Thursday, January 15, 2009

Where can I find Safe Dog Food?

By Elliott Concagh

The news has been filled with many stories about pet food manufacturers recalling their dog food because it was unsafe. Reportedly some of the food was so tainted that many dogs actually died from eating it. Do you wonder where you can find safe dog food? Try reading the labels on packaged dog food products and you will be left wondering. The labels are difficult to understand. That's because the pet food manufacturers, the giant food processors, and the grocery industry have lobbied hard to keep the FDA from clarifying the ingredients that your dog is eating.

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?

Meat meal generally comes from rendering plants. That is to say, it is made up of a slow stew of dead carcasses of animals from varying sources. These include animals euthanized at animal centers and in zoos. It also includes putrid road kill that is picked up by state and county road crews. Often times these animals are still wearing flea collars, have I.D. Tags, and are even wrapped in plastic bags which are all put into the rendering vat to be turned into meat meal. Does that sound like safe dog food?

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.

That is the reason so many dog lovers have decided to make natural home made dog food for their pets. They do it so they know their pet is eating safe dog food. You might think this would be a big, messy, and expensive job. But those that do it have found it is less expensive than buying commercial food. And the process is simple.

Many prepare their dog's dinners once a week and freeze them. They don't use expensive ingredients. Hundreds of recipes are available in books and on line. It is no wonder that more pet lovers are choosing this safe dog food alternative, providing their pet with natural homemade dog food.

Tonight, when your little four legged companion comes to you with her food bowl asking for dinner, think about what you are feeding her. She depends on your choices for her health and her longevity. Why not feed her natural homemade dog food -- safe dog food?

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