| Nature never intended for pets to eat dry food | | | | for our pampered pets is finding all natural, organic |
| resembling compressed sawdust. This convenience is | | | | dog food, made with fresh human grade ingredients. |
| paid for in reduced pet health. Where is it written | | | | They are available, and are easy to find if you invest |
| that your pet's food bowl has to be filled with chalk | | | | some time to investigate. Alternately, you can make |
| dry nuggets of quasi-nutritious ground up brown | | | | your own healthy pet food. I make mine in bulk and |
| stuff? We've been sold on a bad idea because it | | | | freeze the appropriate meal size portions. Always |
| makes our lives easier. | | | | keep in mind your pets nutritional needs, and check |
| With the advent of instant information, and the ease | | | | with your vet first. |
| of research on the internet we can easily find out | | | | Dogs need specific amounts of meat, starch, and |
| about the practices of the commercial dog food | | | | vegetables daily, as well as vitamins and supplements |
| manufacturers. Some of these practices are | | | | to maintain optimum health. They need to be slowly |
| downright sickening, others just plain dangerous to | | | | changed over to any new diet by slowly introducing |
| the health of our pets. Headlines and recalls about | | | | the new food, and making sure it is properly |
| food that is tainted and contaminated have become | | | | tolerated. Any number of recipes are available |
| the norm. Commercial dog food certainly does not | | | | through the internet, your vet, your local pet store, |
| seem to be the nutritious, healthy diet that we have | | | | or even the old fashioned way, by going to the |
| been led to believe. | | | | library. Once you have the knowledge you will not |
| Did you know commercial dog food has to be | | | | want to return to the unhealthy diet that has |
| enhanced with sprayed on fat and flavors to cover | | | | become the easy way out. |
| up the chemical taste, to be even remotely | | | | We have been led to believe that giving your dog a |
| attractive to your pet. Without this palatability | | | | variety is bad for them. This is certainly not true. You |
| modification, I don't think the kibble would ever get | | | | will get to know which foods are the favorites. Any |
| eaten. | | | | animal lover who considers their pet a family |
| Sometimes sugar is used in the form of cane, | | | | member, which in today's society has become |
| molasses or corn syrup to hook your pet. That way | | | | trendy, will feel much better about giving a healthy |
| when he/she dives into to food bowl we feel a | | | | nutritious diet to their beloved pet, and extending |
| sense of satisfaction. They love it we think because | | | | their pooches life. Ultimately for our own greed as |
| they can't get enough. This then translates into it | | | | much as anything, this will give us extra years to |
| must be good for them, but of course it is not. | | | | share with a loved one. If you are a dedicated pet |
| Obviously processed sugars are unnecessary and | | | | owner and your pets health and happiness are a |
| foreign to animals, and just like us, can cause tooth | | | | priority, then you should consider giving him/her a well |
| decay, diabetes, and obesity. | | | | balanced, nutritious all natural diet, made by your own |
| The newest alternative that has become mainstream | | | | loving hands. |