| Just because a brand of dog food is well-known does | | | | weight. So you need to look at the first ingredient |
| that make it the best dog food to feed your pet? | | | | and if it reads corn, then it doesn't matter if the bag |
| Brand names are often well advertised but that does | | | | says Turkey dinner, the main ingredient is corn. |
| not mean they are what is right for your dog. | | | | You shouldn't pay as much attention to the brand as |
| Your vet, unfortunately, does not have the best dog | | | | you should to the ingredient list. After you make it |
| food available for your canine. Just because it is sold | | | | through the first couple of ingredients that you think |
| by your veterinarian does not mean it is the | | | | you understand what they are, that is where the fun |
| healthiest food available. | | | | begins. |
| After my Beagle started having Seizures, I have | | | | Some of the top brands, use dried egg products as |
| spent many hours researching how to pick the best | | | | one of their ingredients, this not the same as using |
| food. I have learned more about how to decipher a | | | | eggs. The truth is that what goes into dried egg |
| dog food label and understand what all the | | | | products is not fit for human consumption, so why |
| ingredients are, than most people know about their | | | | would we feed it to our dogs? As well as with |
| own human food. | | | | Chicken by-products, they are completely different |
| The problem was the more research I would do the | | | | from the chicken that you would eat. |
| deeper I would get into this ugly world of commercial | | | | These ingredients are just the ones that you can |
| pet foods. | | | | kind of figure out what they might be, but how |
| It became apparent that in order for me to be sure I | | | | about the preservatives and vitamins listed that you |
| was feeding the best food, I would need to | | | | probably won't have a clue what they are? |
| understand a whole lot more about how the pet | | | | This why I was happy to find during my research a |
| food industry worked. | | | | very strict guide of what to look for on the label, |
| I have documented my findings in many articles | | | | and this is what I use to find the food, for my dogs. |
| about the pet food industry, which is virtually | | | | I thought I would have a very tough time winnowing |
| self-regulated, and about how the industry uses | | | | down 150 brands down to the top 10 best available |
| deceptive labeling language to deceive pet owners | | | | but I could find only 10 brands that deserved to be |
| about true contents of pet food. | | | | on that list. When you compare the labels on these |
| There is only one law out there that helps us choose | | | | 10 to the brands your Vet are selling, you are going |
| the best pet food, and that is the one stating that all | | | | to start to take healthy feeding decisions out of the |
| ingredients must be listed in order of decreasing | | | | hands of your Vet and do it yourself. |