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Pet Food Facts
March 1, 2010 by admin
Filed under Bark Wellness, Nutrition
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Pet Food Facts
Feeding a biologically appropriate diet to your pet will promote overall health. Benefits can include:
- Longevity
- Weight Management
- Healthy Skin & Coat
- Disease Prevention
- Proper Bone and Joint Development
Unfortunately, most brands found in grocery stores and big box stores are truly unfit for a healthy pet. Foods are filled with processed grain such as corn, wheat, soy, and glutens. While this might not sound so bad to you, consider that dogs and cats are carnivores and require meat in their diet.
What is a Carnivore? A carnivore, meaning ‘meat eater’ (Latin carne meaning ‘flesh’ and vorare meaning ‘to devour’), is an animal that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of vertebrate and/or invertebrate animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore
Read your pet food ingredient labels! This will give you a clear picture of what your pet is eating. The first FIVE ingredients are the most important and the first TEN ingredients will tell you everything you need to know. Ingredients are weighed prior to being cooked and the heaviest ingredients are listed first.
Good Ingredients include:
Chicken, Beef, Salmon, Herring, Duck, Turkey, or any other whole protein source
Chicken Meal, Beef Meal, Salmon Meal, Herring Meal, Duck Meal, Turkey Meal or other high quality meal source
Brown Rice, Barley, Oats, Oatmeal, Quinoa or other whole grain
Fruits, Vegetables, Vitamins and Supplements such as Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Bad Ingredients include:
Corn
Wheat
Soy
Gluten
Meat (unspecified)
By-products
By-product Meal
Animal Fat (unspecified)
Salt
Sugar
Artificial Colors and Flavors
*Corn, Wheat and Soy are common causes of pet allergies.
The first two to three ingredients in a pet food should be whole meats or high quality meat meals. Whole meat followed by a meat meal is the best situation. Since a whole fresh meat will lose most of its water weight after being cooked, a meat meal will ensure that a good portion of the final weight is derived from meat.
Why are corn and corn derivatives used in commercial foods? Corn and Corn Gluten Meal have high protein counts. Many commercial pet foods use corn products to bump up the protein count in pet food to inexpensively meet AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) Standards. As carnivores, dogs and cats do not require corn for protein but high quality MEAT!
So, what do all of these terms mean?
Click here for AAFCO definitions of pet food ingredients: http://www.braypets.com/FRR/aafcodef.htm
Interested in knowing how your pet’s food stacks up?
Visit www.dogfoodanalysis.com and find out!
Can you afford to feed your pet a healthy diet? Absolutely!
1. Since dogs and cats will absorb and digest so much more of a high quality food..less will be fed. For example, if you are feeding 4 cups of a commercial brand dog food a day you might only need to feed 2 3/4 of a high quality food.
2. Many holistic/all natural foods have a buy 12 bags and get a 13th bag free program.
3. Feeding a high quality food may result in less visits to your vet!!
You can do it! Canidae is a premium pet food and you can feed a 50lb dog for $.62 a day on Canidae ALS. Don’t you think your pet is worth it?
Valentine’s Day Sweet Toy & Treat Gift Ideas!
Your four legged Valentine gives you puppy luv all year long! Say thank you with a few of these great gift ideas:
Sweet Treats!
LUV PUPPY! Made without corn, wheat or soy, this adorable cookie is filled with loving ingredients and soft baked for even your most “mature” valentine to chew!
Sweet Toys!
Blow Pop Toys! Everyone’s favorite treat! Small is 4 inches and the Large is 6 inches.
MMMMM!!!!
Our Be Mine Blondies are made with wholesome ingredients including organic oat flour, molasses, organic rolled oats, natural pumpkin, natural unsalted peanut butter, ginger and cinnamon. Paw lickin’ good!
Colorful CHARMS Plush Toy! One of our favorite movie candies! Small is 4 inches and the Large is 6 inches.
Cupid’s Cupcakes- Who can’t resist a cupcake? Especially this one made of all natural hypoallergenic ingredients!
Junior Mints- your pooch can watch Hotel for Dogs while playing with his box of Junior Mints plush toy! Finally…a chocolate, minty treat your pet can enjoy! Small is 4 inches and the Large is 6 inches.
Mr. Owl- Remember the Tootsie Pop Owl? Here he is to entertain your favorite pet! Tootsie Pop Plush Toy. Small is 4 inches.
Happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy your pets!!!
Dogswell Mellow Mutt Jerky
September 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under For Their Health, Store, Treats
- Dogswell Mellow Mut Jerky Treats
The Mellow Mut line of Dogswell Treats gives your pet a healthy and happy calming effect with its Chamomile and Lavendar. Size (5oz, 15oz)
Flavors (Chicken, Chicken Mini’s, Duck, Beef)
Key Ingredients
Vitamin E Supplement – Vitamin E is an essential fat soluble vitamin
Dogswell Vitality Jerky
September 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under For Their Health, Store, Treats
- Dogswell Vitality Jerky Dog Treats
The Vitality line of Dogswell Treats are great for all around health including eyes, skin& coat with flaxseed and vitamins. Size (5oz, 15oz, 32oz)
Flavors (Chicken, Chicken Mini’s, Duck, Beef)
Key Ingredients
Flaxseed – An antioxidant, flaxseed is rich in Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids to help promote a shiny coat. Flax is a good source of magnesium, phosphorous and copper, and a very good source of dietary fiber, thiamin and manganese. It also contains vitamins including B group and E.
Vitamin E Supplement – Vitamin E is an essential fat soluble vitamin.
Vitamin A Acetate – Vitamin A, also called retinol, is crucial for proper eye function and necessary for healthy skin and mucous membranes. It also has antioxidant properties.
Dogswell Breathies Jerky
September 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under For Their Health, Store, Treats
- Dogswell Breathies Jerky Treats
The Breathies line of Dogswell Treats are great for helping to control those common pet breath problems. Size (5oz, 15oz)
Flavors (Chicken, Chicken Mini’s, Duck)
Key Ingredients
Peppermint – Mint has long been enjoyed for its wonderful aroma and great taste, and it naturally freshens “doggie breath!”
Parsley Flakes – This herb is a natural breath-freshener.
Cinnamon – This fragrant, sweet and warm spice is perfect for your dog and hit breath!
Rosemary – Rosemary has a long tradition ofg culinary use. Today, rosemary is still a popular herb for seasoning meats, and is great for freshening breath.
Evo Dry Dog Food
- Evo Dry Dog Food
An Alternative for Raw Feeders and Home-Cookers
food, but prefer a gently cooked food that provides benefits that match raw, frozen or home prepared high-meat pet diets, EVO® Pet Food is the answer.EVO is the first grain-free ancestral diet that provides the benefits of modern nutrition in a safe, convenient and cost-effective natural food. Use EVO alone or as a supplement to your raw or home cooked pet food for a complete and balanced natural feeding.
EVO Dry Dog Food has been specially designed to provide all the key nutritional benefits received from the feeding of raw food diets but with the benefits of 21st Century nutritional research.
EVO formula is based on ground chicken and turkey meat, bones, fat, cartilage and connective tissue. It includes whole, raw fruits and vegetables which contain health promoting phytochemicals and micronutrients.
Size (6.6lb, 13.2lb, 28.6lb)
Formulas (Evo Chicken Large Bite, Evo Chicken Small Bite, Evo Red Meat Large Bite, Evo Read Meat Small Bite)
California Natural Dry Dog Food
- California Natural Dry Dog Food
If your dog is troubled by rashes, itchy skin or dermatosis, the cause may not be something they touched, but rather something they ate.
Many pet foods today use ingredients and supplements, such as by-products, artificial flavors and fillers, which those pets with sensitive systems may not be able to tolerate. California Natural Pet Food is different. Ingredients in each of our dog foods are limited to high-quality protein, fat and carbohydrate sources to reduce any chance of intolerance and stomach upset. Sizes (5lb, 15lb, 30lb)
Formulas (Herring & Sweetpotato, Lamb Meal & Rice Large Bite, Lamb Meal & Rice Small Bite, Chicken Meal & Rice Adult, Low Fat Rice & Lamb Meal Adult, Lamb Meal & Rice Puppy)
Innova Dry Dog Food
- Innova Dry Dog Food
A key to good health and central to Innova’s dietary approach, is maintaining a critical balance of nutrients – everything from protein to vitamins to fatty acids. This is best done by eating a well-balanced diet of whole, fresh ingredients that are minimally processed.
Because we feel the whole is more than the sum of its parts, Innova Dog Food features real, farm-fresh ingredients, like turkey, chicken, fruits and veggies. We also add active microbials that are normally found in the healthy intestinal tract. Sizes (6lbs, 15lbs, 30lbs)
Formulas (Innova Large Bite, Innova Small Bite, Innova Large Breed Puppy, Innova Large Breed Adult, Innova Puppy, Innova Low Fat Adult, Innova Senior)
Key Features
- Made with healthful ingredients from all five food groups
- Includes nutrients from fresh fruits and vegetables
- Preserved with Vitamin E
- Contains a source of live naturally-occurring microorganisms normally found in a healthy digestive tract
- Rich in important fatty acids
Orijen Dry Food
September 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Dry Food, Nutrition, Product Spotlight, Store
Orijen Dry Dog Food
BIOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR DOGS OF ALL BREEDS
By nature, all dogs are faculative carnivores–they thrive on a varied diet, rich in meats with smaller amounts of fruits, vegetables and grasses. Sizes (5.5lb, 15.4lb, 29.7lb)
Options (Adult Orijen, Puppy Orijen, Senior Orijen, Adult Large Breed, Large Breed Puppy)
High-protein, low-carbohydrate ORIJEN replicates the same rich and diverse nutrient balance from fresh meats, fruits, vegetables and grasses that your dog would encounter in his natural setting.
Made with the highest inclusions of free-run chicken & turkey, whole eggs and wild-caught freshwater & saltwater fish—all farmed or fished within our region and delivered FRESH each day—ORIJEN is bursting with protein-packed, human-grade meats (min. 70%).
Free of the grains or carbohydrates that are inappropriate for your dog, ORIJEN ADULT DOG delivers a full complement of regional fruits and vegetables—russet potatoes, peas and black currants from prairie farms, red delicious apples and cranberries from the interior orchards, and organic sea vegetables from the cold North Pacific waters.
Caught off North Vancouver Island, our fresh (never frozen, no preservatives) salmon provide a superb, Biologically Appropriate source of Omega-3 (DHA and EPA) that support a vibrant skin and hair coat—your dog’s outer symbol of health and vitality.
Bridging the gap between good nutrition and peak health are ORIJEN’s veterinarian selected botanicals, including dandelion root, sweet fennel and peppermint leaf—all of which mirror the natural instinct to forage for grasses and weeds while serving to nourish and tone the digestive tract.
Made exclusively in our award-winning, family-owned factory, Biologically Appropriate ORIJEN is a natural and delicious way to assure the peak health, vitality and happiness of your dog—no matter what his breed or size.
