| Chances are that you have at least once stumbled | | | | used to, and as a result, they adopt new dogs less |
| upon a website or advertisement proclaiming that | | | | frequently. |
| your pet's commercial dog food is wholly inadequate, | | | | Critics will argue that if the food is so nutritious, then |
| or worse, killing your dog. These internet smear | | | | why do they have to spray it after processing to |
| campaigns started shortly after the dog food recall | | | | give it more nutritional value? |
| scare in 2005 due to Aflotoxins in a variety of pet | | | | The answer is simply that micro-nutrients, such as |
| foods. Aflotoxins are produced by a fungus, and in | | | | vitamin-a for example, must be added evenly to the |
| this case the fungus was growing on a bad batch of | | | | food and in precise and minute quantities. They are |
| corn, which unfortunately was used in a shipment of | | | | added in such a manner to ensure that every morsel |
| pet food. | | | | is as nutritionally balanced as the next. |
| The company, which shall remain nameless, failed to | | | | The only caveat to the commercialization of dog |
| comply with standard internal quality control and | | | | food is that there are loopholes in the regulation of |
| testing procedures, which resulted in the illness and | | | | dog food brands that are only sold instate. If the |
| death of over 100 dogs, and 1 cat. The company as | | | | manufacturer does not ship his pet food product |
| since cleaned up its act, and other companies | | | | across state lines, then his product is not has heavily |
| followed suit by strengthening their quality control | | | | regulated as some of the larger, nationwide brands. |
| measures. | | | | Companies will not profit from killing their clients pets. |
| As a result, our pet's food supply is safer, and | | | | They want nothing more than for your pets to live |
| healthier than it has ever been. Dogs are living much | | | | for decades, so that you continue to purchase their |
| longer than they had just a decade ago, and much of | | | | product on a regular basis. As terrible as that may |
| this longevity can be attributed to the great strides | | | | sound, it is the truth. It is the motivation behind the |
| made in animal nutrition. One of the lesser known | | | | rapid advances in animal nutrition in recent years. |
| reasons for the overcrowding of animal shelters is | | | | There is no "dog food conspiracy". |
| that people's pets are living much longer than they | | | | |