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I Want To Eat Premium Pet Food

Author: Lori Matthews I have a written a few articles on premium dog food and premium cat food. Some articles even have included the importance of supplements, treats and even the bones you give as a reward. So you can only imagine how important it is to feed our pets the proper nutrition. This nutrition comes daily from the food we decide to give them. It is extremely important to feed premium, quality foods for their...
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Is Your Store-bought Food Hurting Your Dog?

Author: Jonathan Reizovic If you are a dog owner, you know the biggest concerns we face are the health and happiness of our dogs. They are man’s best friend so we want nothing, but the best for them. The question is what is best for them? We know how to treat them with love and affection, but what about their diets? It seems that many of us have been misled by the big “caring” pet food corporations...
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Keep your Pet Clear of the Next Pet Food Recall...

Author: Susan Thixton Last year turned out to be the worst in history for pet food recalls. While there is no way to be 100% certain that a pet food is not tainted or will be recalled, there are some red flags to look for when selecting your dog’s or cat’s food. Avoiding these common pet food ingredients can greatly improve your odds in purchasing a healthy, safe pet food. Judging the safety or the...
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Is The Raw Dog Food Diet The Best Choice For Your ...

The debate over proper dog nutrition has been going on for quite some time with many different experts weighing in on the subject. One of the schools of thought is that the best diet to feed your dog is a raw dog food diet. Some say this is closest to the natural way that dogs are supposed to eat, but is it really a good choice for your pet? We all know that our four legged friends are natural hunters. However, due to...
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Lessons from the Dog Food Recall

Author: Andrew Kasch It wasn’t all that long ago that we had a massive pet food recall that sent quite a scare through everyone in the United States that owns a dog. It turns out that dog food from many different manufacturers had used a byproduct that was contaminated. This not only made many dogs sick, but it also ended up killing a few dogs. If you’re concerned about the safety of your dog when it...
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More Pet Food Recalls

Author: Lori Matthews When the phone started to ring and my email started to fill, I knew something must have happened again in the world of dog and cat food. As of this writing more foods have been recalled and a few more ingredients besides wheat gluten have been added to the list of “not to safe.” Evidence suggesting that a shipment of the ingredient “Rice Protein Concentrate” contained...
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Natural Pet Foods are Going to the Dogs

Author: Mitch Endick Not surprisingly, many pet owners are now passing along some human lifestyle habits to their furry housemates. For a number of reasons, pet owners are opting to provide their animal companions with dietary choices once reserved for humans. Maintaining a proper diet regimen for our pets has always been an important responsibility of overall pet ownership. The trend toward more healthy pet foods has...
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Note to Owners to Heed Cat Food Recalls

Author: Thomas Henricks It is always prudent for pet owners to be aware of and heed warnings regarding pet food recalls. One recent cat food recall came in response to reports of renal failure in pets. It was publicly noted in March 2007, when increased numbers of cats and other pets were observed dying due to kidney failure. The reason was traced to wet type pet foods made with wheat gluten produced by a single...
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Pet Food Recall And How To Select A Nutritious Fo...

Author: Jerry Johnson On April 5, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update on the recall on pet foods from Menu Foods. The Agency reported its latest findings in the ongoing investigation into the recent outbreak of cat and dog illness and death associated with pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten. FDA launched an investigation within 24 hours after being notified by Menu Foods of...
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Pet Food Recall Scare No More – Healthy Dog ...

Author: Veronica Eng With the recent pet food recall anxiety, let’s make an effort to prepare home cooked food for our pets. By preparing nutritious wholesome home cooked meals for our pets, we know EXACTLY what goes into their body. We are able to control dog food intake and most importantly, allow us more happy waggy years with our animal friends. So, make the commitment today to be your doggie’s...
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Preparing Homemade Dog Food

Author: Veronica Eng Preparation for home cooked meals for your dog is simple and need not be a pain at all. I have switched from commercialized pet food to home cooked meals after my family two lovely dogs died of cancer suddenly. They were on premium dried pet food all their life but still, both of them died at a young age at 6 and 7 of cancer. This was way before the pet food recall event. I knew at that time that...
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Keeping Your Dog Healthy With All Natural Dog Food

Have you noticed everything that is going on regarding the commercial dog food industry? With all of those recalls last year, dog owners are rethinking the type of dog food to give their beloved four legged friends. Have you given much thought to all natural dog food? There is one main issued in the commercial foods and that is quality… Or lack there of. The commercial brands of food that we are feeding our dogs is...
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Pet Food Recall- Tip of The Iceberg

Author: Stephen Becker Largest Recall Of Pet Foods In History: The ongoing pet food recall offers a glimpse of what is wrong with entrusting your pets nutrition (or your own) to corporations and government regulatory agencies. Scary Ingredients Approved By The Government: Why is gluten even in dry pet food? Answer, there is a constant search by manufacturers to produce lower cost food that still meets government...
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Please, No More Toxins For My Best Friend

Author: Veronica Eng With the recent pet food recall anxiety, let us make an effort to prepare homemade food for our pets. By preparing nutritious wholesome home cooked meals for our pets, we know exactly what goes into their body. We are able to control their food intake and most importantly, a chance for more happy years ahead with our animal friends. So, make the commitment today to be you a doggie chef today! Here...
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Real Dog Food: 10 Benefits for You and Your Dog

Author: Sue French Since the mid 1990′s, the giant, multi-billion dollar pet food industry has been under scrutiny. Writers such as Ann Martin, in her book “Food Pets Die For” have exposed the price our pets are paying for us to indulge ourselves with the convenience of processed, packaged, “artificial” food for our dogs. In particular, since the pet food recall in March 2007, consumer...
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Spunky and the “apple a Day Dog Treat”...

Author: Bonnie Jo Davis My dog, Spunky, was put on a new diet last fall by our veterinarian who sold us the food. After five days Spunky became very ill. He was vomiting, eating less, became listless and staggered when he tried to walk. His veterinarian refused to admit that the new food was causing his illness. Spunky became so ill that he was hospitalized for five days and came to the point where we were told he was...
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The Advantages of Cat Food Prepared at Home

Author: Sven Ullmann Every cat owner knows that it is their responsibility to give their cat the right nutrition for them to grow fit and healthy. A well balanced cat diet contains all the necessary nutrients such as carbohydrates, fat, and protein. You can check out the pet food section of your local grocery for the different types of cat food commercially available to the public. Cat food comes in different forms: in...
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The Advantages of Homemade Dog Food

Author: Rozita Daud There are many pet food recalls around the world lately due to some issues. Thus, the best way to know what goes into your dog’s food is to make it yourself. Homemade dog food often contains more vitamins and nutrients, which are essential for the overall health and wellbeing of your pet. Hence, instead of settling for any of these wonderful leading brands of dog food, you would redefine your...
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The Contamination of Pet Food and Some Frightening...

Author: Harry Monell Recent months have proven to be nothing short of an evolving period of crisis for the American food industry, dealing first of all with the nightmare of contaminated spinach. Soon afterwards, deadly microbes began showing up in peanut butter, of all things. And, then came the contamination of tomatoes and imported melons. But, this latest outbreak, involving tainted pet food has not only...
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The Horrors of Commercial Pet Food: What Every Dog...

Author: Sylvia Riley Some of the ingredients that end up in commercial pet foods are truly shocking. What’s more, many of these will not appear on the label and others are hidden under umbrella terms such as meat meal’ and meat by-products’. How can this happen? The pet food industry is highly unregulated. As Ann Martin, author of Foods Pets Die For, writes in her article The Pet Food Industry and its...
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