Purina Dog Food Donations

Should the cost of dog food be such a problem?

Middle-brow dog food is tested and approved. Grocery stores have at least 3 levels – Iams on top, Purina in the middle, Alpo at the bottom. All are approved by some authority, are they not?
There are people in this country who can’t feed themselves. My local shelter is soliciting feed donations so that poor families don’t give up their dogs for lack of food.
Is the consensus on this site that a dog owner must feed raw meat or $12/pound kibble, or else give up the pet? What message does this send to people who want to be decent owners within a budget? Is Pedigree really that bad when so many dogs go 15 years on mid-range mass market dog food?

The expensive kibble I buy is only about 2 bucks a pound. And even that is pushing it for the kind of food I get, I could get it for less! What kind of food are you feeding?

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