| Just as we are what we eat, the same applies to our | | | | they will harm their dogs. Luckily there is a lot of |
| dogs. I don't know about you, but every day I seem | | | | them, and the list is growing, but don't expect to find |
| to hear about another dog that has tumors, or has | | | | them in your local supermarket, or even in the pet |
| died of cancer or some kind of organ failure. | | | | superstores, most of them are typically found in dog |
| Something's not right. | | | | specialty shops, and you'll have to do some research |
| Then there's the recent pet food recalls which | | | | to find out where there is one near you or order |
| highlighted what the actual ingredients in dog food | | | | them online. Here's just a few of the best dog foods |
| really are: some of them ended up killing our pets! | | | | out there to get you started... |
| That's definitely not right either, and I realized that | | | | - AvoDerm |
| what we are feeding our dogs could well be the very | | | | - Blue Buffalo |
| thing that is making them ill or taking them from us | | | | - Dogswell |
| too early. | | | | - Eagle Pack |
| As a dog trainer I talk to my clients all the time | | | | - Flint River Ranch |
| about what kind of dog food they buy. I have been | | | | - Innova |
| amazed how little people know about what is in that | | | | - Newman's Own |
| food. Once I started digging around, and I learned | | | | - Pinnacle |
| how to read labels, I got mad. We are all having the | | | | - Solid Gold |
| wool pulled over our eyes, and no one seems to | | | | - Taste of the Wild |
| care about it. Since then I have made it my passion | | | | - Wellness |
| to investigate what goes into the bags of food and | | | | - Wysong |
| cans we feed our pets. What I came up with scared | | | | Are you surprised by the names? Do you recognize |
| me and I realized that I had to be part of the | | | | any of them? There's no Purina, Pedigree, Iams, |
| movement to educate pet guardians so they could | | | | Eukanuba or Science Diet here. Now what does that |
| make better buying decisions. | | | | tell you? Shop smart for your dog and become part |
| To make an immediate impact for the better, I have | | | | of the movement: if we all stopped buying these |
| compiled a list of as many of the best dog foods as | | | | inferior products, the manufacturers would have to |
| I could so that people could go out and buy them | | | | start making superior ones, ones we can trust again. |
| tomorrow and not have to worry about whether | | | | |