3 Facts About Commercial Pet Foods That Could Kill Your Dog
The dark side! Yes, we are now entering the dark side of the pet food world.
You may have heard of the term 'natural reared.
' This refers to a movement among pet owners that is about raising your dog on fresh and natural ingredients.
Done properly, it can save you hundreds in vet bills.
Obviously this group is a big proponent of feeding a raw or homemade diet.
You would be surprised at some of the very disturbing truths about packaged foods.
In this article, I give three of them.
1.
The Disturbing Truth About The Ingredients Used Of course, you, as a concerned pet owner, read the ingredients labels of the foods you purchase.
You also know that a good brand uses meats as the first few ingredients.
But what you may not have known might really surprise and shock you.
The meats that are used for our pet foods can actually be anything that is below human grade.
Even if the bag says they use human graded sources, it does not always mean that the ingredient still qualified as such.
If human grade raw meat gets contaminated, it can no longer be sold in stores, but it certainly can be processed into kibble.
Your dog or cat could actually be eating meats that came from sick or dead animals (the ones that die before they reach the slaughterhouse).
Yet another disturbing matter is that an estimated 40% of euthanized shelter animals get sent to processing plants to be turned into pet food.
No wonder that compost gardeners will tell you that pet stool is poison to a garden! 2.
Medicines? There was a reported case of a baby girl close to a year of age who died from eating cat food.
Research found that it was the presence of penicillin in the dry cat food that caused the adverse reaction.
Studies found the penicillin level was 600 times higher than what is allowed in human grade foods.
3.
The Process Of Drying The Meats In order to achieve the kibble texture, the meat or rather the carcasses must first be ground.
Since money and time are big factors, time is not wasted on removing flea collars, pesticide tags, plastic bags, and whatever else the carcasses come with.
All of it is dumped into a huge grinder that grinds it all up.
Afterwards, this is cooked for one hour at 280 degrees Fahrenheit.
Then it is squeezed to get rid of all moisture and turned into powder.
While this process will kill off bacteria as well as beneficial enzymes, it has no effect on sodium Phenobarbital which is used for euthanasia.
Disturbing, is it not? No wonder our pets get upset stomachs by switching foods.
It's not because they have sensitive stomachs, but rather because they are not able to digest all those harmful ingredients.
Do your research though.
There are a few brands that are good to feed your pets.
These are usually found at feed stores and specialty stores.
You may have heard of the term 'natural reared.
' This refers to a movement among pet owners that is about raising your dog on fresh and natural ingredients.
Done properly, it can save you hundreds in vet bills.
Obviously this group is a big proponent of feeding a raw or homemade diet.
You would be surprised at some of the very disturbing truths about packaged foods.
In this article, I give three of them.
1.
The Disturbing Truth About The Ingredients Used Of course, you, as a concerned pet owner, read the ingredients labels of the foods you purchase.
You also know that a good brand uses meats as the first few ingredients.
But what you may not have known might really surprise and shock you.
The meats that are used for our pet foods can actually be anything that is below human grade.
Even if the bag says they use human graded sources, it does not always mean that the ingredient still qualified as such.
If human grade raw meat gets contaminated, it can no longer be sold in stores, but it certainly can be processed into kibble.
Your dog or cat could actually be eating meats that came from sick or dead animals (the ones that die before they reach the slaughterhouse).
Yet another disturbing matter is that an estimated 40% of euthanized shelter animals get sent to processing plants to be turned into pet food.
No wonder that compost gardeners will tell you that pet stool is poison to a garden! 2.
Medicines? There was a reported case of a baby girl close to a year of age who died from eating cat food.
Research found that it was the presence of penicillin in the dry cat food that caused the adverse reaction.
Studies found the penicillin level was 600 times higher than what is allowed in human grade foods.
3.
The Process Of Drying The Meats In order to achieve the kibble texture, the meat or rather the carcasses must first be ground.
Since money and time are big factors, time is not wasted on removing flea collars, pesticide tags, plastic bags, and whatever else the carcasses come with.
All of it is dumped into a huge grinder that grinds it all up.
Afterwards, this is cooked for one hour at 280 degrees Fahrenheit.
Then it is squeezed to get rid of all moisture and turned into powder.
While this process will kill off bacteria as well as beneficial enzymes, it has no effect on sodium Phenobarbital which is used for euthanasia.
Disturbing, is it not? No wonder our pets get upset stomachs by switching foods.
It's not because they have sensitive stomachs, but rather because they are not able to digest all those harmful ingredients.
Do your research though.
There are a few brands that are good to feed your pets.
These are usually found at feed stores and specialty stores.
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