Western arrogance is alive and well

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sfleinen said:
And while there's a positive spin to many Chinese-made products (e.g. Chinese-made cues), there's also the dark side, too.

I'm a dog owner (my lady and I have three). We treat these guys occasionally with doggie treats, so we're in the pet store a lot. Many of the products for pets are now made almost exclusively in China -- including food and treats.

I'm sure the pet owners among us are well aware of the recent news that some of the Chinese-made doggie jerky treats (e.g. dried chicken treats, like the Waggin' Train brand) were suddenly causing severe sickness and deaths:

"Chicken Jerky from China may be causing Fanconi syndrome in dogs"
http://askavetquestion.com/news/2011/chicken-jerky-fanconi/

"FDA Continues to Caution Dog Owners About Chicken Jerky Products"
http://fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm280586.htm

Lisa and I have since STEERED CLEAR of any Chinese-made food and pet products. When we pick up a product off the shelves in the store to read its label, the first place we look is to see where the product is made, and if that's been intentionally obscured, we try to determine it from the barcode. (Yes, it's true that you can't always determine the country of MANUFACTURE from the barcode, but you can get an idea which country issued the barcode, which is often close to the country of manufacture.) We stick with U.S. or Brazilian-made pet products.

-Sean
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If you don't already know this, you should be made aware: about 7 yrs ago a bunch of wet dog and cat foods were recalled because the ingredient that was used to make the gravy came from China. I am talking about high quality dog food too, with no animal byproducts, and lots of different brands. And the labels should as hell didn't mention some ingredients came from China.....the bastards. I don't know what is being used today - but we should all be aware.
 
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A lady I know only buy cues made in Iowa.

My bud buys those only made in Des Moines.

My teammate buy only those made in his neighborhood.

I buy only those made in my basement.

My wife won't use even those...she prefers ones made in her kitchen.

Jeff Livingston
 
DoubleD said:
Funny how kids died, but the effing mutts are what people remember.

dld
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Where my wife comes from in the Philippines you don't have a pet unless it serves a specific purpose like guarding your house. She almost died of shock when she saw the filthy things coming and going in houses here like they own the place. Then she saw the fleabags on the furniture and actually sleeping with people and her mind was officially blown. She does know some tasty sounding aso barbeque recipes with pineapple though. No byproducts in them :smile:
 
My dog is clean, and is kept clean and is cleaner than allot of people I have met. Not to mention he also has allot more personality than some people.

It's funny how a dog (or other pet) can love someone unconditionally. I wish I had more of that quality in me. We could all learn some thing from the effin mutts.

No doubt, there are plenty of dogs and other pets that are filthy. You would be to if you couldn't wash yourself properly.
 
What! No cats? What kind of a picnic is this.
I will bring some Cat Chow Meow. Fed a special diet of Fancy Feast.
 
DoubleD said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your dog is as smart as a nuclear physicist, could stop all of the world's wars, walks on water, can say more with one bark than ghandi said in his whole life, craps diamond encrusted platinum and makes friends with everyone.

I live in the real world where your dog would eat the three week old rotting corpse of a skunk and then lick it's own sphincter.

dld
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where is all the hostility coming from DD?
 
DoubleD said:
Sorry if you take it for hostility. Maybe it is. The things that I was told by the owners of each of the three dogs that have bitten me in my adult life (when I was literally doing nothing but walking by) was how smart and well behaved the dogs were.

After I narrowly missed getting my throat ripped out by a pitbull in the back of a truck, I decided that no dog is either smart or loving.

dld
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Well, I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience and I can understand your frustration. Not all dogs are like that but it's your right to like them or not.

Maybe someday you will meet one that will change your mind.
 
My dogs taught me a lot

Cdryden said:
My dog is clean, and is kept clean and is cleaner than allot of people I have met. Not to mention he also has allot more personality than some people.

It's funny how a dog (or other pet) can love someone unconditionally. I wish I had more of that quality in me. We could all learn some thing from the effin mutts.

No doubt, there are plenty of dogs and other pets that are filthy. You would be to if you couldn't wash yourself properly.
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My dogs taught me about loyalty and true friendship, trust, and to walk around in circles three times before I lay down. Never understood why that last upset my ex. Wasn't my fault she was already asleep on the bed I was walking around on. She always acted like I stepped on her on purpose!

Hu
 
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