| > | | | | all. Stomach and unclean bowels are rendered. |
| What is really in our dog's kibble that your buy at the | | | | Contaminated material including blood is rendered. |
| grocery store. Find out what should be avoided to | | | | Carcasses with high levels of drugs or pesticides in |
| promote a healthy happy pet. | | | | excess of limits prescribed under the FDA (not fit for |
| What do cheap dog food manufacturers consider | | | | human consumption) are rendered. |
| "fillers"? | | | | Everything is pitched into large vats and slowly |
| Used in low quality, cheap commercial dog foods, | | | | ground, then cooked at low temps till the grease |
| fillers are basically put in the dog's "food" to save the | | | | rises to the top. And consider that this is what is |
| manufacturer money, not to increase nutritional | | | | listed on the ingredient list as "animal fat". The rest of |
| values. Included are products that are not edible and | | | | what is remaining is then pressed until the moisture is |
| difficult for our pets to digest such as: cereal | | | | completely removed, and this dry raw material that is |
| byproducts, - cottonseed hulls, - crushed peanut | | | | referred to as "meat", is then used in the cheap dog |
| shells, - straw, - corn and crushed corncobs, - weeds, | | | | food brands. |
| and - feathers. | | | | Why are artificial colors, preservatives and flavors |
| A cheap dog food filled with corn fillers, listed as | | | | used? |
| corn, corn meal, and corn gluten meal should be | | | | Flavor is added, because most pets wouldn't eat the |
| avoided as this is used as substitute for higher quality | | | | finished product without some sort of cover up for |
| animal protein sources. | | | | the horrible smell. These additional flavors are usually |
| Fillers that are used are not just tasteless, but | | | | from rancid restaurant grease. This grease |
| actually can hurt your pet as they cause digestive | | | | sometimes sits in dumpsters, out in the sun for |
| problems and horrible allergies. They can cause | | | | weeks. This is what the pet food manufacturers buy |
| digestive problems, allergies, and in immune deficient | | | | to add as flavoring, which is sprayed onto the kibble. |
| puppies or older pets can cause severe medical | | | | Also sugar or corn syrup is used to cover up the bad |
| problems. . | | | | taste of the inferior kibble. |
| What is a by-product? | | | | Different dyes are used to make the food look good |
| Found in cheap dog food, meat by-products are | | | | to us, the pet owner. Dyes are known carcenogenic |
| euphemisms for parts of animals that wouldn't be | | | | causing additives, and I'm quite certain my pet, or |
| considered edible by any smart consumer. Meat | | | | yours, does not care what color their food is. |
| by-products actually do not contain meat. | | | | Artificial preservatives are used to extend the shelf |
| By-products are part of the animals that are left | | | | life of the dog food. The main ones to avoid are: |
| over after the meat has been stripped away from | | | | BHA (butylated hydroxytolulene), propyl gallate, |
| the bone. Thrown into the cheap dog food stew pot | | | | propylene glycol (also used in automotive antifreeze, |
| then would be items such as heads, feet, entrails, | | | | and is suspected of causing red blood cell damage) |
| hoofs, entrails, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brains, stomach, | | | | and ethoxyquin. These are all potentially cancer |
| bones, blood, intestines and lots of other parts of the | | | | causing agents that your pets are eating every day. |
| carcass not fit for human consumption. | | | | This all sounds pretty grim, but rest assured there |
| Also, the boiled down flesh of road kill, zoo animals, | | | | are many extremely excellent, ultra premium organic |
| and 4-D (dead, diseased, disabled dying) livestock is | | | | dog foods now being manufactured without any of |
| considered okay with these manufacturers. This also | | | | the above crap in them. These highly reputable and |
| can include dogs and cats that have been euthanized. | | | | conscientious companies have philosophies aimed at |
| Avoid dog food with blood meal, which is an | | | | providing you and your pet the best of the best |
| inexpensive protein booster. The animal source is | | | | when it comes to nutrition and peace of mind. |
| usually not stated, and the blood can be | | | | A lot of pet owners are also now making their own |
| contaminated with residues of hormones, or | | | | all natural dog food at home, and this is always |
| medications. | | | | better than the junk the commercial pet food |
| What is a non-specific meat source? | | | | manufacturers are feeding our pets. It is easy, and |
| If the main protein source is listed as "meat" this is to | | | | comparable in price to buying the premium organic |
| be avoided, It is always mystery meat such as: | | | | dog food brands, as long as you use a proper |
| spoiled rotten meat from the grocery store | | | | nutritionally balanced dog food recipe. You can easily |
| (Styrofoam wrap and all), - Road kill that can't be | | | | find very good dog food recipe books for sale, that |
| buried on the roadside, - heads, feet, skin, hair, | | | | have well rounded nutritious meals to make at home. |
| feathers, carpel and tarsal joints, and mammary | | | | Also you will be able to find recipes online. |
| glands are used from the slaughterhouses. Animals | | | | Whatever you choose for your pet, remember we |
| that have died from diseases, cancerous tissue and | | | | speak for them, and choose the best for them that |
| all, - tumors and worm infested organs are also | | | | you are able to give. |
| rendered. Injection sites are rendered, blood clots and | | | | |