| The most simple way to define human grade dog | | | | minerals and other elements to market their products. |
| food is that it's food fit for human consumption. Long | | | | Purchasing all natural, holistic (human grade dog food) |
| gone are the days when it was assumed that a dog | | | | for your pet is much easier on their system and |
| is perfectly fine eating whatever scraps or animal | | | | provides for a healthier coat, bowel movements and |
| by-products we ourselves don't wish to eat. While it's | | | | proper PH balance for their internal organs. A bird like |
| completely true that wild animals hunt and eat most | | | | a vulture may be quite happy with leftovers, but |
| of what they kill: They don't eat chemicals, dyes, | | | | your dog is a descendant of the wolf: An animal that |
| soy, cornstarch and other contaminants or fillers that | | | | hunts and eats primarily fresh meat, while occasionally |
| most commercial dog foods have in them. | | | | snacking on wild fruits and vegetables. |
| Feeding your dog a human grade dog food (I.e. | | | | What this should mean to all who are reading is that |
| natural, holistic, organic, etc.) means you care about | | | | a dog's system is no better equipped to eat |
| their health and want them to be around for a long | | | | processed food than a human is. Feed them a |
| time. Commercial dog food only became popular in | | | | high-quality human grade food to give them the best |
| the mid-1900's as a way to get rid of waste from | | | | chance at a long, happy and healthy life. |
| animal processing plants, then later many companies | | | | Eating slightly cheaper, preservative-filled food just |
| found they could turn a hefty profit by mixing in | | | | leads to more veterinary visits as your dog ages (as |
| vegetable fillers, then dyeing it with eye pleasing | | | | poor food sends us to the doctor more often as we |
| colors to make us feel like we were giving our pets a | | | | age). The savings from vet visits, medications and |
| delicious treat. | | | | other expenses will far outweigh the little extra you |
| Many of the popular food manufacturers use much | | | | may pay for holistic dog food, over the commercial |
| of the same low-quality meat by-products and other | | | | alternative. |
| fillers, while others may add different vitamins, | | | | |