Dog Food - All About It

Our dogs are becoming sicker and sicker.  Obesity, cancer, colitis, diabetes, digestive issues, skin issues, dental issues, organ diseases, and the list goes on and on.  Why are our dogs so sick?  Diet is directly linked to the health of our dogs.  What’s healthy?  What’s not?  What type of food keeps dogs healthiest?  I choose Barfworld dog food.  Maybe watching this video will help you understand why I made that choice.  The video in this article is from the UK.  It provides the most comprehensive information about dog food that I have found (that won’t put you to sleep).  Yes, it is around 45 minutes, but it is worth the time to watch.  It helps you to understand what the best diet is for dogs and why.  So…  what is the BEST diet?  It’s no wonder why I feed my dogs the Barfworld raw diet.  Yeah, I know it sounds weird, but BARF is the acronym for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food.  I have information at the end of the article about ordering the food if you choose to switch to the best.
The following video is a long one, but it is the most comprehensive video I have seen about dog.  Although it is a UK video, it addresses the same dog food issues that plague us in most westernized areas in the world.

If you would like to check out what I feed my own dogs see: essentiallydogs.com and search for the word "barfworld" in the search bar." in the search bar.  I can't seem to add links to my page using blogger so I am sorry for the inconvenience.  

To read more go to essentiallydogs.com and search for the word "westernized" in the search bar to find this article in its entirety.

What ingredients are in our dog’s food?  Do you know what you are feeding your pets?  What are our dogs eating?  Check out the ingredient labels on your dog’s food.  Do you really know what each ingredient is?  The picture on the label and in the advertisements give us the impression that the food is fresh and wholesome.  This article will serve as a guide so that you can better understand what is in commercial dog food. Kibble, most wet dog food, and many other commercial food products for dogs pose problems.

ANIMAL FAT:  This is the derived from a process called “rendering.”  The rendering process is a heating process performed at a rendering plant.  Euthanized and slaughtered animals (including diseased dogs, cats, hamsters, horses, and other pets), road-kill, and even circus animals are required to have a special manner of disposal.  They cannot simply be discarded into trash cans so they are gathered and sent to rendering plants.  This is where the bodies are processed.  At the rendering plants, the liquid ingredients that are typically used in commercial dog food are prepared using a special process.  Basically, the bodies are boiled causing the fat to rise to the top.  That fat product is called tallow and is named as “animal fat” on the food labels.  BHA and BHT are preservatives used for animal fat.

MEAL:  When we see the word “meal” in the ingredient list, it refers to the tissue of the animal including pulverized or burned ash skeletal material produced at rendering plants.  This does not include hoof, blood, horn, hide or blood.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO THERE ARE GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING IMAGES DEPICTING DEAD ANIMALS BEING COLLECTED AND THEN PROCESSED AT A RENDERING PLANT USING A HIDDEN CAMERA.  Although the video is old, this still continues here in the United States.

There's a whole lot more.  To continue reading click the following link: What's Really in Dog Food