Did you know that the number one killer of dogs today is cancer. Some may have thought it was accidents, heart disease or parvovirus. It is poor dog nutrition and it is getting worse not better. Why you may ask? Well we got a warning call during the recent pet food recall. It is startling to know that many pets succumbed to the hands of the pet food manufacturers either knowingly or unknowingly.
It seems as though the more fancy dog foods that come out, the more sickness and cancers veterinarians see every day. Anne Martin's book "Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food." is shocking, well researched, and very disturbing and tells an interesting story about pet food safety and nutrition.
Her two dogs became very sick after eating a dry dog food. The food was analyzed by two independent labs, as well as a Ministry of Agriculture lab. The long and the short of it is that pet foods today are made up of waste that is leftover from processing human food - blood, bone, ligaments, tails, etc. Even worse than , it's been proven that euthanized animals are making their way into pet food... dogs and cats from shelters, and other livestock that had to be put down. Not what I would want to see.
We all know of the big Pet Food Recall in 2007, in which tens of thousands of cans of food were recalled and pulled from the shelves. Don't you think it's fair to say that there would not have been a recall if efforts were made to ensure the food was safe for consumption in the first place or if the public was immediately advised of the testing to discover the toxic chemicals ? You may have also heard of the controversy around the pet food preservative called "Ethoxyquin"...The FDA tested this preservative and found that it was unhealthy for canine consumption... so they of course banned companies from using it, right? Wrong. The pet food manufacturers argued that it was too important to do away with, and instead of banning the substance outright, the FDA cut the amount that pet foods were allowed to contain in half. So my dog can get only half sick!
Well I will have to ask myself who is protecting my pet and the quality of the food that is available. Some time a few decades ago when I was a youngster our pet food came from the butcher or farm under our supervision. Today I have to think twice and take steps to protect my pets from poor nutrition. I have to ensure my pet is getting the best food and supplements available.
Fortunately there is some decent food out there for dogs that does meet the "recommended" daily allowances of vitamins and minerals... but remember... these "recommendations" were created by the same industry that creates the food itself, they just aren't enough to keep your dog from becoming sick. Think about it: You know that as a human it's important to regularly eat the right amounts from all 5 food groups and take vitamins and supplements to keep your body in the best possible condition. Would you agree that people who do that are probably far healthier than those who eat recklessly? Well my dog should get the same consideration.
I have been following a young holistic vet in Nelson, British Columbia, Dr. Andrew Jone and trust his recommendations to improve the quality of life and longevity through nutrition. He is the author of several publications : Veterinary Secrets Revealed, the Pet Food Recall Report and Dog Health Remedies. He decided that if he was going to truly make it easy for loving dog owners to guarantee that their dogs received the proper nutrition they needed every single day, he was going to have to develop his own dog multi-supplement. And of course... spare no expense when it came to the amount or type of ingredients it needed to keep a dog healthy. And that is just what he did.
I invite you to find more information on what Dr Andrew Jones did about dog nutrition. Find out for yourself a by visiting me at Your New Pets. Subscribe to get my content delivered directly to you at Send me YourNewPets. Learn how to care and protect your dogs ,cats and other pets . |
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