| A good dog food must have high quality ingredients, | | | | Formula - To those who truly understand about dog |
| and it must meet a minimum standard of quality to | | | | good, this dog food is made of low quality ingredients |
| be considered good dog food. High quality ingredients | | | | and is very bad for your dog's health. |
| in turn mean high nutrition for your beloved dog. The | | | | First, the protein is very low in quality. Typically on |
| ingredients in a good dog food are carefully chosen | | | | the label of a dog food, the ingredients are listed in |
| based on their quality. Many times these ingredients | | | | order with the highest protein source listed first and |
| are the same ones that can also be found in human | | | | the lowest protein source listed last. For our example, |
| food. The high costs involved in finding, evaluating | | | | the ingredients are listed in the following order: corn, |
| and researching high quality ingredients for dog food | | | | chicken by-product, poultry by-product, animal fat, |
| has led to the high price tag of good quality dog | | | | and finally lamb meal. |
| food. It is because of this reason that some dog | | | | A good quality dog food will have the protein source |
| food manufacturers choose to go the cheap way by | | | | listed first as this is the highest nutritional component |
| providing second grade dog food. | | | | to any dog food; however, we see here that "lamb |
| These companies go for the cheap route because | | | | meal" which is the only high quality ingredient on the |
| most dog owners are unaware of the importance of | | | | above list is fifth on the list. The fact that there are |
| a high quality dog food for their dog, and also | | | | multiple animal by-products on the list at all tells us |
| because of the low price tag associated with these | | | | that Alpo is using the cheapest protein source that |
| dog foods. In addition, since most people do their | | | | they can find. |
| weekly household shopping at the grocery store, it is | | | | Since these by-products make up the top five |
| very convenient for them to just buy dog food | | | | ingredients of the dog food, it means they carry a |
| there as well. | | | | lot of weight in the overall make up of the food. |
| Have you ever heard of the name "Alpo"? Alpo is a | | | | You should not buy this kind of dog food for your |
| big dog food manufacturer and their products are | | | | dog as it is very bad for their health. Alpo makes a |
| sold everywhere at major grocery stores around the | | | | lot of money every year by producing and selling |
| world. Since it is a big company, you would think that | | | | cheap pet foods. This means that their top priority is |
| it cares for the health of your pets, don't you? Well, | | | | to make money. So you should never feed your dog |
| this is not true. Alpo Lamb Meal, Rice & Barley | | | | with their food. |