| Would you eat a bowl of cereal everyday year in | | | | courses and I carry this bit of knowledge with me |
| and year out and nothing else? Just as we need a | | | | everyday. At one time when prisoners were given |
| variety of foods for our good health, so do our pets. | | | | bread and water, they could nutritionally live on this |
| Commercially prepared foods are convenient and | | | | bread. The prisoners of today, eating our modern |
| fast, but why not make fresh dog food prepared by | | | | bread, would die of malnutrition within a short period |
| you at least once a week or more. Your pet also | | | | of time. |
| deserves a variety of foods in his meals for health | | | | As you well know, economics is always in the picture. |
| and happiness. | | | | Mass produced prepared foods for both humans and |
| Commercial dog food, like so many of our food | | | | animals have to be made within a budget in order for |
| products, came about as a way to help feed our | | | | companies to make a profit. There are times when |
| canines the right nutritional ingredients and to enjoy | | | | shortcuts will be made in ingredients and we all suffer |
| the convenience of feeding our pets. With the | | | | for it. |
| passage of time there seems to have been a decline | | | | Do you remember when you toasted your bread for |
| in either preparation or quality of animal feed | | | | breakfast and it caught on fire? As consumers we |
| whereby veterinary nutritionists and pet owners have | | | | learned that one of the shortcuts in bread to help |
| encouraged and demanded healthier foods for our | | | | with fiber content was replaced with sawdust. Some |
| pets. | | | | of the bread loaves had too much sawdust; |
| There continues to be a lack of particular nutrients in | | | | therefore, the bread slices flamed in the toaster. |
| the commercial dog foods which seems to be | | | | Why are our pets getting sick if we are feeding |
| affecting our pets with diabetes and other | | | | them 'good' food? It is very pleasant to sit down to |
| overweight diseases, allergies, and other health | | | | a dinner with choices of meat and vegetables or a |
| problems. People also seem to be experiencing the | | | | bowl of soup or an appetizer of cheese and a |
| same problems with human convenience foods. | | | | refreshing beverage. Variety is the spice of life. |
| Have you ever wondered if the commercial pet food | | | | Take control of the ingredients that are being placed |
| is truly good for your dog? Perhaps, it is time for | | | | into pet chow. Why not consider cooking homemade |
| your pet to be treated with fresh dog food prepared | | | | fresh dog food prepared by your for your pet? You |
| by you. | | | | lovingly prepare healthy foods for your family, why |
| I learned a valuable lesson in one of my college | | | | not do the same for your pet? |