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Pet food is a much talked about subject on the board and others that I have posted on.
There is very little education being provided for pet owners to know what is good and what is not good for our pets. There are only a confusing number of choices and an equally confusing "ingredients list" on the side of each package we buy.
I know from my own healthy lifestyle, if you feed your body lots of calories, processed food and excess fat, you will not be as healthy as you could be. And much study that lends to the belief this kind of eating leads to disease and a shorter life.
I can only surmise the same can be said for our pets. What is better for your pet, protein from grains or from meat? What is BHA, BHT and ethoxyquin? What are the most important ingedients on a pet food label?
Until recently, I did not know the answers to these questions. A local TV station did a story on a lady who is in the industry and has studied pet food for 15 years. Her findings are infuriating to me as a pet owner. Much of the meat protein comes from dead, diseased, euthanized animals. Much of the filler in dog food is corn or wheat. Grain protein increases the difficulty of digestion and the risk of ingesting mold and other toxins.
Here is the link to the web site and information about her book and monthly newsletter.
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/
You be the judge of what is best for your pets. But make the decision with as much information as you can find.
By the way here are the answers to the questions posed earlier.
-Protein should come from meat, not a protein by product or meat and bone meal.
-BHA, BHT and ethoxquin are chemical preseratives and have been associated with causing tumors and cancer in dogs.
-The most imprtant ingredients on a pet food label are the first five. These are the ingredients that have the most weight in the food.
There is very little education being provided for pet owners to know what is good and what is not good for our pets. There are only a confusing number of choices and an equally confusing "ingredients list" on the side of each package we buy.
I know from my own healthy lifestyle, if you feed your body lots of calories, processed food and excess fat, you will not be as healthy as you could be. And much study that lends to the belief this kind of eating leads to disease and a shorter life.
I can only surmise the same can be said for our pets. What is better for your pet, protein from grains or from meat? What is BHA, BHT and ethoxyquin? What are the most important ingedients on a pet food label?
Until recently, I did not know the answers to these questions. A local TV station did a story on a lady who is in the industry and has studied pet food for 15 years. Her findings are infuriating to me as a pet owner. Much of the meat protein comes from dead, diseased, euthanized animals. Much of the filler in dog food is corn or wheat. Grain protein increases the difficulty of digestion and the risk of ingesting mold and other toxins.
Here is the link to the web site and information about her book and monthly newsletter.
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/
You be the judge of what is best for your pets. But make the decision with as much information as you can find.
By the way here are the answers to the questions posed earlier.
-Protein should come from meat, not a protein by product or meat and bone meal.
-BHA, BHT and ethoxquin are chemical preseratives and have been associated with causing tumors and cancer in dogs.
-The most imprtant ingredients on a pet food label are the first five. These are the ingredients that have the most weight in the food.