Is there Safe Dog Food
With the recent manufacturer recalls on dog food, people have wondered where than can find safe dog food. The fact is, it is not easy to find. Commercial dog foods do not offer many safe formulas. The labels are confusing and difficult to understand. And no wonder. The grocers, food processors, and pet food manufacturers have all fought the FDA for years to keep the labels from being easily understood.
When you break down the ingredients in most commercial dog food, you will understand why they want to keep you in the dark. Pick up a can or bag of dog food and peruse down the label. You may notice a rather innocuous sounding ingredient called meat meal. That sounds rather wholesome: sort of a cross between wholesome meat and perhaps a high fiber cereal. Meat meal. But what is it?
To make meat meal, which is brought to us by our friendly next door rendering plant, they slowly stew the carcasses of dead animals. Many of these animals are cats and dogs that were euthanized at animal shelters or other animal control facilities. Many of them were wearing collars (some even flea collars) with I.D. Tags. Some were wrapped in plastic bags. State and county road departments pick up road kill, and those putrid carcasses are also sent to the rendering plants. Don’t forget many zoos that dispose of dead animals. All of these are slowly boiled and processed into an ingredient they call meat meal. Does that sound like a safe dog food ingredient?
We have lost beloved family pets in the past because our vet told us they were filled with tumors. Have you ever had that sad experience? It is gut wrenching. But it is no wonder. Animal advocates and veterinarians have been telling us for years about the carcinogenic dangers of the residues in commercial dog food left from the chemicals and poisons used to euthanize the animals that became dog food ingredients. Cats and dogs that eat this food have become filled with cancers. Damage is done to their immune systems, their livers and kidneys, their brains, all because of the harmful chemicals in their food.
Natural homemade dog food provides a healthy alternative. When you make your own dog food with healthy ingredients, you know you are making a safe dog food. Some people may initially balk at the idea of actually preparing their dogs dinners, but when they get the facts they find out it is really a pretty good arrangement.
Natural homemade dog food can be prepared once a week and frozen. The ingredients need not be expensive. In fact most people actually save money making safe dog food at home. Hundreds of recipes are available both in books and on blog sites. It is no wonder that more and more pet lovers are opting for this method of providing their pet with natural home made safe dog food.
The next time you fill your dog’s food bowl, think about what you are feeding her. Why not try making some mantural homemade dog food? Her health depends on you providing her with a nutritious, safe dog food that will extend her life.
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