| If you check dog food ingredients knowledgeably, | | | | shouldn't be the only meat in the dog food you |
| you can find a good commercial dog food. Most | | | | purchase, either. Avoid dry foods that name 'meat |
| people use commercial dog food now and again, just | | | | meal' or 'meat and bone meal' as their major - |
| as almost everybody eats fast food occasionally. It's | | | | sometimes their only! - source of meat. This may |
| too bad that not all commercial foods are healthy for | | | | indicate that the original meat was unfit for human |
| dogs, and neither price nor brand name guaranteed | | | | consumption, so it's probably unfit for your dog, too. |
| high quality. | | | | Animals that could not be used for human food |
| Buying dog food doesn't have to make you feel | | | | because of health problems are often euthanized. |
| guilty! There are several crucial factors to consider | | | | Their diseased carcasses can legally be used in |
| when you want to choose healthy dog food. When | | | | commercial pet food. Although the meat is sterilized |
| you know about these factors, you can make good | | | | during the rendering process, meat meal from these |
| choices for your dog. | | | | sources typically has traces of antibiotics. Sometimes |
| The best foods include meat that is good for humans | | | | toxic byproducts from the disease pass from the |
| to eat as well. If the meat named in the dog food | | | | animal's carcass to the meat meal. Where sodium |
| ingredients was inspected by the US Department of | | | | pentobarbital was employed to euthanize the sick |
| Agriculture, it is good for both people and dogs. | | | | animal, it will be present in the meal as well. You don't |
| Organic meat, that is free of hormone supplements | | | | want to feed that sort of thing to your dog! Reading |
| or antibiotics, will be even more healthy. High quality | | | | the label carefully |
| meat will be clearly named on the label. | | | | It's not hard to avoid such problems. Read the |
| It's acceptable if some of the meat is listed as 'meat | | | | ingredients label showing what kinds of meat were |
| meal' or 'meat digest', but these altered forms won't | | | | used to make the dog food, and you can choose a |
| be the only meat in the best dog foods, and they | | | | healthy one! |