Pet Food News

My dog has been eating people for a little under a year. When I tried to switch him to dog food, he puked after about 5 pieces. The next day it was the same after about 10 pieces.

What "people" food have you been feeding him?

I can understand why your dog doesnt want to eat "insta-meal".

Try a raw diet instead. Here are some resources to help you out. www.rawfed.com/myths, www.rawmeatybones.com, www.rawlearning.com, and www.bigdogsporch.com
A raw diet is typically cheaper than any food that comes out of a bag.

I have a cat and a dog, but for some reason I’m always catching them eating each others food. Is there a dry pet food out there that both of them can eat? I’ve tried to keep their food separate by putting it in different room or elevating the cat’s, but nothing seems to work…

i am not sure but it is absolutely fine for dogs to eat cat food and cats to eat dog food!

My cat is about 15 pounds and he needs to loose weight. I’ve changed his food a couple of times (wellness, friskies, science diet-all dry food) but nothing seems to work. Furthermore, he wakes me up every night at 2am sharp because he is hungry. I made one last food change, which is the science diet canned light food. He loves it, bu he still wakes me up at 2 am. He is also very aggressive with me, and only me. He bites and attacks me if I don’t give him food.

Please help.

Those foods really range in quality. Wellness is an excellent-quality food, while Science Diet and Friskies are very poor quality- those brands contain fillers, plant-based proteins (as opposed to animal-based ones) and meat byproducts. Don’t feed those anymore.

We need more info- is this cat free fed? If so, only feed him on schedule and stick to the feeding guideline on the side of the bag. Feed him for the amount that you *want* him to weigh. Feeding a canned diet may help him lose weight, but again, ditch the Science Diet and stick to better quality food like Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Innova, Natural Balance, etc.

Punish him for biting/scratching- you own the cat, you call the shots. Lock him out of your room at night if you have to. By feeding him when he attacks you, you’re encouraging his crappy behavior. This needs to stop.

We are in great need of all sorts of donations all around! We especially need donations of pet food for cats and dogs. Ive been working there a month and with the economy being so bad we are getting more animals than we adopt on average. Are there any petfood or other companies that would be willing to help out our shelter to keep these animals feed and off of the streets? Most of our income is donations and the economy has decreased the number of donations that we are recieving.

any suggestions?

Contact your local feed stores, box stores, grocery stores or other places that sell dog and cat food. Many of these places get broken bags of food that they cannot sell. Often they will donate that food to an animal shelter. You cannot be picky as to the brand or type. We gave each store three big trash cans. One for dog food, one for cat food, and one for cat litter. We would pick them up whenever the store called us telling us that they were full. This food also helps many people in our community as our shelter also has a pet food bank.

I don’t want to know about what air-tight or other containers to keep it in, I am only interested in how long before dry dog food exposed to the air becomes stale? A week, a few days, or a few hours?

Your best bet is to call the customer service line on the package.
Most bagged dog kibble is good for a year or so, as long as it is not exposed to mold or moisture. It is laden with tocopherols, which is basically vitamin E/soybean oil, a natural preservative. It doesn’t go stale, but may spoil if it is not kept in a dry, clean place.

My girlfriend is coming over tomorrow and I need to buy some things to feed her. I will be heading to the pet store and was wondering what is the best food at the pet store to get for a pet girlfriend?

They can survive on semen/sperm from your penis.

There’s enough protein. And she can just drink water from the tap.

I have tried them all and my cats hate them all. Are they spoilt or is the cat food nasty?
Whoops; slip of the keyboard, ha ha. Meant the cats have tried all the cat foods, not me!

Cats are very smart. If they know you will hunt through the cupboard for something they like better they are very good at waiting you out.
A lot of cat owners think their cats don’t like a food because they don’t eat much in one go, but they are natural grazers and most cats, if given an option, prefer to eat small meals throughout the day.
A lot of cats we see are overweight so it might be worth going to the vets for a weight check to see if your cats are too chubby.
I have seen some cats on very weird and unhealthy diets because owners kept trying to find a favorite food. I had one that would only eat liver and one that only ate prawns( not the cheap ones-of course).
If I were in your situation I would use the complete cat food that they seem to hate least. Offer 2-3 meals daily, but only leave the food down for 20mins each time. Don’t leave biscuits down all day for snacks. And most important, when they give you that look that says, "What is that disgusting mess in my bowl?" you have to ignore them.

what do guinea pigs eat other than guinea pig pet food? see, im getting a guinea pig for my friends bday and ya

vegetables! they love cabbage. they’re really vegetarian and they need veggies too!

i posted this site that tells you alot about taking care of them on the source i gave.

hope i helped!

My friends have been raving about a dog food roll they been feeding their dogs. I was wondering if anyone can tell me more about them or maybe where i can buy some. Its supposed to be refrigerated and it comes in like a sausage roll. But i forgot the name of it so i can’t find online.

Try this site…I just did a google search for ‘refrigerated dog food’ and this link came up

http://www.delifreshpet.com/whyfresh/refrigeration.htm