Do you know what you are feeding your dog? Do you understand what is in that
dog food you purchase for your best friend? The answer is, probably not. Sure
you have seen all the wonderful advertisements on the television regarding
the many different brands of dog food. At each turn, the advertisement is
letting us know just how nutritious and wholesome their particular brand is
for your dog. Of course, we have to keep in mind that this is advertising.
The entire purpose of these advertisements is to get us to run out and buy
that particular brand of dog food for our family dog.
However, what is really in that dog food? Is it really as nutritious and
wholesome as they lead us to believe? The answer may shock you. It is a good
idea to sit down at your computer while reading this. What you probably
do not know is that large companies producing pet foods, use this as their
avenue for ridding themselves of waste and excess. First, you need to understand that
large commercial companies create a majority of the dog food we feed our
pets.
For example, Nestle is the manufacture of Mighty Dog and Alpo. While Heinz
produces Vets, Recipe, Kibbles & Bits, and Gravy Train. Colgate, best known
for their toothpaste produces Hills Science Diet, and Iams and Eukanuba are
produced by Proctor & Gamble.
What is particularly disturbing is that the law does not protect the food we
feed our dogs. In fact, while food for human consumption must go through an
inspection process, there is no inspection process on pet food ingredients
that are used. Sources known as 4-D are used in a variety of pet foods,
except in only a few states. What are 4-D sources? 4-D sources are animal
tissues, which are retrieved from diseased, disabled, dying, or dead animals
at a slaughterhouse.
What is just as disturbing is the use of chemicals within the pet foods.
When meats have been rendered not for human consumption, it is required by
law to undergo a procedure known as denatured. This is the process of
saturating the meat with chemicals such as citronella, carbolic acid,
kerosene, oil, or fuel, to ensure the meat will not be used for humans.
Instead, this food ends up within the foods we feed our pets, as well as
other foods that the USDA has rejected, such as rancid animal fats or moldy
grains.
If you read up on your dog food information, you will find that the main
ingredient in commercialized animal food is by-products. Meat by-products is
a combination of contaminated and diseased meats. These meats typically come
from the beaks, feet, feathers, toenails, and heads of animals, as well as
slaughterhouses. If that was not disturbing enough for you, these meats can
also come directly from animals that have been euthanized in shelters or
animal hospitals, as well as rancid grease from restaurants and animals that
have been collected dead from the roadside.
That is enough to make any dog lover cringe in disgust. There is more
though, think about any drugs used on the animal being euthanized, that is
contained within the pet food as well. The content also contains anything
that may have been on the animal or packaged with the meat. For example,
flea collars, plastic or Styrofoam packaging used for meats left unsold at
the supermarket, and other such things.
The point is that with commercial pet foods, you never really know what you
are feeding your pet, which is why so many people are turning to natural
foods. What you are wanting to look for is meats that contain a single
source or whole meat and they should be one of the first listed ingredients.
You also want to look for enzyme and nutrient rich foods, vegetables,
unprocessed grains, and whole grains.
Avoid dog foods that have sweeteners, meat by products, artificial colors,
preservatives, or propylene glycol.
By knowing what you are feeding your dog, you can
avoid the problems and illnesses many dogs suffer because of ignorance on the part of their
owners. For even more important information on dog food
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