My thoughts on pet food claims I don't come on the internet very often but it's raining today so i'm bored.
Anyway in the wild flesh eating animals like wild dogs,lions bears and so on when they eat their prey will always eat the stomach contents which constists of what the animal just ate such as grass and grains,fruits,vegetables and so on.So anyway while dogs are considered flesh eaters they need some vegetable matter as well that is why i would never feed a grain free food as long as it's not used mainly as fillers and is a healthy type of grain.
When i was a kid i used to stay part of the summers with my uncle who was a sheep farmer he always had a problem with wild dogs killing his sheep.When we found a carcass alot of times some flesh would be left but always the stomach and contents would be eaten and his sheep would be fed corn to get them ready for market.
Also when a wild animal such a fox kills a chicken or wild turkey and take it back to the den for the pups to eat they eat the whole animal including the feathers beak and feet, what most people don't understand is feathers, beaks and feet has protein and other needed minerals so it's not a bad thing if companies include some of this in there foods.
Dog food companies that claim human grade foods and charge a high dollar amount for there foods can claim humane grade because it is foods that butchers remove from animals that are being prepared for sell to grocery stores that humans won't eat and some gross stuff that my vet told me that i won't go into.
Anyway i think pet food companies are really taking advanage of people with their marketing strategizes and claims and people are eating it up.
I feed my dogs a medium grade dog food they are doing great on it and they like it so i'm happy and their happy and healthy so that's what matters to me.
The only way to know for sure what your feeding your dogs is preparing the food yourself which is one reason so many people are starting to turn away from commericial dog foods and cooking for their dogs or going to a raw diet.
I'm still learning about it so i'm not ready to try it yet.
As you can see i'm really bored today!!! |