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12-17-2005, 05:31 AM | #1 |
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| Whats In Your Dog Food - Scary! This report is brought to you by: Animal Protection Institute. NOTE: read at your own risk, for you will never buy cheap pet food again! (Revised 08/04/04) Copyright © 1997-2004 Animal Protection Institute. Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need. These are the images pet food - dog food - cat food manufacturers promulgate through the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year U.S. pet food - dog food - cat food industry wants consumers to believe they are buying when they purchase their products. This report explores the differences between what consumers think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It focuses in very general terms on the most visible name brands -- the pet food - dog food - cat food labels that are mass-distributed to supermarkets and discount stores. What most consumers don't know is that the pet food - dog food - cat food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet food - dog food - cat food provides a market for slaughterhouse offal, grains considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste products to be turned into profit. This waste includes intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and cancerous animal parts. Three of the five major pet food - dog food - cat food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog, and Ralston Purina products such as Dog Chow, ProPlan, and Purina One), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy Train, Kibbles-n-Bits, Nature's Recipe), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill's Science Diet Pet food - dog food - cat food ). Other leading companies include Procter & Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba, Waltham's). To read the entire article click on the attached link and scroll down the page. http://www.premiumfoodsonline.com/si...64/page/399280
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12-17-2005, 07:06 AM | #3 |
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| Don't beat yourself up as many people start with the basic's and then start learning about many topics regarding their little ones. When it comes to dog food it is no different than human food, you need to research and learn what is the best for your dog and yourself. You really have to read the labels on the dog food and understand them, just like human food. Thank goodness for the internet because there is plenty of information out there and you need to do the research. I would not just take the word of other people but get their recommendation and then do your own research. Only you can determine how the food you are feeding your dog is affecting your dog. Good Luck with finding the right food for your little one.
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12-17-2005, 07:09 AM | #4 | |
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12-17-2005, 07:45 AM | #5 |
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| Some of the research I have done on dog and cat food over the past year. The bad stuff in Dog food is Animal fat: rendered or extracted fat. Restaurant grease has become a major component of feed grade animal fat. It is stabilized with powerful antioxidants it retard spoilage and then sprayed directly onto extruded kibble to increase palatability. Artificial Colouring: used in pet food, treats, and raw hide toys. Can be harmful, toxic, and definitely NO nutritional value. Known allergic reaction in humans to: FD&C Red and Yellow no 5 & 7 dyes. BHA & BHT: synthetic chemical preservatives that may be potentially toxic to kidney and have been banned for Human products. Brewers Rice: the dried extracted residue of Barley malt and rice products resulting from the manufacture of wort or beer. By-Products: non-rendered, clean parts, other than MEAT, derived from slaughtered animals, produced in the course of making primary food ingredients. It includes but not limited to Lungs, spleen, kidney, brain, livers, brain, blood, bones, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, stomachs, intestines freed of their contents, It does not include hair, horns, teeth, and hoof, exempt in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices. By- products = NO measurable amount of meat/skeletal muscle. Corn Gluten meal: the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ and the separation of the bran. No nutritional value at all. Corn syrup: used as a humectant, which gives food dampness and flexibility. It is pure processed (i.e. sugar), which is difficult to digest for our pets, and potentially addictive. Digest: an animal feed-grade ingredient that must be made soluble with the use of prolonged heat and moisture, or chemical and enzymes (e.g. poultry feet + “poultry Digest”) Dried Egg Product: ingredients listed as product may include an unspecified part of the product. Egg product may include eggshells, and, may also not include any egg white. Ethoxyquin: a powerful synthetic chemical preservative known to be highly carcinogenic. It was originally used as insecticide, as well as a rubber stabilizer. Glutien: the sticky substance in wheat or corn starches that gives the starch its tough elastic quality, helping to hold the pulverized composite of animal- grade ingredients. Thus making kibble. Meal: ground or pulverized composite of rendered animal fed-grade ingredients. MSG: (Mon Sodium Glutamate) a flavour enhancer used to disguise inferior food quality. Known to cause brain and eye damage, and allergic reaction in humans. Propylene Glycol: a synthetic Chemical preservative and flavour enhancer linked to kidney damage. Also used as a less-toxic version of the sweet-tasting chemical found in anti-freeze and brake fluid solvents. Proyl Gallate: a synthetic chemical preservative linked to liver damage. Sodium Nitrates and Nitrite: synthetic chemical preservative and color enhancers both known to carcinogenic. From the article “ Tall tales about pet food”, written by Dr. Corinne Chapman of Rocky Ridge Vet Care. Joy |
12-17-2005, 07:57 AM | #6 |
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| Good Info Joy!
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12-17-2005, 08:44 AM | #7 |
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| Thank you for posting this. I also feel very strongly about feeding good dog foods. Just reading the labels of those foods is frightening, especially when you have the definitions of what some of the stuff means. The one that tends to frighten me the most is the downed/cancerous/etc. animals. How is this acceptable to put in dog food? I'm posting so that I can let everyone know about the Whole Dog Journal. They are like the consumer reports of the dog world (no advertising). In February of each year they put out a list of their acceptable dog foods, and the good ones that we always list (Canidae, Wellness, Innova, Natural Balance Ultra Premium, etc.) are on this list, along with many others. You have to subscribe, but there is a 14 day free trial. http://www.whole-dog-journal.com I have a subscription and when I get my February issue I would be happy to let any of you know if your food is on that list or not.
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12-17-2005, 10:06 AM | #8 |
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| Erin, I have been a subscriber to Whole Dog Journal for a number of years and Love it! Great information for any dog owner. I am a firm believer in feeding foods from the top of the food chain, instead of the bottom because I think in the long run you will pay for feeding your dog food from the bottom of the food chain in vet costs. Many people think all dog foods are the same and buy the cheapest they can. Hopefully people will read the thread and be informed.
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12-17-2005, 11:44 AM | #9 |
No Longer a Member | After reading more on the subject, out I went to the nearest (20 some odd miles) Petsmart. I was like a kid in a candy store. I have never been there. I went there for the Royal Canine people were talking about but next to it was the Nutro Natural Choice for adult sensitive stomachs for the same price. So I decided to give it a try..along with their canned food and the dog biscuits they make. Then on the way to check-out I had to pass the cool sweaters, collars, tags for collars, and finally some small rounded scissors to trim his "entennas" I call them between his eyes. My Gizmo is one spiffy lookin guy right now. He ate the cookie but is still thinking about the food. How should I go about this change. I bought the dry and the canned. Now that I have discovered this place I will never go in with more than I can spend again. Thanks for your input, this place has been a lot of help to us since I stumbled onto it one day. |
12-17-2005, 12:13 PM | #10 | |
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If your switching your dog's food, you need to do it gradually. Start w/ 3/4 old food & 1/4 new food for a couple of days, then go half & half for a few days then 3/4 new food & 1/4 old food for a few days & then all new food. This way they won't get an upset tummy or have diarhea (sp?). And yes you should definatly leave all your credit cards at home when you go to Petsmart!
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12-17-2005, 06:04 PM | #11 |
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| I don't let the dog food issues drive me crazy -- my dogs eat a commercial dry dog food (the only one I found that they will eat), and I supplement this with people food. My dogs eat dry dog food, cheese, eggs, meat, chicken, vegetables, and various other leftovers from what I have cooked for myself. They get more of some things I mentioned above and less of others... because some are healthier than others - and too much of some things isn't good. We're all happy and healthy at my house. ***** I don't do canned dog food because my dogs just aren't crazy about it and more is thrown away than they eat. Plus I don't like dealing with it -- the smell and all the cans, etc. I mentioned to my vet the foods that I feed my dogs - she said that what I give them is fine. But, like I knew, not to give them too much of some things. I often think that if I had a big dog(s) - this would be a whole different issue. But, feeding small dogs the way I do is easy and affordable. Carol Jean |
12-17-2005, 06:21 PM | #12 |
YT 5000 Club Member | I am sooo glad I found this site! I didn't know anything about dog foods and have always fed Gidget Eukanuba! She has always done great on it, but I have recently switched her to Royal Canin. She eats it up too! When we get Chloe in Jan I plan on putting them both on Nutro just because I hear better things about it!!!
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12-17-2005, 06:26 PM | #13 |
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| I would like to see the day when the " perfect dog food " will be on the market . |
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