[Bitsy]

What do you feed her?

Originally Posted by gracielove

Another thing is corn is not all that great for humans to eat. It's high in glucose and not all the nutritious. So why would we want our pet's to eat it all day everyday?

Anyone pushing the attributes of corn for pets is representing the pet food industry. It's a cheap ingredient and it works for them but it is not meant for a dog or cat's body. It does a good job of fattening up cows though.

I certainly can understand how some of you feel about this dog food controversy. I always fed my other dogs what I thought was good dog food at the time. My last dog lived for 15 years but I have to say the last 6 years were not healthy years. Now when I look at the ingredient list of the foods I fed him I cringe.

I never had a dog refuse dog food until I had Gracie. I tried the starving the dog method. (If they are hungry they will eventually eat) But I didn't feel right about it. I have read many sources on pet food but when it comes down to it I just had to use common sense. I learned how to make my own body healthy by eating healthy, fresh and not processed foods. Kibbles are baked at least 3 times in order to bring them to the state that can be packaged. There is not much left in the way of natural nutrition or enzymes by then. That is why all the other strange sounding ingredients are added.

Gracie loves the food she is on now but I honestly don't know what I would do if I had a big dog. What I feed Gracie is expensive but I know she is getting the best I can give her. It would be difficult to feed a big dog or several small dogs that way. I think there still is a lot more work to be done to create the perfect commercial pet food.