The 10 Ingredients You Should Never Feed Your Dog
- Corn
- By-Products
- Fillers
- Chemicals
- Meat Meal
- Wheat
- Potatoes
- Rice
- BHA and BHT
- FD&C Red No. 5 and Yellow No. 7 Ethoxyquin
This is a short list, but these are good things to look out for. You should always check with your Veterinarian before beginning any new food program, and it is up to you to decide which organic, or natural homeopathic dog food will be best.
It is shocking how dog food companies are out to disguise their un-healthy foods as natural or healthy choices. They often have corn in them, and it is a red flag for any dog food parent. If you see the words, corn, meat meal or meat by products, you are not bringing good nutrition to the bowl. The meat meal is a clever word that describes, road-kill, bone, hair, hooves, and tails of beef and pigs. The real injustice is some processing is dead animals that were pets, and they often still have their collars on them!
Do not be afraid of vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid, as it is often used in good pet food for a preservative. Another good and valuable list of ingredients is alpha-linolenic acid(ALA), or eicosapentaeonic acid(EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid(DHA). Dogs can not digest ALA, but they can digest and effectively use, EPA and DHA. Often companies do not know this fact, and stick it in there anyway, as it is a good essential fatty acid.
Keep in mind, if your dog food is made in the USA, and is made in small batches, has a short time until expiration, and is often hard to find, you have found a good food. I suggest you look for the smallest size you can buy, and test drive it for 2 months. Do not buy more, until you are sure it is tasty for your dog, and they are experiencing good results. By the end of 8 weeks, your dog should see positive changes, but at first, the extra nutrition could make your dog feel worse. This has to do with an over active immunity system, and it takes time for this system to calm down, and show its balance and strength.
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