Best Dog Food – By-Product Debate

July 26, 2009

I started to get serious about health issues for dogs once mine started having them at the age of six. Instead of wasting time watching TV, lately, I have been studying ways to ensure my dogs have the longest lives possible.

People who are acquainted with me also know that I think the main reason for health problems with dogs is the commercial dog food. I have made it my purpose in life to educate people about the best dog food and strongly recommend homemade dog food.

The truth is most people, even if they do switch to a homemade diet, will need to supplement with some brand of commercial food. That is why I spend so much time on the best dog food subject.

There is much debate about the addition of meat by-products as well as some other controversial ingredients. This can be identified as chicken, poultry, beef or just about any kind of meat with the phrase by-product behind it.

So what is it and is it good for your dog? If you do research on the subject you will find two groups, one defends by-products as good, and the other saying it is toxic for your pet.

It may depend, lets look at what defines a poultry by-product.

“Poultry by-products consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of slaughtered poultry carcass, including necks, beak, feet undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, “except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices”The problem is you don’t know what is in a by-product ingredient at any give time. There is no standard that says there are so many feet and so many intestines or any consistency of nutritional value what so ever. The truth is none of this stuff is fit for human consumption.

Some will debate that a wild dog will consume anything that is found on the by product ingredient list and this is why it is alright to give this to your dog. Although there is some truth to it, it is like saying that humans could eat from dumpsters and garbage cans if necessary.

Because I want the best possible nutrition for my dog, I’ll avoid those foods that contain by-products and stick with the best dog food with natural ingredients.

Mike Considine has devoted a big part of his life researching the pet food industry looking for the best dog food for his two dogs. His top ten list shows how to select the best dog food brands.


Do You Know What’s Really in Your Dog Food?

May 2, 2009

A friend of mine that knew my Beagle was having health issues sent me a dog food ingredient report that opened my eyes. This report gave me detailed information about 68 ingredients that are hazardous to my dog’s health and are regularly found in many dog foods

The information in this report is so important for the health of your dog, that I am tempted to post it here. Sadly it is copyrighted and because I am so grateful that the Author shared this information I will respect his rights, but I will share the highlights and tell you how to get a free copy.

There are 68 ingredients found in many major brands of dog food listed in this report. Below are just a few.

Menadione Sodium Bisufate
Beef Tallow
Corn Germ Meal
Ethoxyquin
Blue Dye #2

The ingredients in the report are all earn a ranking from Deadly to Useless and each have an explanation why With twenty-eight of the ingredients listed in the report earning a ranking of deadly, it is important to know if any are listed on the label of the dog food you’re feeding tonigh

It is hard to understand why these dog food companies would jeopardize the health of our dogs just to make more profit, but this report is proof…

They are smart enough to know that unless they make a big mistake like they did in 2007, their dog food won’t kill your dog quickly.. No there won’t be a mass killing, but millions of dogs will continue to die too young.

The dog food industry thinks we should be happy if our dog sees 12, but they should be living to see 20.

This report will show you what the ingredients listed on the label of your dog food really means, Trust me it’s not what is seems to be, and the difference can be slowly killing your dog.

Get a copy of this free report by clicking the link below and learn to keep your dog food off the next dog food recall list.