Here's my $.02
I was a HUGE "fan" of TAPF, participating in the comments there and spreading the word via email & forums since early 2007 and this was why I had to stop. (Reading the "sample" food reviews she posts on the site in the monthly "Petsumer Report" articles was enough for me.)
Problem is, there lacks a note/disclaimer, regarding carnivores' nutritional requirements with her food ratings. The biggest issue I have with her, and not only spreading but charging people for this information, is the fact that cat owners have politely
pleaded with her about this while
explaining crucial information regarding felines.
She should stick to rating ingredients and
not foods because there are carb-laden/dry foods that her readers and subscribers will trust and feed because
she's the Ingredient EXPERT and is approving, rating these foods highly; deducting wet ones for moisture.
Does not matter how organic, natural ... the "highest quality" ingredients are, or where they're from. Cat can't chew it + cat can't process carbs = inevitable pain for cat.
Three years ago, members of a knowledgeable cat forum (including at least one person very highly regarded and now involved with
www.fnes.org) were
imploring her to consider the harms to felines from dry and Susan would not budge.
It was unbelievable to see somebody who wants people to listen to
her regarding truths about foods, refusing to even acknowledge the "other" half of the pet food story, dismissing these cat owners and their concerns.
IMO HUGE disservice to any cat owner reading, and God help the cats. If you're gonna tell the truth, don't
ignore half. It's not like people haven't given her the information (and proof -- the forum was a diabetic cat forum that Dr Elizabeth used to be involved with, where getting cats into remission was common.)
"
Dry & Carbs not good, not species-inappropriate". How hard would it be? Especially when people have pleaded with her?