1. GOLD OR SILVER?
2. SHOES OR SANDALS?
3. FAVORITE NUMBER?
4. FUNNIEST MOVIE?
5. EAST COAST OR WEST COAST?
6. CLOUDS OR SUN?
7. VH1 OR MTV?
8. ARE YOUR BEDROOM WALLS WHITE OR PAINTED?
9. CATS OR DOGS?
10. HEALTH NUT OR JUNK FOOD?
1. GOLD
2. SHOES
3. 26
4. Waterboy
5. EAST COAST
6. SUN
7. VH1
8. PAINTED
9. DOGS
10. HEALTH NUT OR JUNK FOOD? a cross between the 2
Andrew Barrett ~ “Gold Dust Twins Rag” ~ Andrew Edward Barrett @ WCRF ~ 2009
Busy people generally tend to shy away from home prepared food for themselves as well as their dogs. But relying on others for your and your dog’s nutritional needs is likely to ensure your dog’s health will suffer, if not your own.
What it really boils down to, is time. You think preparing homemade dog food is not time efficient, perhaps messy, and how can you be sure it’s healthy? Don’t commercial pet food manufacturers know more than you do?
No. Commercial pet food manufacturers are chasing the mighty dollar, just as most people are. Generally, they have very little interest in good quality. By the time you have finished reading this article, you’ll know more than they do.
Is homemade dog food preparation going to be messy?
No, not once you have the hang of what you’re doing, which is where I come in. I’m here to help you every step of the way.
Does it take a long time to prepare homemade dog food?
No, once you’ve got the hang of what you’re doing, it incredibly quick and easy.
Just as it can be in preparing your own homemade food.
So I’ve knocked away some of the most common excuses for not preparing your homemade dog food. But, as you still hesitate, there may be one hurdle in the way, which we haven’t covered.
You have been accustomed to believe commercial dog food is better than anything else. Your vet may have told you. Your parents may have told you. You see people feeding commercial pet food all the time. Can they all be wrong?
Yes!
Because none of them are looking to their dog’s origins. Dog evolved in the wild over many thousands of years, hunting in packs in times of plenty and eating carrion or plant matter in times of famine.
In contrast, commercial dog food typically pellets, is not raw or of the quality a hunted animal is. Dogs digestive systems and nutritional requirements have not changed or adapted, just because they are now domestic.
The best way to ensure your dog maintains not just good, but excellent health is to make homemade dog food, based on a wild dog’s diet. Sure, it isn’t possible to exactly duplicate a wild dog’s diet, but we can come so close that it won’t affect your dog’s health.
When you’re shopping in the supermarket, it’s just as easy to buy raw meat and bones as it is to purchase a packet. You can buy enough to keep your dog going until the next time you shop. Freezing food is an acceptable way to keep it, as it is not so destructive as cooking. Three or four days of fresh food and the rest thawed frozen food will be absolutely adequate to maintain good health.
Once you’ve measured out the food the first time, it’s just a matter of routine.
Keeping all the ingredients together means it’s convenient.
By making your own homemade dog food, you have control over the quality and the ingredients. This is critical to your dog’s good health as many ingredients in commercial pet food is toxic, not natural, not nutritious and certainly isn’t raw.
Try your dog on raw meat and bones for a month and you’ll see a big smile on his face!
Couple that with his drastically reduced health bills, and you’ll be the next one grinning.
Warning: in older dogs there can be an initial clearing period. This is natural and normal, but can look alarming if you don’t know what’s happening.
Pet training is one of the most strenuous tasks of pet ownership. Some breeds are easier to train, but some can be very stubborn and are harder to train. Most dog owners have a little time to spend on training that is why they often seek the help of professional dog trainers. Yet, enrolling the pet at a dog training school can be expensive. Having monthly, weekly or daily fees for training may stretch out your budget.
With the problem of expensive training, dog equipment manufacturers like Dogtra have developed training products to ease dog owners of training problems and additional expenses. Dog owners won’t have to be burdened of extra expenses anymore, and will just have to get a dog training collar for quick and effective training.
Using Dogtra training collars. allow dog owners to mark pet boundaries. They can restrict their pets of crossing limited areas. Such training tools can also impose pet obedience. Dog owners will no longer have a hard time in giving commands and calling out their pets.
There is a wide variety of dog training collars offered in the market today, with Dogtra providing an outstanding product line up. These dog equipments come with 3 components, the transmitter, the collar, and the receiver. They can also cover various ranges, in yards or miles.
For dog owners who want to have a speedy, yet effective training, Dogtra training collars can be your reliable aid. No need to worry on the safety of the pet, these products has passed manufacturing and safety checks. Spare yourself from the hassles and difficulties of dog training. Have a obedient and behaved dog in no time.
does anyone know of a online wholesale pet supplier in Australia?
or a discount pet supplier online in Australia? my dog has a lot of allergies and im always spending big on special diet foods and washes etc so im wondering if there is a cheaper way of getting his things online? thanks
If it prescription diet i doubt it-they have to be prescription from the vet. However there are low allergie foods on the market that aren’t prescription diets.
If you change to home cooking, seek your vet for advice. a good breed on home cooking is Nibble, Munch, Chomp-The art and Science of feeding your pet by Dr. Sasha Herbert-Senior vet at the lort smith animal hospital
Don’t buy food from pet paradise-the food purchase price goes to purchase more PUPPY millers PRODUCE to sell in the store to impulse buyers
Have you though of California Natural? Think you can get it from Pet goods direct. Its suppost to be good for allergy suffers. i wasn’t happy with the treatment I got from the cranbourne store, rude inconsiderate staff.
Don’t feed Evo-My sweet gentle natured dog went mentallly aggressive-it was like she had no control over her whole nature.
Some dog breeds are more susceptible to allergies than others. This may be because of small nasal passages, allergic reactions to flea bites, irritable stomachs that make digesting food difficult, or they may be allergic to their own hair and dander. Dogs that have allergies include the following breeds: Bishon frise, terrier, retrievers, beagles, setters, and boxers. All dogs have the potential to be allergic to something, however.
The most common signs of allergies include raw skin where the dog has scratched, patches of hair missing, red skin, hives, coughing, sneezing, excessive chewing and licking of paws, watery eyes, vomiting, and diarrhea. While these symptoms may go away after a few days, you should monitor your dog’s behavior to see if the symptoms return. If they do, then you should take your dog to see a vet. Sometimes changing the type of dog food or buying a flea collar or spray is enough to help eliminate your dog’s allergy problems.
When a dog is suffering from allergies, their mood may change. They may become irritable, lethargic, clingy, or angry. Discipline will not work when the dog is having allergy issues. The best way to combat this problem is to learn how to care for your dog once you have isolated the cause of the allergies. This may mean keeping a journal of your dog’s activities and symptoms that you can show the vet, who will be able to recommend treatment.
Some smaller breeds may have breathing issues as they age, there is little that can be done except to keep their sleeping area clean, vacuum often, and consider buying a hepa filter that will trap dust, particles, and other air pollutants that are in the air. While it is important that all dogs get their exercise, when it is cold outside, keep small breeds indoors and play with them. This will keep them from getting head colds, which could make breathing even worse.
If you notice that your dog has fleas or that they have been bitten by fleas, you should bathe your dog using a shampoo that will kill fleas and their eggs. You may need to rid your home of fleas as well so that reinfestation does not occur. Buy carpet spray or if the problem is too big, then you may have to call an exterminator. Once the fleas are gone, you should spray your dog every time the dog goes outside. This will prevent new attacks from occurring. If the dog has open bites or wounds from scratching, you will have to wait for them to heal before using a spray or shampoo on your dog.
Vomiting can occur if your dog is allergic to the food it receives. You should first visit the vet to see if the problem isn’t internal. They may recommend a new food for the dog. This should stop the vomiting and diarrhea.
Dogs that are allergic to their own hair and dander have the worst allergies of all because there is little that can be done. You should make sure your dog is groomed regularly, brush your dog everyday to remove excess hair and dander, and bathe your dog once a month. Your vet may prescribe an anti-histamine if the allergies persist.
Many people own dogs, they are the most popular pet in US as well as any other countries. Generally speaking, taking care of a dog is regarded as a simple task. You feed it, give it a bath if it gets dirty, walk it and let it get exercise and love it as you would any other member of your family. Most dog owners regularly take their pet to the veterinarian, clip their claws, brush their coats and provide them with a warm bed to sleep in at night. These things seem so simple – but there are other dog secrets that are really important to know. These things can lengthen the life of your pet as well as keeping them healthier and happier.
The first important dog secret is that dog food is not always the healthiest thing to feed your dog. Many dog food manufacturers cover up for the fact that the things that they list as the ingredients of the food are not the most accurate. The main reason that they can get away with these lies is because the manufacturer only is obligated to list the ingredients that they themselves added to the food. The chemicals and antibiotics that have been fed to the meat prior to its purchase by the dog food companies are not required to be disclosed in the ingredient list. Additionally, the animals that the meat comes from can come from a very questionable origin – euthanized animals, dead, dying and disease zoo and farm animals, just to name a few. A dog should eat the same healthy food that you feed your family, something that the dog food companies do not want people to know, a big dog food secret.
The other big secret is that when you kiss your dog on the lips, your dog is at a much greater risk of catching something from you than you are from him/her! Although dogs do frequently sniff other dogs’ behinds and their feces, your chances of catching a bacteria of some kind from kissing your dog’s lips is very slim. On the other hand, dogs can be very susceptible to many human ailments – especially tuberculosis. So next time you think about kissing your dog on the lips, reconsider, remembering this important dog secret!
What’s on your mind when you consider an all natural dog food? Could it be a commercial dog food which has the word ‘natural’ on the packet? Could it be you think of cooking your own dog food from scratch? Do you consider table scraps to be the ideal diet?
Wrong! None of the above will address your dog’s health, Why not?
Well, the commercial dog food starts off with very low grade meat, mostly meat by-products (the better quality going for the higher priced human food), high fat and sometimes euthanased animals, which contain the chemical sodium pentobarbital. Then, to bulk out the already cheap ‘meat’, a non-nutritional filler is added. That can be sugar, as there’s a world glut of it at the moment, or melamine if you live in China.
Then, to keep the product indefinitely at room temperature a preservative is added.
When you see a packet of dried dog food in the shop, with the slogan ‘preservative free’ ask yourself this question – how can dried ‘meat’ be kept indefinitely at room temperature without preservatives? Do you think you wouldn’t have heard of a new way to do this, if there was?
So either there is no ‘meat’ or there is preservative present. Trouble is, the preservatives used are very strong, cause huge health problems and aren’t allowed in human food.
So commercial dog food can be crossed off as an all natural dog food!.
I see quite a lot of ‘dog experts’ on the internet advocating you cook your own dog food. Whilst that is hugely better than commercial pet food, it’s still missing the nutrients that are lost in cooking. Typically these are vitamins and enzymes, both essential for a healthy dog. But other nutrients are altered by cooking. Fat changes during the cooking process from a beneficial food to a harmful one.
So you can cross though this one too, as an all natural dog food.
What about table scraps? That depends so much on the table scraps. If the human food is a good, natural one of lots of raw fruit and veg, with lightly cooked meat, then these table scraps have the potential of being the best dog food out of all three options, as long as there is enough left over to satisfy your dog’s nutritional needs.
If, however, your diet is typically fast food with a lot of processed food, then these table scraps will be little better than the commercial dog food.
Yet another cross through.
There is only one all natural dog food and that’s the one dogs evolved on. Nothing that mankind has done has improved one iota on that. And considerable decline has occurred.
Dogs have evolved over millions of years on an all natural dog food and it keeps them happy and healthy.
Once you get to grips with the idea of how dogs evolved, duplicating that diet within the constraints of what is available and the limits on your time, is not that difficult. However, there are a few important things you need to know such as:
what food should not be given more than once a week should bones be given what carbohydrates are the best ones and how much are there any fruit or vegetables that shouldn’t be given what amino acid is essential to a dog’s healthy skin should you supplement the diet how do you convert the diet of an elderly or sick dog safely.
When you change the diet of your dog from a commercial pet food to an all natural dog food, there may initially be a de-toxing period. This is normal and natural, but can seem a bit scary to you if you don’t understand why it’s happening and the symptoms. It should be of short duration, depending on your dog’s age and level of health.
Dogs digestion is robust. They have evolved on eating raw meat and carrion. They can’t cope with preservatives, fillers, high fat or low grade protein, none of which occurs (at least in high proportions) in nature.
Once you have your dog on an all natural dog food, you’ll find fewer and fewer health problems. I’m sure you’d be as happy as anyone, to cut your dog’s professional health fees.
