if there's a recipe on the interest for that meatload????</div>
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