Comments on: Non-Commercial Dog Foods http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/ Show Your Dog You Love Them Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: June http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-14152 June Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:47:54 +0000 http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/archives/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/#comment-14152 I have a half-breed husky/wolf and a Pekingese (what a combo eh?) The husky/wolf gets mainly raw food, but I do mix it with homemade and one brand of commercial that doesn't come from rendering plants. It is made and packaged on the companies farm of all natural ingredients, so it does have a short shelf life. The Pekingese was a rescued animal that was a product of a puppy mill and has been sick since birth. He is very old now and won't live much longer, but has had to be kept on a chicken and rice diet, supplemented with some raw foods, because of intestinal problems since birth. With all of the research that I have done over the years, there is no way that I would ever feed any dog 85% of the processed foods that are out there. Dog owners really need to take an active roll in learning to read and understand the labels on processed foods so that they can select the appropriate diets for their dogs. Too many owners take the advertising hype for granted and are feeding their animals horrible food that is causing disease and allergies. This gets compounded by giving their dogs medication from the vets that are adding even more side effects and not stopping the original problem. Often the original symptoms could easily be alleviated by just changing the diet and feeding nutritious food. Thanks for the terrific blog and the recipes that you send in your newsletters! They have been well received and enjoyed by my dogs and my in-laws dogs as well! June Dakota - husky/wolf Bandit - Pekingese I have a half-breed husky/wolf and a Pekingese (what a combo eh?) The husky/wolf gets mainly raw food, but I do mix it with homemade and one brand of commercial that doesn’t come from rendering plants. It is made and packaged on the companies farm of all natural ingredients, so it does have a short shelf life. The Pekingese was a rescued animal that was a product of a puppy mill and has been sick since birth. He is very old now and won’t live much longer, but has had to be kept on a chicken and rice diet, supplemented with some raw foods, because of intestinal problems since birth.

With all of the research that I have done over the years, there is no way that I would ever feed any dog 85% of the processed foods that are out there.

Dog owners really need to take an active roll in learning to read and understand the labels on processed foods so that they can select the appropriate diets for their dogs. Too many owners take the advertising hype for granted and are feeding their animals horrible food that is causing disease and allergies.

This gets compounded by giving their dogs medication from the vets that are adding even more side effects and not stopping the original problem. Often the original symptoms could easily be alleviated by just changing the diet and feeding nutritious food.

Thanks for the terrific blog and the recipes that you send in your newsletters! They have been well received and enjoyed by my dogs and my in-laws dogs as well!

June

Dakota – husky/wolf
Bandit – Pekingese

]]> By: sharon empson http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-13731 sharon empson Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:41:26 +0000 http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/archives/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/#comment-13731 I feed a raw diet to my dogs. I have had no problems, in fact some of their skin problems when I got them have disappeared. I do not cook the food for my dogs, because dogs have the same intestinal tract as a wolf and are carnavores- they eat meat, (not wheat etc,) and they do not cook their food. My dogs look and feel great, they have tons of energy, and have build muscle tissue. I have two terriors, a jack russel mix and a terrior mix (not sure what mixed with) both rescues. I do however give them cooked dog treats that are totally natural. If anyone is interested in researching feeding raw, check with the zoo's and see what they feed their canine species, like wild dogs, etc. and there are many articles on the web to read. I do not regret taking them off commerical dog food. I thank you for putting this article on. We have been killing our pets just so we can have a convenient food source to feed them. Cancer rate is climbing in our pets, I wonder if its from all the perservatives in commercial dog food? May God bless you sharon Empson Cody-jack russel mix, 7 months Bindi- terrior mix, just 2 years old. I feed a raw diet to my dogs. I have had no problems, in fact some of their skin problems when I got them have disappeared. I do not cook the food for my dogs, because dogs have the same intestinal tract as a wolf and are carnavores- they eat meat, (not wheat etc,) and they do not cook their food. My dogs look and feel great, they have tons of energy, and have build muscle tissue. I have two terriors, a jack russel mix and a terrior mix (not sure what mixed with) both rescues. I do however give them cooked dog treats that are totally natural. If anyone is interested in researching feeding raw, check with the zoo’s and see what they feed their canine species, like wild dogs, etc. and there are many articles on the web to read.
I do not regret taking them off commerical dog food. I thank you for putting this article on. We have been killing our pets just so we can have a convenient food source to feed them. Cancer rate is climbing in our pets, I wonder if its from all the perservatives in commercial dog food?
May God bless you
sharon Empson
Cody-jack russel mix, 7 months
Bindi- terrior mix, just 2 years old.

]]> By: Elizabeth Style http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-13674 Elizabeth Style Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:53:35 +0000 http://dogtreatrecipes.com.au/dogblog/archives/2008/03/05/non-commercial-dog-foods/#comment-13674 I have 4 small dogs and cook for them almost all the time. They really have commercial food only 1-2 times in 10 days. I cook pet mince and vegetables and add either cooked rice or pasta to that, they like grated uncooked carrot too. I am still a little concerned about the quality of the pet mince. How can I check its quality? I do have commercial dry food available to them. I am wondering now if I should? I have 4 small dogs and cook for them almost all the time. They really have commercial food only 1-2 times in 10 days. I cook pet mince and vegetables and add either cooked rice or pasta to that, they like grated uncooked carrot too. I am still a little concerned about the quality of the pet mince. How can I check its quality? I do have commercial dry food available to them. I am wondering now if I should?

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