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Do you know that most commercial dog foods are garbage? Your dog is at a high risk of early death IF you are feeding it with commercial dog food. You have been literally lied to. And you are indirectly putting your dog at risk!

Do you know that many dog foods contain preservatives and chemicals that are known to cause kidney failures and cancers, even though the manufacturing companies do not list these chemicals on the labels? These harmful chemicals are added at the rendering plants before the meat is sent to the manufacturer. Manufacturers do not need to list these toxins that they didn’t add. These companies know that they are killing hundreds of thousands of dogs worldwide, but they don’t care! All they want is business!

Here is the next shocking secret. Have you ever thought of what goes into the pet food? Your dog’s food contains euthanized cats, dogs and other animals! Sodium Pentobarbital, the drug used to kill these stray animals, remains active during processing and it goes directly into your dog’s food! If Sodium Pentobarbital is lethal enough to kill an animal, imagine what it would do to your beloved pet dog!

To sum it up, most commercial dog food is unsafe for your dog! If you love your dog, you should learn how to prepare healthy dog food. Dogs deserve good food as much as we humans do, and the last thing that you want to do is to kill your dog with its diet!

With the unfortunate increase in pet food recalls, millions of dog owners and breeders are very concerned and wondering what can they feed their dogs that is positively safe and will not cause permanent harm to their pet’s health.

Nearly all the information we have about pet nutrition has been provided by the best-known laboratories of the world since the early 19th century. This outdated information is not adequate for today’s modern dog due to the fact that its inner characteristics have changed in many respects. This could be one factor causing the deaths and health problems of thousands of dogs nationwide.

At first, it was learned that only one manufacturer was responsible for using wheat gluten in their dog food. People started reading the labels of the food in hopes to find a safer product to give to their pets.

Sadly, this was proven to be a waste of time, since other manufacturers reportedly used a rice concentrate in their dog food supply, but irresponsibly did not put the ingredient on the food label of the package.

No doubt these pet food manufacturers are really human food corporations concerned only with the bottom line and most likely, use their pet food as a dumping ground for waste from their industrial processes. They count on people to believe their marketing strategy and short term observations and ignore conscientious research.

This, of course, has created massive frustration and fear among dog lovers nationwide.

What food is actually safe?

It has been agreed by many experts in the pet industry that home made dog food recipes are the safest and easiest solutions to this terrible dilemma. If you are a loving and caring dog owner, the life expectancy of your pet depends upon your decision. Making your own dog food will keep other animal parts, diseased meat, artificial ingredients and chemically sprayed food away from your pet’s kidneys.

The latest research shows that the organic method of feeding your dog should be your first choice. It is the best way to ensure that your pet will have a balance diet. . As long as the food intake is balanced with his activity level, he won’t get fat. An example of a nutritional meal is scrambled eggs, boiled rice with small pieces of chicken or lamb. A great appetizer and treat is a cup of yogurt with live cultures.

It is crucial that your home made dog food have a good amount of protein, amino acids and vitamin D. Protein such as beef, chicken, turkey or fish is the building blocks for your dog’s muscles and vitamin D produces strong healthy teeth and bones. Other important essentials for your dog are calcium, carbohydrates and fatty acids.

The components for a good home made meal should include four ingredients. The first two ingredients should be meat sources and last two must include a good grain such as whole grain rice or barley and a vegetable like carrots. Do not include fillers such as corn or cornmeal which may cause allergies

The moral of this story is to find a good dog food recipe, feed it correctly and try to stay away from commercial dog food that is loaded with cancer-causing preservatives and red dyes. Make sure the home made food is of high quality and nutritional value and you will avoid the severe problems and sometimes immature deaths caused by the pet food recall brands.

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This article seeks to give you a solid knowledge base regarding the healthiness and safety of yor dog’s food, no matter what your previous experiences on the topic.

With the issue of the healthiness and wellbeing of your dog’s food inside the last 12 months, the question still stands. How healthy is your dog’s food?

The other issue with dog food is will your dog eat it and will they get tried of eating the same food every day through out their life. I know of numerous dog owners that did just that, fed their dog the same food through out the dog’s adult life until the dog has been eating the same food for over ten years. Then marvel why their dog stops eating their food and start eating table scrappes.

Many world-renowned Doctors of Veterinary Medicine and Published “Dog Care Experts” universally allow any dog that eats commercial dog food is at a much serious threat of failing prematurely and by the time symptoms are noticeable, it’s regularly too late to stop an agonizing death excluding by lethal shot.

We hope that you have gained a clear grasp if the subject matter presented in the first half of this article.

World-Renowned vet and dog care novelist Alfred Plechner, says the meager nutritional politeties of commercial dog food inevitably advance to disease.

Raw Ingredients vs. Cooked Ingredients: People who supply their dogs raw food diets feel that nature planned for animals food vs. cooking human food. That all of the nutrients are still active in cooked food providing healthy meals for animals.

People who consider in supplying their dogs raw food feel that no additives are wanted and that their animals are receiving all of the nutrients they oblige. They feel that the commercial food companies use additives to enhance the palatability of their food effectively “addicting” a dog to it.

Commercial food advocates say that additives such as omega 3 and 6 greasy acids are central to the dog”s health system, while raw food is gone some central vitamins and minerals.

It is little things, such as this that may aid you in your search. So, sit down and decide which avenue would be best for you to take for your dog.

What kind of food are you feeding to your dog? Do you remember the olden days when we fed our dogs table scraps? Nowadays most people believe it is a bad thing to feed your dog food from the table. Many now believe that this idea was originally encouraged by the makers of commercial dog food, as a way to sell more of their canned and dried pet food.

Lately, especially after the pet food scare of early 2008, when hundreds of cats and dogs died after eating pet food tainted with poison, more and more people have returned to feeding their dogs more foods eaten by humans.

If your dog has special dietary needs, such as being diabetic or obese, the commercial dog foods simply do not offer good choices that are healthy and nutritious and meet the needs of your dog. They tend to be filled with ingredients that are not healthy at all, and also have many preservatives to extend their shelf life. We do not know for sure where the ingredients have come from because the government does not regulate packaged and canned pet food as it does food for human consumption. This alone is a powerful reason to stay away from commercial dog food.

I have been feeding my dogs homemade food for four months now. My dachshund is diabetic, so I was searching for a way to give him a diet higher in fiber and protein. I have now come to the conclusion that it is best to prepare his food myself. I also have three other dogs, a Maltese and two Yorkshire terriers, and they were beginning to put on weight and had become very hyperactive. After eating my homemade food for the past few months their behavior has changed, their weight has stabilized, and my dachshund has not had to have an increase in his daily insulin dosage. I am also saving money at the same time.

I prepare chicken by boiling or baking it, and then combine yams or sweet potatoes. These vegetables have a low glycemic index and are particularly good for diabetes. I also prepare lentil soup each week, and add this to the food as well. Legumes, like lentils and other dried beans, are high in plant protein. Finally, I prepare long grain brown rice, and my homemade food is complete. I only do this once a week, so it is not like I have to prepare my dog food every day.

I encourage you to learn more about preparing healthy and nutritious food for your dog, to reduce the risk of disease and help to extend their lifespan.

Did you know that most food that is fed to dogs today has extremely low nutritional content? If you feed your dog commercial dog food, you may be slowly killing your dog. Perhaps you think this is a little dramatic? Think again. If humans are fed a diet of unhealthy foods, they probably won’t show any adverse signs for quite some time. But fed over many years, people will become sluggish, sick, and eventually die from degenerative diseases much earlier than they would otherwise pass from this life.

The same goes for dogs.

All commercial dog food which is extruded (cooked) at very high temperatures cannot be anything but bad for our dogs, whose natural diet in the wild is mainly fresh, raw meat. Even after dogs became domesticated, and then kept as pets, for decades they were fed home cooked food and table scraps, before anyone thought of commercialising dog food and selling cans of mush, or pieces of highly questionable biscuit-looking food called “kibble”.

Dogs used to live longer than they do now.

Examine baked and kibbled foods for the presence of burned spots on the biscuits. The presence of large numbers of burned biscuits indicates that the food has been cooked at such high temperatures that the nutritients are likely to be almost non-existent.

On the other hand, if dry products are damp, soft or stale, it means that they have been improperly processed, become damp in transit, become damp during storage, or that they are old.

Dry products that become damp quickly deteriorate from the action of mold and eventually bacteria. Sometimes the only indication that mold is beginning to attack a dry food is the musty odor smelled when a bag is opened. At other times it may be seen as a white, hairy beard or a bluish-green or black velvety coating over the food. Any food found to be moldy should be destroyed immediately and never fed to dogs.

Does any of this sound like food you would eat yourself???

If not, then even though it’s labelled as “dog food” and could possibly have some form of nutritional content (if you’re lucky), why feed such substandard rubbish to your dog? It really can be harmful over the long term. Why else do you think so many dogs suffer from degenerative diseases like heart disease, cancer, kidney failure, and more? These diseases were previously unknown in companion animals. Now they’re commonplace. And the increase in incidence of these degenerative diseases in dogs and other animals has occurred in direct proportion to the practise of giving pets raw food or table scraps, to giving them commercial pet food.

The answer?

Feed your dog a raw, or primarily raw, fresh food diet. The large part of the food should, of course, be meat. If you’re not a fan of raw food, then by all means give your dog home cooked food, made from premium ingredients which you would use for your own food. Of course, you can give your dog all the fat and offcuts from the meat that you don’t want. Dogs need some fat (unlike us!)

And if you really need the convenience of a pre-prepared dog food, then go for a top quality dog food – NOT one of the commercial brands found on your supermarket, or even pet store shelves. Even many vets have no idea about correct animal nutrition, believe it or not, and promote commercial dog foods that are peddled to them as “premium” food, when they’re nothing of the kind.

How do you know what a superior quality dog food is? Check for both the ingredients and the method of cooking. The ingredients should be primarily meat – not meat byproducts, a small proportion only of grains of all types, and preferably some fresh vegetables, fruit or herbs. As for the cooking method – the lower the heat, the better. Don’t go for anything that has been extruded (which is most kibble), or canned at high temperatures. If the method of cooking is not stated, then make further enquiries of the manufacturer, or go for one that does state the cooking method – freeze dried or baked are acceptable.

If you are a dog owner you’re probably aware of the recent pet food scandal that has rocked the nation, resulted in several pet deaths, hundreds of animals falling mysteriously ill and the nationwide recall of 60 million packages of dog food products (and counting) as well as other pet foods!

The Culprit

Melamine: This is the substance at the center of the pet food poison scandal. Pure melamine is used to make plastics and fertilizer so how the heck could it make the transition into dog food? Well the story begins in China…kind of.

Animal feed producers in China have apparently for some time routinely supplemented their feed with melamine to artificially boost the protein content (which translates into more profit). Protein readings are done by assessing the nitrogen levels of the feed and guess what? Melamine has a high nitrogen content!

Unfortunately this sordid tale gets worse. As if adding poisonous melamine to your dog’s food was not bad enough another toxic ingredient is routinely added to Chinese animal feed products. This substance is known as cyanuric acid. In the United States this stuff is commonly used to disinfect swimming pools!

Investigators looking into the hundreds of pet food poison related deaths now believe that the combination of those two ingredients in commercial dog food and other pet food synergistically elevated the toxins to the point where they became lethal to pets.

The Dirty Secret Close To Home

Although American food safety regulators are pinning the blame on pet food contaminated with Chinese animal feed products, the alarming truth is that dog food manufactured in the USA is also toxic to your pet!

Commercial dog food manufactured in the US contains no less than 6 deadly chemicals that have been banned as unfit for human consumption because they cause:

Hair Loss (fur loss);

Kidney Disease;

Liver dysfunction;

Stomach cancer;

Blindness;

Leukemia; and

Skin cancer, to name but a few! The substances that cause these problems are found in preservatives…

Oh But I Always Use Preservative Free Dog Food!

You may think that your dog is safe and healthy because you only insist on buying preservative free dog food. Well dog manufacturers have found a legit way around that too! Many dog foods labeled as preservative free in fact contain preservatives because the manufacturers exploit a loophole whereby they do not have to list any preservative that they themselves did not add.

And unfortunately many preservatives are added to pet foods at the rendering plant well before the meat is ever sent to the manufacturer. One of the most widely used and most powerful preservatives also happens to be one of the most toxic! It is called ethoxyquin (EQ) and you aren’t going to see it listed on your dog food label anytime soon (even though it is in that “preservative free” dry pet food you love to buy) because the manufacturer has no legal obligation to list it.

Although ethoxyquin is permitted in pet food, workers exposed to this substance showed symptoms similar to those of people exposed to agent orange (poisonous herbicide used by the US government in Vietnam War that caused cancer and other diseases).

Your Dog Is Eating Dead Dogs And Dead Cats!

Perhaps the sickest part of this sick tale is that euthanized (put down) dogs and cats are recycled as chow for your pet! The city of angels (Los Angeles) is known for the devilish practice of recycling approximately 200 tons of dead cats and dogs each month into pet food!

Arrrgghh…disgusting huh?

Still it gets worse; poisonous disinfectants and denaturing chemicals are used to treat those recycled dead animals and “render them safe” for your dog’s consumption, not to mention the fact that the toxin used to kill those animals (sodium pentobarbital) can withstand the heat used in the denaturing process.

Bottom line: If you love your dog and want to see him/her live to a ripe healthy old age, perhaps it is time you considered alternative means of nutrition!

Dog Breeds

Believe it or not, most commercial dog food isn’t really healthy for your dog. Most commercially made dog foods contain animal parts that were never meant to be included in food. They also contain a host of preservatives and chemicals that are there to increase the food’s shelf life, not help your dog stay healthy. Keeping your dog fed with healthy dog food is not as hard as it sounds. Sometimes all it takes is reading the label. Sometimes, if you want to be one hundred percent sure that your dog’s food is safe, you can make it yourself!

Make your own dog food recipe

If you are thinking of making your own dog food here are some simple steps to follow:

1. Meat is the most important ingredient. Make sure the meat is fresh – the best kind to use is meat from a meat processor or butcher. They can grind the meat up for you if you would like them to. The meat can be beef, lamb or chicken (some people also use fish).

2. Vegetables need to be added to every meal. The best vegetables to use are broccoli, yams, beets, sweet potatoes, zucchini, pumpkin, carrots, cucumber and squash. Stay away from beans, spinach, chard, garlic, bell peppers, potatoes, onions, beet greens and spinach as these have been known to lead to digestive problems and red blood cell damage.

3. The best way to figure out how much food to feed your dog is to take its body weight and then multiply it by 0.4. This will give you the number of ounces your dog needs to eat every day and from there you can decide how those ounces should be served.

Natural dog food

You can feed natural ingredients to your dog in cooked or raw form. The most important thing is to make sure that they get the nutrients they need in the amounts they need.

Naturally made healthy dog food is far more convenient than commercially made dog food. While most people prefer commercially bagged or canned dog food because of its ease, the dog food you make yourself will save you time and money in the long run. The ingredients for your dogs food do not have to be expensive – they are basically the same foods that you are buying for your family. Another reason home made or natural food is better is that, in the long run, it saves you time and money on trips to the veterinarian and gives you more time with your pet (dogs who eat natural food live longer).

Homemade dog food is healthy

While it is certainly easy to run out to the store and grab a bag of the cheapest doggie kibble available, this is not what is best for the four legged member of your family. Dogs have dietary needs just like humans do and often, the commercially made dog food does not cater to these needs. By paying attention to your dogs nutrition and the ingredients of his food, you are making sure that your dog leads a long and healthy life. Isn’t your best friend worth it?

Just what do the pet food companies really put in there? Video autopsy of a Home Brand and Mid Premium Brand commercial canned dog foods. Examines the contents of the cans, the ingredients and some of the additives and makes a cost comparison.

Going with all-natural made dog food is not a bad thing, especially with everything that is going on in the commercial dog food industry. The main issue in the dog food industry is the quality, or lack there of, the commercial dog foods that are being bought and sold to many dogs owners, which is causing the dogs to become sick.

With that being said, natural dog food is the safe and healthy alternative for dogs to eat – with out the fillers and harmful chemicals that causes them to become ill. In addition to this, here are some helpful tips for feeding your dog natural dog foods:

Before you begin to feed your dog all-natural foods, it is wise to talk to a vet and get some advice on what is the best way to safely switch the diet of your dog. The reason for this is because if your dog’s diet is changed, suddenly, it may have a negative on your dog’s body, thus, making it more likely to resist the diet.

Generally, a dog’s basic diet consists of 40 percent protein, 30 percent fiber and 30 percent starch. This is why it is best to change your dog’s diet in a slow way – to give you dog time to adjust to the diet.

Also, you should choose fresh and healthy lean diets for your dogs to eat, since meat is the main part of a dog’s diet. As a source of protein, meats, in addition to fish and chicken, are vital in ensuring you’re your dog gets all the nutrients that they need to survive!

In fact, these types of foods will help to maintain your dog’s vital organs, including the liver and kidneys. Another helpful tip is to cook the foods first, then feed it to your dog to ward off the bacteria that might harm your dog.

Furthermore, you should include vegetables, along with the meats, in your dog’s all-natural dog food. Also, the vegetables should be cooked thoroughly to kill any bacteria that may harm your dog. Bean and squash are good choices for feeding your dog.

Simply put, switch your dog’s diet, from harmful, commercial dog foods to healthy, all-natural dog foods is the not only less expensive; but, also, will improve your dog’s overall health and prolong its life! So with that, choosing all-natural foods for your dogs is a right and safe choice for keeping it healthy and active for years to come!

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