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WHAT ARE FILLERS?
Fillers are only used for one reason, and that is money saving for the cheap dog food manufacturers, not in any way is it considered a benefit to the nutritional value of the dog’s food.
Included are products that are not edible and difficult for our pets to digest such as: cereal byproducts, -cottonseed hulls, – crushed peanut shells, – straw, – corn and crushed corncobs, – weeds, and – feathers.
A cheap dog food filled with corn fillers, listed as corn, corn meal, and corn gluten meal should be avoided as this is used as substitute for higher quality animal protein sources.
Fillers that are used are not just tasteless, but actually can hurt your pet as they cause digestive problems and horrible allergies. They can cause digestive problems, allergies, and in immune deficient puppies or older pets can cause severe medical problems.
WHAT IS A BY-PRODUCT?
Found in cheap dog food, meat by-products are euphemisms for parts of animals that wouldn’t be considered edible by any smart consumer. Meat by-products actually do not contain meat.
By-products are part of the animals that are left over after the meat has been stripped away from the bone. This disgusting dangerous dog food mishmosh would then include heads, feet, entrails, hoofs, lungs, spleens, kidneys, brains, stomachs (still with undigested food inside) bones, blood (some with hormones and medications included) intestines and loads of other carcass parts that are not fit for human consumption.
Also, the boiled down flesh of road kill, zoo animals, and 4-D (dead, diseased, disabled, dying) livestock is considered okay with these manufacturers. This also can include dogs and cats that have been euthanized.
Avoid products with blood meal, which is an inexpensive protein booster. The animal source is usually not stated, and the blood can be contaminated with residues of hormones, or medications, which over long term use is extremely dangerous to your pet’s health. Cases of excessive hormomes and/or overdose of medications have been found in some pet’s after death.
WHAT IS A NON-SPECIFIC MEAT SOURCE?
If the main protein source is listed as “meat” this is to be avoided. It is always mystery meat such as: spoiled rotten meat from the grocery store (Styrofoam wrap and all), – Road kill that has been rotting on the roadside, – heads, feet, skin, hair, feathers, carpel and tarsal joints, and mammary glands are used from the slaughterhouses.
Animals that have died from diseases, cancerous tissue and all, – tumors and worm infested organs are also rendered. Injection sites are rendered, blood clots and all.
Stomach and unclean bowels are rendered. Contaminated material including blood is rendered. Carcasses with high levels of drugs or pesticides in excess of limits prescribed under the FDA (not fit for human consumption) are rendered.
Once this “meat” is collected it is then pitched into large vats and slowly ground, then cooked at low temps till the grease rises to the top.
And consider that this is what is listed on the ingredient list as “animal fat”.
The rest of what is remaining is then pressed until the moisture is completely removed, and this dry raw material that is referred to as “meat”, is then used in the cheap formulas.
The main protein source should always be listed specifically as chicken, lamb or other specific type of meat. Even better is the first five ingredients contain two specific meats, all the better, such as – example – “chicken, organic brown rice, organic peas, organic barley and lamb.”
WHY ARE ARTIFICIAL PRESERVATIVES, COLORS AND FLAVORINGS USED?
Flavor is added, because most pets wouldn’t eat the finished product of the dangerous dog food without some sort of cover up for the horrible smell. These additional flavors are usually from rancid restaurant grease. The used rancid grease is picked up after sitting out in barrels, in the sun for weeks.
This is what the manufacturers buy to add as flavoring, which is sprayed onto the kibble. Also sugar or corn syrup are used to cover up the bad taste of the inferior kibble.
Different dyes are used to make the food look good to us, the pet owner. Dyes are known carcenogenic causing additives, and I’m quite certain my pet, or yours, does not care what color their food is.
Artificial preservatives are used to extend shelf life. If the kibble you are buying has an indefinite shelf life, then consider it a dangerous to your pet.
The main preservatives to avoid are: BHA (butylated hydroxytolulene), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used in automotive antifreeze, and is suspected of causing red blood cell damage) and ethoxyquin.
These are all potentially cancer causing agents that your pets are eating every day.
Even though we also ingest certain foods with artificial preservatives, this is not on a regular, daily basis for your entire life. That is what we are giving our dogs when we feed the same diet day in and day out. We are pumping them full of harmful ingredients and giving them an shorter lifespan for sure.
This all sounds pretty grim, but rest assured there are many extremely excellent, ultra premium organic kibble and canned products now being manufactured without any of the above crap in them.
These highly reputable and conscientious companies have philosophies aimed at providing you and your pet the best of the best when it comes to nutrition and peace of mind.
I have listed some of the excellent foods available HERE.
Always investigate and learn what you should be looking for if you want to increase your dog’s life.
A homemade diet made with from a reputable recipe book is also an excellent choice to start your pet on the way to a longer, healthier life.
Here is a simple basic recipe to start with, that I have used as my guideline for years.
It is easy, and comparable in price to buying the premium organic kibble, as long as you use a proper nutritionally balanced dog food recipe.
Whatever you choose for your pet, remember we speak for them, and choose the best for them that you are able to give.
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