| How many of us love our pets so much that we | | | | and on. Do some research. You'll be amazed. |
| would spare no expense to take care of them. I | | | | We love our pets and we would never knowingly |
| would bet that most of us fall into the spare no | | | | give them something that would make them sick. |
| expense category. The question, is then, why do | | | | This includes the food we feed them. I have included |
| many of us feed our pets such "crap" for food? | | | | a link to a web site that explains all of this in better |
| *We are constantly bombarded with ads on | | | | detail. Please take a look at it. Once you know the |
| television telling us which foods are the tastiest (and | | | | truth, I am confident that you will see why it is in our |
| how would they know?)and most nutritious, which | | | | pets' best interest to invest in the better food. |
| foods will give them a shiny coat,etc,etc,etc... In | | | | For many of us, they are our family. Let's treat them |
| reality I have found that most of the foods that are | | | | as such. |
| truly good for our pets, the ones that are a Holistic | | | | I have also found some interesting articles on Should |
| and "human-grade," food, are rarely seen on | | | | you stick with one brand of dog food for the lifetime |
| television or in magazine ads. Unfortunately, the way | | | | of your dog? Pet food companies want your loyalty |
| most of us hear about the better foods is by word | | | | and will go so far as to tell you not to try any other |
| of mouth or, if one of our pets gets very sick and | | | | food for your dog's well being. The truth is that |
| we do a little research on "cures". This is how I first | | | | changing amongst a variety of brands and flavors |
| came upon the "human grade" dog and cat foods. My | | | | ensures a broad range of nutritional elements and |
| two rottweilers coincidentally got cancer within two | | | | additives in your pet's bowl. |
| months of each other. While researching their cancers | | | | "Crude protein" in dog food is not necessarily that |
| I started reading about the more popular dog foods | | | | which can be digested and utilized by the dog's body. |
| and the junk that was in them. There are cancer- | | | | It is not what most people think of as protein since it |
| causing chemicals, meat and chicken | | | | includes hooves, beaks and feathers, which are not |
| by-products(feet,beaks,brains),diseased organs from | | | | ingredients a dog's body can do anything with. |
| dead animals,grain by-products, and the list goes on | | | | |