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Commercial Dog Food Can Be Dangerous – Is Your Dog Food Safe?

Written by Lynn Halladay on September 13, 2009 – 4:42 am -

What you don’t know could be bad for your dog, causing illness and even death. Most of us don’t pay a lot of attention to what we feed our pets, trusting manufacturer labeling to be accurate and regulations to be followed. The truth is that there really aren’t very many rules about what can and can’t go into dog food. Not Fit To Eat Did you know that many different brands of dog food could contain unpleasant substances like hair, ligaments, organs, skin, nervous tissue, and meat from diseased animals? Or that spoiled meat and the bodies of euthanized zoo animals and pets could be used? Most of the “good” meat that makes its way into dog and cat food has long since been processed so heavily that all its... more


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Food For Thought

Written by Kathy Davison on May 31, 2009 – 4:11 am -

by Kathy Davison Knowing what to feed your dog can be very confusing. Every expert out there has his own favorite canine diet and there is such a vast selection of dog food available that it can be quite bewildering for the first time dog owner to decide what to feed. In fact lets be honest even us seasoned dog owners get caught up in all the different opinions and who knows what is what? Think of it—-Fresh, tinned, dried, vacuum-packed ..the list is endless. Obviously a puppy has a different food requirement from an adult dog so make sure that you feed the puppy the correct puppy diet from the range of food available. The majority of pet shops and many vets will probably advise feeding your new puppy or dog on a complete dried food which... more


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Is Your Dog Dying? The Dangers of Commercial Dog Food!

Written by Lynn Halladay on April 15, 2009 – 4:41 am -

by Lynn Halladay What you don’t know could turn out to be bad for your dog! While most of us don’t pay a lot of attention to what we’re feeding out pets, we really shouldn’t be trusting manufacturers to label things accurately and follow regulations. There aren’t actually very many rules about what can be used in dog food, and what you don’t know could make your dog very sick. Unfit For Consumption Dog food can contain a lot of things we wouldn’t be happy about eating, including bones, nervous tissue, organs, skin, ligaments, hair and meat from animals with diseases. The bodies of euthanized pets and zoo animals have been used, too. Even the good meat that ends up in cat and dog food has undergone... more


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