Pet Food News

I’m having a mice problem and I heard a lot of people use galvanized steel trash cans to store horse feed so that mice can’t get to them. Would this be a good idea for storing my dog food? I heard that it might be hazardous to store your pet’s food in galvanized steel, but couldn’t find anything to back that up. Anyone know anything?

because dog food isn’t acid, and you aren’t cooking in the can, the dog should be fine.
galvanizing (zinc) is what would be potentially unsafe- stainless would be better, but it should be fine because it’s just kibble

If pet food is supposed to be healthy, why do you think so many people have obese pets?

People feed their animal table scraps. People food is a no no, and causes obesity.

After that last one a couple years ago, I’m still a little scared about it happening again. I quit buying a brand that was supposedly a higher-end quality pet food because they had some of their foods on the list. I buy my cats the best food I can that they like, but I still worry about it.

I dont have a pet …my husband hates animals…..and out here there is only one brand of pet food available in the market. …. Indians dont care much about pets…they are given our left overs and they eat whatever they get and never get sick …they are very immune to anything thats given to them. we dont even have many pet care centres and the ones we have is 1000 kms away. i am overwhelmed by the love westerners shower upon their pets.

I recently heard that manufacturers are putting dead cats,
dogs ,road kill, in our pet food.
If you see the word "meat" that means cat or dog bodies (meat).
If this is true, I will NEVER buy dog or cat food again!
So, please answer factually……..does canned pet food
contain meat from dogs or cats?
Thank you.

Yep.

If you see the word "chicken meal," "meat meal" or "meat and bones meal," this is the dry byproduct of a lot more gross stuff than dead (SICK) dogs and cats. Throw in their flea collars, the plastic bags their dead bodies were in, the dead cows that didn’t make it to the slaughterhouse, roadkill, etc. It is unbelievable what these manufacturers are allowed to put into our pet food! There was an outcry, but the practice goes on.

Animals are fatty, so in the process of creating the meal, they skim off the grease, and you’ll find this byproduct in the pet food as well — "chicken fat (preserved with … )." Gah…I feel like retching.

You’ll find links to the information at http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-cat-food.html, and http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-dog-food.html.

The best thing we can all do is refuse to buy dry kibbled pet food (I think canned pet food is somewhat better than dried, however the word ‘meal’ is the dead giveaway in any case).

What our dogs and cats really need is raw meat and bones. They’ll be so much more healthy when they eat real food that is appropriate for their species. Their skin rashes and allergies all clear up, their health begins to glow, and even the fleas head for the hills. At least, I haven’t treated my cats for a year…and I haven’t seen a flea in all that time. Amazing. The research is at that rabbit website, because you can feed raw rabbit to dogs and cats, too.

Diamond is from Meta, Missouri and Black Gold is in Vienna, MO. Meta and Vienna are 20-25 miles apart.
Diamond also makes Taste of the Wild, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul, Country Value, and Premium Edge.
There is also Professional Pet Food in St. Thomas which is 5-6 miles from Meta.

dog foods, REALLY? well okay…in my opinion…i say the difference is the price…no? we’ll maybe there’s a relation…*HINT*its DOG food. it does sound odd…i say–YES.

does that awnser ur Q.?

Or is all pet food now chinese produced? Loaded with grains, which makes it goat or chicken food.

It’s just outlawed in the USA- Because they decided to shut it down rather than reforming it and cracking down on inhumane techniques, now, instead of 3 or 8 hours, the animals are shipped 13-36 to go to Canada and Mexico where it is still legal. And now the horses that don’t go to slaughter but are unwanted are starving to death. I know of instances in my area of people letting their horses loose to wander the ditches for food because they cannot afford them anymore and all the shelters are full. Actually, Americans are the only ones getting silly about it- In Europe horse meat has been eaten forever, same in Canada. Horses are slaughtered for both human and animal consumption.

A good amount of pet food is chinese-produced, though, although it isn’t as much horse meat as you think. If the meat is good, you can sell it for human food for much more than you could for pet food, and there is a demand outside of the USA.

Do you support events sponsored by pet food companies by attending or participating in dog events?

Example, Purina sponsors a lot of different of events, from conformation shows to sport dog events.

Would how you feel about kibble prevent you and your raw fed dog from participating in such events?

If you do participate, do you make it known that you do not support kibble for carnivores?

There wouldn’t be any dog shows without sponsors… Entries would become horrendous, ruling out many people who do not have a lot of money to spare.

It would be great to see butchers raising their hands, to lay out the big bucks it takes to put a dog show or competition on, but I won’t hold my breath!! lol

Like it or not those big companies like Purina are vital for that sort of thing, because their money helps pay for the judges, stewards, hire of facilities, the prizes, ribbons, trophies and so on.

If I or my friends win a comp - We gratefully shake hands and smile…. and the bag of kibble (whom ever it is made by), is graciously accepted and then discretely taken to the nearest dog shelter where ANY and ALL donations (even those of kibble) are always received with the utmost thanks and appreciation! You will be glad you did!

This is standard procedure by myself and my friends, and seems to me a good solution to the problem. It makes me feel good (I cannot offer a lot financially) and helps others. Making a ‘scene’ is only going to hurt the chances of that show receiving help from that sponsor again in the future, you can spread your opinions on raw feeding via more tactful methods then directly insulting a sponsor of an event. Hell we need all the sponsors we can get! As for boycotting an event, well that is only hurting yourself.

Accept your prize whatever it is and be thankful. There are times where I would rather receive a big bag of kibble which I can pass on to my local shelter, then some of the big and truly tacky trophies I have received.

I am a distributor for a Healthy Pet Food company based out of Palm City Florida.
My business is called Healthy Pet Friends, www.healthypetfriends.com

I have a few customers now, but I would like to double that.
I work out of my home doing mostly cold calls and networking, any suggestions as to what else I can do?

How about a "pet party"?

I mean, we support ourselves and we’re supporting the animal. Would you like to let an animal starve and die? We would love to stop animal abuse, but then I could guess animal hunger would be on the rise later on in the future.

So why do we pay tax for pet food?

food is considered a necessity
having pets is not a necessity and therefore their food, upkeep, vet bills etc is a personal thing
animal control is a very prominent program in many cities that have an overabundance of animals,
even some legislation has been suggested to limit even pure bred animals

I was told Canola oil is "One molecule away from ’some unhealthy’ oil formula. Is there somehting with extensive experience, that could help me with this ? ‘Solid Gold’ Natural pet food has this as a main ingredient.

Nope wrong info. Canola oil is fine & healthy. Solid Gold is a great brand. Here is a link showing good nutrients in dog foods which canola oil is one.

http://drydogfood.bravehost.com/bestingredients.htm

Canola oil is made from the rapeseed. It’s low in saturated fat yet is high in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Canola oil is also high in Vitamin E and Vitamin K. [REF]
9138 mg omega-3 fatty acids
18,645 mg omega-6 fatty acids