Do You Know What’s REALLY in Your Dog’s Food? VIDEO

By Admin - Deanna, on September 29th, 2009 |

Most people don’t really think too much about their dog or pet’s food. Sure, a lot of people like to try to make sure you’re feeding what you think is good food, high quality food but do you really think about or know what’s in the food your dog eats? I think the pet food recall made people more aware but most people just switched brands to something that wasn’t on the almost daily growing recall lists.

Even prior to the recall I was interested in what was actually in dog food and started doing some research and what I found out changed what I feed my babies forever!

Jezzie always had serious problem with allergies and it was when I was looking into the possible causes that I discovered what was really in our pet’s food, things most pet food manufacturers really don’t want you to know about. I wrote a series of articles;

Let’s Talk Dog Food – ‘Dog Food 101? – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

And I came across an older video that was sort of a companion to the series – Is ‘Fluffy’ In Our Pet Foods? VIDEO – pretty disturbing! (be patient if you view this video, it take a minute or so to load)

And now here’s yet another video about what’s really in our pet’s food. I warn you, it’s very graphic and disturbing!! But more importantly, it’s also very real!!

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There are few regulations about what’s allowed and not allowed in our pet’s food and even though regulations were supposed to tighten up after the recall, things really haven’t changed much at all.

As scary as it is, just about anything can be used and rendered down as a protein source. Even pet foods labeled as “natural” aren’t necessarily what they’re cracked up to be.

A lot of people will tell you there’s nothing wrong with all the stuff, the by-products, the grains, the additives, etc., that’s in dog and pet food and to a degree that may be true but I’ll tell you one thing, I don’t feed mine commercial dog food. I changed their diet over to a combination of raw and home-cooked and almost immediately within days noticed a big change in Jezzie’s allergies, among many other things.

I’m not saying there’s aren’t some good commercially made dog and pet foods out there, most notably the higher end organics and there have been quite a few new offering by smaller companies answering the call from many pet parents for “real” food for their pets. It’s out there, you just need to take the time to find it and often pay the price which is usually quite a bit higher than your “off the shelf” foods. Or you can do it yourself. It costs me no more to feed mine than a decent quality commercial food but it does take some time but I can tell you one thing, to me it’s worth every minute!

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emg

September 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am · Reply

That video only confirms why I feed raw and have for 15 years. I have happy, healthy dogs, with shiny coats, great teeth and maybe best of all NO FLEAS without using a flea product.

Ann

September 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm · Reply

IAMS pet food is supposedly tested on live dogs, and those animals go through alot. i saw a video on that. I say Iams needs to change how they do testing for their food.

dawn

September 29th, 2009 at 6:51 pm · Reply

If you don’t mind me asking. What do you feed your dogs? How do you prepare it? I would love to do this as well? Thanks

Admin - Deanna

September 29th, 2009 at 8:50 pm · Reply

Hi Dawn, I just answered this in an email, it’s sort of basic but this is an overview of what I feed mine. It’s not all inclusive because I do change their food, they can get bored… very spoiled my babies are… LOL

Actually making dog food is not difficult at all. I feed mine twice a day, morning and evening. In the AM I usually give them eggs or yogurt or cottage cheese or a combination or any of those. Sometimes I will add tuna or cheddar or parm cheese into the eggs. I usually do plain yogurt and will add something to it for flavor, tuna, pumpkin, peanut butter, etc. Yogurt is great for digestion as long as it have active cultures it’s a probiotic which balances the digestive system.

For dinner I usually make a big pot of something that will last 4-5 days. I’ll start with chicken quarters (or some nice lean meat), boil it up and clean it from the bones, take some of the stock after removing the fat, add brown rice, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, broccoli, apple, ect. and cook it all together. You can vary what you add for veggies depending on what your dog(s) like. I usually always use brown rice because my girl has allergies and never has a problem with the rice. I keep the food meat heavy because dogs are basically carnivores but obligate omnivores. They can process certain grains and veggies as long as they are well processed (cooked).

I also do raw; chicken (any and all part including bones), beef tongues and hearts, fish, ect. Raw feeding is not difficult but you really do need to know what you are doing to get ratios of muscle meat, organ meat and bone correct. Most dogs do fantastic on raw but some do not tolerate it well and some people cannot handle feeding raw.

I do add an omega-3 supplement daily but that’s about it. My vet does endorse their diet but many vets do not approve or raw or home cooked diets.

I hope this helps. It really is easy once you get used to it. Mine do fantastic on their diet. My Jezzie’s allgeries are minimal and I know exactly what they are eating and how good it is for them too.

excalibur2009

September 29th, 2009 at 10:04 pm · Reply

This just gos to show that some people have no heart or conscience or care how they make a buck. Those poor babies, to be given no respecy or heart at all. Its just heartbreaking : (

Susie

September 30th, 2009 at 9:24 am · Reply

Very heartbreaking video. I am gradually leaning towards home cooked food for my boys. They do love the fresh fruit and veggies, along with their boiled chicken. They have not had any health issues (knock on wood), but want them around for a long long time.

Admin - Deanna

September 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am · Reply

One thing I found disturbing when I was researching info about dog food was that in testing, some dog food actually had amount of the euth drug in them from using rendered shelter animals. I don’t believe the amount was much but just the fact that there was any… It was actually proposed that because of this, dog that were euth’ed needed larger amounts of “juice” because they had built up a resistance eating dog food. I admit that I didn’t look any deeper into this, not sure if anyone would really be able to find anything, but just the idea…

So many reasons to stay away from the commercial dog foods. I know that most dogs do fine on them but I do believe the higher instances of cancers and other problems may actually be contributable to some of the “stuff” in commercial dog food. Just MHO.

D.

Monica

September 30th, 2009 at 11:47 pm · Reply

Thank you for your information. I only feed Minnie human grade, organic, dry dog food like “Lotus” and healthy human food (cheese, eggs, chicken/lean meat) in small quantities. But 3 times she has gotten something that looks like pimples that spread mostly on her tummy and inside of her lower legs. The Vets can’t tell me what it is even after culture and lab work. It was negative for fungus and Malaseb shampoo and wipes clear it up but now I’m wondering if something is up with some dog treats I’ve bought for her. OMG! Time to research further. Also, others might want to do what I will do with Minnie. She will be cremated and her ashes mixed with mine and my husbands to be spread out to sea. She will not end up in dog food. I pray that that didn’t happen to our sweet dog Honey.