| I am struggling with a mild case of writer's block | | | | have something called "Pet Grade"? I'll tell you why, |
| today. Rather than force something and have the | | | | it's because it's all of the garbage that is deemed not |
| comment boxes filled with phrases like "that last | | | | fit for human consumption. Healthy Natural Dog Food |
| article was a real dog", I have decided to actually get | | | | is a complete oxymoron with respect to most |
| the dog to help write it. One of my four-legged | | | | commercial grade pet foods. Now I know that a dog, |
| friends Bugsy has always had an opinion on | | | | even your dog, isn't human. Thank goodness for that, |
| everything. Today I asked for his opinion on one of | | | | you people have enough problems but that doesn't |
| my favorite topics, healthy natural dog food, and he | | | | mean we should be deprived of vital nutrients |
| didn't disappoint. His only stipulation was that I refer | | | | because you can't see through the marketing |
| to him by his pen name "Bugsy Wonderdog" so | | | | propaganda of the commercial pet food companies. |
| without further delay I bring you a dog's eye view | | | | Oh, their commercials are wonderful showing happy |
| on what goes into his bowl. | | | | dogs with great coats and lots of energy. Those |
| I don't understand why the concept of Healthy | | | | dogs are actors. They are probably eating Filet |
| Natural Dog Food is so hard for you humans to grasp. | | | | Mignon and traveling first class. They are the |
| You are finally trying to eat well yourself as is | | | | Brangelina's of the canine world. How about making |
| evidenced by the proliferation of Whole Foods, Fresh | | | | your dog feel like a movie star, or at the very least |
| Markets and assorted other nouveau supermarkets | | | | a Wonderdog. Whether you buy it in a store or you |
| dedicated to providing natural foods for humans so | | | | have to cook it yourself please feed your dogs |
| why not for us dogs? I don't believe there is anyone | | | | Healthy Natural Dog Food. |
| more qualified to judge what does and what should | | | | Bugsy Wonderdog |
| go into that dog bowl them me, your humble | | | | Certainly spoken like someone who has never had to |
| Wonderdog. After all, I am the one who has to eat | | | | cook dog food for himself but overall I think he |
| it. | | | | makes some great points. The innocuous little label |
| How would you like to sit down for every breakfast, | | | | "pet grade" in many cases might just as well say, |
| lunch and dinner for the rest of your life and be | | | | "poison". One of my favorite rules to live by when |
| served a bowl of dry processed cereal? Why do it to | | | | feeding my dogs is that if I wouldn't eat it myself, I |
| your dog then? There's nothing wrong with a bowl of | | | | won't feed it to my dog. Pay attention to the |
| Cheerios now and again, according to the label they | | | | Bugster, he is not your average dog. He is an actor, |
| are fortified and contain tons of vitamins and minerals | | | | a model, a spokesdog and even an author but most |
| but you wouldn't want to live on them. Variety is the | | | | importantly he's a dog and as such has earned the |
| spice of life. I will bet that it wasn't a dog eating a | | | | title of "man's best friend". Let's pay back some of |
| diet of exclusively processed commercial foods that | | | | that friendship by feeding Bugsy and all of our canine |
| came up with that line. | | | | friends what they really need. |
| While we're talking about it, what's with the double | | | | Always remember, health comes from the inside out! |
| standard? Have you ever wondered why they even | | | | |