Pet Food: A Dog’s Breakfast
Posted by admin on 1 January, 2012
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You see those clever ads about pet food. It’s “healthy, has essential nutrients, good for your pet”… but is it true? This documentary uncovers part of the truth. Yet there is much more to learn. After watching this documentary, your eyes should open up and you should no longer trust the commercial pet food companies. Why? Because they lie. Most pet foods are filled with junk. Refuse from food for humans. Food unfit for human consumption ends up on your dogs’ plate. Don’t be a victim. Do research and feed your pet aa healthy real whole food diet.
25 Comments on “Pet Food: A Dog’s Breakfast”
I will only feed ZiwiPeak, Orijen, Acana or raw meat and organs to my dogs.
Haha who are the three employees of Purina who gave the video a thumbs down?
@sinneadfert I know!! I don’t trust most of the pet food companies
@ryoshi100 The majority of vets receive all their nutrition “training” directly from the pet food companies. Vets have a huge financial incentive NOT to look for problems associated with products & services they provide. Pets can appear to be “fine”.. right up until chronic disease & cancer are diagnosed.
@ryoshi100 “The point is that diseases ‘brew’ long before being noticed… This is why the statement “but my cat is healthy/fine on dry food” means very little to me because I believe in preventative nutrition – not locking the barn door after the horse is gone. I don’t want to end up saying “oops…I guess he’s not so fine now!!” when a patient presents to me with a medical problem that could have been avoided if he would have been feed a species-appropriate diet to begin with.” CatInfo org
@ryoshi100 Did you watch the documentary? The “study” about pets living longer is bogus, it’s bad science. If pets are living longer, it’s likely because vaccines, antibiotics & vet care prevent many deaths; most people now live in cities & don’t allow pets to roam & get lost or killed; & the majority of pets are spayed or neutered, further reducing the number of pregnancy-related & newborn deaths. For years, the #1 cause of death of pets is being killed for space at “shelters” & pounds.
@twocentsCanada Above quote is by Dr. Lisa Pierson on her non-commercial site, Catinfo (dot) org. Improper feeding leads to health & behaviour problems, including litterbox problems, which some people use as an excuse to abuse, abandon, rehome or kill their pets. Dr. P’s site even tells the story of two obese cats, Molly & Bennie, who were improperly fed, abused & then abandoned at a kill shelter because of their health problems! Dr. P chronicles how she helped them regain their health.
@twocentsCanada I did watch it. I didn’t imply that all pets would live longer and didn’t reference any study, only that mine always have lived a long time before dying and they mostly ate commercial pet kibble. (we do throw in the occasional treat of course and sometimes raw bones)
I’ve never had a problem with commercial pet food. All of MY pets have lived a long time and I merely advocated moderation instead of extremes.
@twocentsCanada by the way, the only somewhat credible study that concluded raw diets were better for cats was Dr. Pottengers cat study. I have to ask you, why can’t anyone reproduce it? Why were most of his cats unable to reproduce beyond the 3rd generation?
There is a lack of empirical evidence to support this ideology. I don’t think anything is wrong with raw pet food, however claiming superiority simply because it’s natural is a failure in logical thinking.
@AngelxxPhoenix Orijen is actually grain free and contains no rice. Also, the 70%meat is misleading, because people assume it is 70% protein. It isnt. It is around 38% protein, which is appropriate for a dog. The rest of that 70% is water weight. I would caution against Taste of the Wild. It is made by Diamond Dog Food- one of the big manufacturers, and contains ingredients from China. Look into The Honest Kitchen- you wont be disappointed.
I believe the part where the beagles are being cruelly tested , the company doing that is Iams.
I believe the part where the beagles are being cruelly tested , the company doing that is Iams.
I believe the part where the beagles are being cruelly tested , the company doing that is Iam_s.
I will never feed pet food… mine get an all raw diet based on a whole prey model… and this way I KNOW what they are eating.
Very sadly we lost our loving dog Casey to the tainted dog food.. and no one cared but us and our close friends.. and now there is the recall on the chicken jerky treats for dog’s and who know’s what else.. so I guess what happened in 2007 did not sink in with diff governments
@LeeluvsMusic O no that’s so sad. It’s sad too that the governing bodies that oversee pet food don’t care enough to be more strict after so many pets died in 2007. I do believe that there have been many more deaths and illnesses before and after 2007. Commercial pet food is just not safe.
@alunarising I don’t think it’s misleading to write 70% meat. It’s exactly what they are stating which is 70% meat. The problem is that many people don’t think or connect with what they read or don’t look further on the label. If you go into a grocery store and buy 100 percent chicken, you can read on the sticker it says it’s 10% protein. It wasn’t misleading, it’s just not what the average person understands. 100 percent chicken is not 100 percent protein. Same with Orijen
@alunarising I agree about Taste of the Wild. That company until recently was using ethoxyquin in their fish meal. All these years. Only this year they claim that they fixed the problem. But I would not count on it. They touted their food as healthy but were using a cancer-causing chemical preservative.
The Honest Kitchen is probably the safest out of pet foods but they use way too many fillers by way of veggies and you can see it in the sheer amount of poop the dog poos out
@ryoshi100 When commercially prepared raw diets become a billion-dollar industry, then they will be able to afford to fund studies and the studies will impress many people. Raw is natural and natural is good for the body, any body. There is no lack of logic in that at all.
@ryoshi100 Genetics play a role, first and foremost. However, if you had fed your pets natural rather than commercial pet food, I have no doubt they would have either lived longer or been in the best of health all the way to the end. It’s not just about quantity of life (ie: years), it’s also about quality, healthy organs, healthy energy, healthy mind, healthy strong clean teeth, healthy joints right down to the end. It is genetics that determine length of life for the most part.
@twocentsCanada Exactly!!!
@twocentsCanada Very good! Exactly
@alunarising I have a bag and yes it has no grains, my mistake. I see that it is around 80% meat, but I didnt assume that = protein, I realise peotein is around 30-40%
Regardless, if one *must* use kibble, it is worth comparing the ingredients of Orijen to the kibble found in most supermarkets. The difference is unbelievable.
@alunarising My puppy came to me with his ‘usual’ food – a supermarket own brand that was pure rubbish. He pod so much and it was awful. I switched him the very next day and his poo firmed up, was less smelly, and less of it too.
He has been on Orijen puppy for 5 weeks now, and today he had his first raw meal for tea. Natural Instinct Puppy (chicken & bone, plus veg). He loved it. He will have Orijen in the morning and raw in the evening til his kibble is gone, then raw full time.
some vets seems to be paid and bought by the corporations !