| Do you remember the 2007 pet food recall? | | | | food processing with virtually no nutritional value left, |
| Melamine and cyanuric acid were found in several top | | | | and is used primarily as a binder. |
| shelf brands of wet dog food. Melamine is used to | | | | If you buy commercial pet food, not only do you |
| make plastic. Cyanuric acid is used to chlorinate pools. | | | | have to worry about whether or not some "under |
| Neither is approved for use in pet food. The FDA | | | | the radar" chemical that could kill your dog has |
| discovered these chemicals in the imported wheat | | | | accidentally been introduced into the food, you have |
| gluten and rice protein concentrate used to make | | | | to contend with a myriad of ingredients that you are |
| pet. Eating them can lead to kidney failure. | | | | unfamiliar with, many of whom have no value other |
| Officially, 226 cats and dogs died, but the death toll is | | | | than to add bulk. |
| believed to have been much, much higher because of | | | | Depending on what brand of food you are feeding |
| under reporting. This alone should be enough to scare | | | | your dog, he could be slowly starving to death |
| you to home made dog food, but if it isn't, just read | | | | before your very eyes because of nutritional |
| the ingredients on a typical can of dog food. | | | | deficiencies. If you make his food yourself you don't |
| For example, do you know what wheat gluten is? | | | | have to worry about that. You know what |
| According to AAFCO (Association of American Feed | | | | ingredients go into his food. You know their quality. |
| Control Officials), it's, "The tough, viscid nitrogenous | | | | You know their nutritional value. Home made dog |
| substance remaining when wheat is washed to | | | | food will go a long way in ensuring your dog lives a |
| remove the starch." It's a cheap byproduct of human | | | | long, vital, healthy life. |