Don’t trust DogFoodAdvisor.com- I won’t either. DogFoodAdvisor is not reliable at all as I found out to my utter shock. I was shocked to learn how the editor of the page and the other employees do not have any substantial knowledge of dog nutrition. Many dogs have suffered from diarrhoea from such high protein diets. However, they still keep claiming that these processes are meant to detox the body. Once proved wrong, all posts put up by us were rampantly blocked and the posts were deleted. People should stop putting their dogs in severe danger by consulting DogFoodAdvisor.
A dog does not usually require anything more than 25-30% of protein and this is what these guys never realize. Being a qualified vet assistant cum nurse, I know my stuff while the people running this sham are only inexperienced people without any suitable credentials. Look at Mike Sagman for instance; he is a dentist without any proper dog nutrition training. He is the owner and editor as many of you already know while Shawna Noffsinger and other co-workers have been hiding their identities all along since most of them are housewives and do not have any of the credentials required to advertise and promote particular nutritional plans. The team regularly bullies people and they are labelled as outsiders. No unbiased data is allowed by Sagman and his team and posts are regularly deleted in case any proper information comes up at all.
Sagman has been insisting on the fact that dogs require high protein diets and plant protein is falsely labelled as a by-product such as grains/peas. Vets usually recommend 20-30% of protein although this guy has surpassed that considerably. Please be careful if you’re getting your advice from here. These guys really don’t know their stuff. And of course, the right posts are regularly deleted as I previously mentioned. Another person has also stated how there is a full-fledged war between other individuals and the regulars on this platform and those who disagree have their posts deleted. The regulars are allowed to rampantly violate the rules of the website and also function in a highly racist manner while the others get banned without any reasons whatsoever.
Mike Sagman The Fraud
Meet Mike Sagman, who is the founder of DogFoodAdvisor.com. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia and has a doctorate in Dental Surgery. The Dog Food Advisor owner does not have any certification for canine nutrition or veterinarian experience. He has stated that he started Dog Food Advisor after his dog passed away in 2007. The website has a very small staff and other than the owner himself there are two research assistants, a social media marketer and a so-called veterinarian. The website claims to have reviewed more than 4,500 dog food products.
We will debunk The Dog Food Advisor and tell you its reality, and by the end of this review, you will know whether to trust this website for your pet’s nutrition or not. So without beating around the bush let us get started right away:
Does not respond well to criticism:
If your dog got diarrhoea because of Mike’s expert advice and you posted your experience on his website, then your post will be deleted within hours. This website does not accept any criticism and delete any negative comments or reviews that they receive on their website. Their social media expert has deled dozens (if not hundreds) of such comments where people explained the reality of his advice. In some cases they even messaged the commenters and harassed them online.
Lacks any knowledge of Dog Nutrition:
You would except a dog nutrition based website to know what they are doing, but DogFoodAdvisor dot com knows nothing about their field. Mike recommends an extremely high protein diet for dogs, as his advises to use a diet with more than 38% protein. Any experienced vet will tell you how unhealthy and impractical this diet is for a dog. Dogs do not need more than 20% of protein in their diet and by following Mike’s advice you will risk the health and wellness of your dog.
Does not take any responsibility:
There is a two page disclaimer on the DogFoodAdvisor website where Mike has written that he takes zero responsibility of anything that happens to your dog by following his website’s advice. Moreover, the disclaimer even says that they are not experts and cannot give professional advice. The irony is that this whole website is based around dog food advice.
Why you should not use DogFoodAdvisor dot com?
The points mentioned above clearly prove that this website does not offer any valuable information and should not be followed. The owner does not care about the visitor’s well-being and can do anything for money. They claim to get their information from secret sources like Whistleblowers, industry thought leaders, nutritionist and pet food company executives. To top it all off, they also claim to provide information that is not available anywhere else in the world. They don’t have any proof of their claims and clearly don’t have a clue of what they are talking about. Mike should really consider hiring some real vets if he wants to provide quality information to his customers, but for now, you should avoid this website.
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