Do You Feed Your Pets Organic Pet Food?

re: Do You Feed Your Pets Organic Pet Food?

Casie Girl — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:27:19 GMT

Since switching my pitbull over to Evangers (an all natural and organic pet food) from commercial brands, I have noticed a tremendous difference in her health. She lost a few extra pounds, her energy sky-rocketed and she is no longer bothered by skin rashes. I am truely amazed. My pets deserve the very best and I am so happy that I became wiser to the problems with commercial pet foods.

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pinkskittles — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:26:33 GMT

it's a shame, in my vegan days i met pet owners who fed their cats strictly vegan diets. emaciated cats with rough, brittle, faded colour fur were eating garbanzo beans. it was really sad. kibble with meat included is no better or worse than vegan pet food from a bag, in my opinion. they all contain disgusting things that you yourself wouldn't eat, so why would a cat want to eat it?

i've learned that the best diet for animals is raw meat..or at least cooked meat. not microwaved. i know someone who feeds her dog raw ground beef (it's best that it be naturally raised or organic, and grass-fed).
raw eggs too i believe would work. i suppose anything would, though i'm sure raw poultry wouldn't be very appetizing.

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sisterolivia — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:53:56 GMT

When I first tried to find raw dog food, I could only find a source in Canada. A few years later, when my dog got a tumor on his ear, I looked again and found several distributors in our area for Dr. Billinger's B.A.R.F. patties, raw meat-cum-vegetarian fare, so I ordered some immediately. The tumor was growing steadily until the BARF arrived. After 3 weeks on the raw food, the tumor had necrosed and flattened like a hideous, nasty black scab. After 6 weeks, there was just a small, normal-looking brown scab. At 7 weeks, all we could see was healthy pink skin and just the faintest hint of a scar. He smells better and has better energy, too! We pretty much stick with raw food now, either the convenient B.A.R.F. patties or homemade. During hurricane season, we keep dry on hand, just in case.

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themikeb — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:39:40 GMT

As far as the question about Merricks food.They are the only petfood maker that does not "farm out" the making of their foods.Unlike some other premium quality foods that got caught in the poison protein recalls.
They learned their lesson some years ago.....
My crew is home made fed, with variants thrown in at every opportunity.IE Merrick canned, some EVO ..dogs are scavengers.
This was not bad enough of a scare yet, as people went right back to the Ol 'roy garbage. But then they take chances themselves with foods bought at the ? mart shops . I have been telling folks for a nearly a decade about recycled pets , road kill, and 4-D proteins cooked to death again in vats and then dried and baked to mega death, most poeple look at me like I am crazy.
http://www.shalako.com/dogfood.htm
http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1

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Agape — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:07:14 GMT

I feed my dog Merrick brand dog food with cooked and raw foods added to it. It seems to be a pretty good grade kibble for dogs. Has anyone heard anything bad about that brand? He just turned 10 years old and people are amazed he's that old thinking he's 2 or 3. I have been feeding him Merrick for about 2 years now. Thanks for any input about this brand of food.

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Coeli — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:56:20 GMT

It all started about five years ago we were having dermatitis problems with our dog Casey. He had ongoing problems for many years, having had cortisone shots, dips, creams, you name it, he probably got it, (I didn't live with Casey when all that happened:(
So our vet had a theory that Casey was probably allergic to not just one ingredient in his food, but most of the ingredients. He introduced us to a limited ingredient diet, in which the ingredient list is typically less than 12 things. On top of that he suggested that Casey may be intolerant to certain types of protein at certain times of the year. So Casey has been on IVD Potato and Rabbit dry food ever since. What I didn't realize at the time was how important the concept that animals need different kinds of protein at different seasons and that some protein is unacceptable altogether for certain breeds. WOW was that a huge concept to take in at the time. Now I completely understand it. Just as we humans need to eat the food that is normally available at certain times of the year our canine friends wouldn't be eating certain animals. As far as breeds go, Casey is a cattledog, which means he was bread to herd cattle, now if he was on a ranch 100 years ago, if he decided to take a liking to beef, he would have been killed. His job is to herd the cattle, not eat the cattle. Or an even better example, small breeds in general would not have attacked a large animal such as a cow, or even a lamb for that matter, even in a pack. They would be eating small animals like squirrels, rabbits, mice, rats, etc,. So all of my dogs are eating rabbits. I also give them different raw meat nd bones when I can, and they get organ meats on a regular basis mixed with their regular food. Plus they eat all kinds of fruit and veggies (in season, of course), and they peruse our herb garden for what they know they need. Casey is 14 going on 2 everyone thinks he's a puppy:D

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davidBZ — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:13:04 GMT

No, I don't feed my cat "organic pet food". He probably wouldn't eat if it I tried. He enjoys his raw meat way too much!

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iLoveButter — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:08:43 GMT

"The Naure of Animal Healing" by Martin Goldstein is an excellent book and contains a chapter devoted to pet food and exactly what's in it, including the bit about euthanized pets and circus animals winding up at the animal rendering plant. I highly recommend this book to all pet owners, and have purchased my own copy 7 times because I keep giving it away! (I think Dr. Mercola has mentioned this book before)

Also, OnlyNaturalPet.com is a website that sells natural products for pets - everything from food to flea control. They have a very nice selection of organic, raw and grain-free pet foods.

Cats are obligate carnivores (they are designed to eat meat exclusively) yet cat food contains tons of grains and carbohydrates because they are cheap fillers. Cats aren't supposed to be eating this stuff - how many carbs are in a mouse? The best thing you can feed your cat (if they can't go outside and hunt their own dinner) is a grain-free, raw diet. If you have picky cats like me who insist on stuff from a bag, there are some good grain-free diets now available. My guys like the Serengeti food from onlynaturalpet.com.

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Blobby — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:48:30 GMT

If you want to read a FANTASTIC book about the effects of cooked food on animals (and humans) read POTTENGERS CATS by Francis M.Pottenger.

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Blobby — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:46:01 GMT

Wild animals rarely get cancer.
Pets in confinement and fed processed garbage, just like their owners,get the same diseases as their owners.
A cat or dogs natural diet is whatever it can catch.....NOT dry biscuits and tinned muck.

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moo_203 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:41:28 GMT

i shop at a natural pet market ( a kinda whole foods for pets) and she gets a frozen raw organic chicken diet along with a raw dehydrated when we go camping..in addition she gets good table scrapes and raw bones to chew. sure its a bit pricey but i save in vet bills so it evens out. she is only vaccinated for rabies every three years as required by law..but nothng else.

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annapavlova42 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:22:24 GMT

I was born into a house of domestic animals. All of my (very long life) I have grown to love, respect and adore the animal kingdom. After retiring from my major career, outside of my own biological children, my next greatest love are animals. I had decided to start my own personal pet sitting business. I run my business and am the only worker, because I need to offer real personalize service. The old momma and papa business, only no papa

I have been a professional pet sitter for 8 years, and have seen some really sick animals, due to different situations. I had then decided to become more educated in the proper care and feeding of animals.

Even before this recent, horrific recall I radically changed my own pets food and had decided to forgo vets and place my animals on certified top notch and organic foods, plus use homeopathic remedies instead of conventional means. Today my babies are thriving and so are many of my clients babies. The only foods to trust are---

Natures Organics, Avoderm, Advance Pet Diets, Pennicle, and Paul Newman's organics.

Each of these foods are certified. Your pets need more wet then dry for many reasons.

Please inquire and I will help guide you.

My babies are, 17 years old looks 4 years old and acts 2 years old
15 years old, same thing and my 7 year old, still a baby.

Table scraps are fine, but what about the proper amount of vit. min. and enzimes?
These foods provide the proper amounts. They should have their proper supplements on a daily basis.

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Russ Bianchi — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:57:53 GMT

Our omnivore dog eats table scraps (poultry, meat, fish, dairy, veggies, pasta, eggs, etc.) from our table.

Our dog looks and acts half it's real age of 14, and the Vet is "amazed" saying she will easily reach 20 years.

In Europe the table scraps practice, with household pets, is the same.

The average dog or cat in America, consuming even premium or organic processed dry or wet pet food, lives 6.3 year LESS.

AND NOW YOU KNOW....pass it on.

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proatc — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:47:27 GMT

I like the classic line of defense, " it is in such low doses that its not and should not be a problem."
Yeah right!

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Alaskadude — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:37:52 GMT

Many people here feed their pets wild salmon...That's living.