"My dog only gets dog food." Quite the statement. Do you have any idea how many times I have heard people tell me this with pride? Oh yes, their Veterinarian told them to only feed dog food, no scraps or people food. "People food" I honestly hate that term. Like all the food on the planet belongs to us. Think about it.
I was at Target just the other day; and as I passed a shelf filled with Beneful dog food I stopped in my tracks. Hmmmmmm, I flipped the bag over and had a look. Now, I already know that the foods sold at these type of big box stores are not good and should not be fed to our dogs but when I read the ingredients I was still completely shocked.
Really? Corn and corn gluten meal in the top three ingredients. That and chicken by-product; meaning that it is all the stuff processed down into a meal that is not fit for human consumption. Feet, feathers, heads etc. Yes dogs can eat that stuff but just how much nutrition is in it? Have you ever seen a wolf kill and eat a bird? They don't eat the feathers. They take food with very little nutritional value and process the hell out of it; in attempts of making it non spoiling.
As a human, I need a great deal of protein to feel my best. If I eat processed food I don't feel good. Dogs need a whole lot more protein than we do in general and this is what some owners offer? I remember years ago when I told a training client who had been referred to me by their Vet; not to feed a certain brand of very low grade dog food that the Vet had recommended. That Vet called me and scolded me for going against what she had told them to feed. She said if it happened again that she would not refer me as a trainer. Think I changed my habit of educating people on dog food? Not a chance.
When you start to look at nutrition for your dog and for you it is eye opening. You realize that much of what we eat and feed our dogs is simply filling the pockets of the big commercial food makers. Most of them don't care what we feed or eat; just as long as they get rich.
When you eat or feed, think. Look at the days long ago when food was real, ingredients were simple. Check out the list of ingredients on that Beneful bag, mind boggling. Just because they call it dog food does not mean that we should feed it to our dogs.
There are good dog foods and horrible dog foods, just like our foods. Food is food and to consider our food as human food and the garbage crap left over to be given to our dogs? Well, I don't think so. Let's feed our dogs the way that they should be fed, with food, real food that their body can use as real fuel.
Research and find the best food that you can buy for your dog. Don't they deserve it?
I was at Target just the other day; and as I passed a shelf filled with Beneful dog food I stopped in my tracks. Hmmmmmm, I flipped the bag over and had a look. Now, I already know that the foods sold at these type of big box stores are not good and should not be fed to our dogs but when I read the ingredients I was still completely shocked.
Really? Corn and corn gluten meal in the top three ingredients. That and chicken by-product; meaning that it is all the stuff processed down into a meal that is not fit for human consumption. Feet, feathers, heads etc. Yes dogs can eat that stuff but just how much nutrition is in it? Have you ever seen a wolf kill and eat a bird? They don't eat the feathers. They take food with very little nutritional value and process the hell out of it; in attempts of making it non spoiling.
As a human, I need a great deal of protein to feel my best. If I eat processed food I don't feel good. Dogs need a whole lot more protein than we do in general and this is what some owners offer? I remember years ago when I told a training client who had been referred to me by their Vet; not to feed a certain brand of very low grade dog food that the Vet had recommended. That Vet called me and scolded me for going against what she had told them to feed. She said if it happened again that she would not refer me as a trainer. Think I changed my habit of educating people on dog food? Not a chance.
When you start to look at nutrition for your dog and for you it is eye opening. You realize that much of what we eat and feed our dogs is simply filling the pockets of the big commercial food makers. Most of them don't care what we feed or eat; just as long as they get rich.
When you eat or feed, think. Look at the days long ago when food was real, ingredients were simple. Check out the list of ingredients on that Beneful bag, mind boggling. Just because they call it dog food does not mean that we should feed it to our dogs.
There are good dog foods and horrible dog foods, just like our foods. Food is food and to consider our food as human food and the garbage crap left over to be given to our dogs? Well, I don't think so. Let's feed our dogs the way that they should be fed, with food, real food that their body can use as real fuel.
Research and find the best food that you can buy for your dog. Don't they deserve it?