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Pet food makers insist that commercial dog food is designed for a complete and scientific laboratory proven designer dog food which is superior to what comes off your dinner table.   Do you really believe this?

 

You see the dog food commercials of dogs jumping over fences in the meadows, and little puppy faces that they claim they are saving in animal shelters as part of their public relations campaign to restore their tarnished image to the consumer.

 

Their high glossy labels and bags adorn your pet food store with claims that their dog food is “nutritionally balanced” and the most popular tasty food your dog will ever eat in its life time.  They claim that they have proven formulas for dog with arthritis and diet dog food, dog food for senior dogs, for puppies, for fat dogs and for everything under the sun.  Much of these claims are unsubstantiated and there are no advertising restrictions or regulations to stop them – yet.

 

Home Made Dog and Cat Food:

 

Homemade dog food has never killed a dog or cat that I know of but commercial pet foods have killed thousands of pets.  Today one year after the pet food recall of March, 2007 commercial dog food just cannot be trusted nor have the manufacturers changed the ingredients. 

 

There is more doubt today that commercial pet food can sustain life, but can it sustain good health? 

 

Experiments performed in the 1930’s by Dr. Francis Pottenger proved that it took four generations of cats fed totally raw foods to regain optimum healthy teeth, bones and health.

 

Raw is The Best Food:

 

Cooking destroys vitamins, amino acids, damages proteins and vital enzymes while changing the molecules of fat.  If foods are lightly steamed these vital components of food remain relatively intact.

 

Raw Diet for Beginners: 

 

Transitional diets for dogs that have never been fed raw foods can begin with raw veal, turkey, chicken, beef and ground meats, preferably organic meats. If you can locate a butcher or an organic farmer you can buy bulk and have the meats ground.  Also chicken, liver, calves, liver, kidneys, chicken giblets, sardines, yogurt, cottage cheese all with no fat can be a quick meal for your dog.

 

 Recipe: 

 

Ground Bow Wow Dinner:

 

1 lb of ground beef (lean)

½ cup of lightly steamed vegetables. (Broccoli, green beans, carrots)

1 cup of rice or other grains like buckwheat, or couscous

1 full tablespoon of garlic powder

½ cup parsley chopped

 

Mix together thoroughly and keep in a container for feeding depending on your dog breed it should feed for a few days or more.  This recipe is a blend of a protein, vegetables and grains with the added benefit of flea control for the summer. 

Add bran, or any supplements with the food as well as a digestive enzyme such as Papaya enzymes which is very inexpensive and available at most health food stores.

This will help your dog digest and is made from the papaya fruit, just crush it up and add it to the bowl at each meal.  Your dog will digest better as well as eliminate toxins.

 

My friend Kristine who breeds dogs feeds them garlic powder and has had no flea problems for generations of her many dogs.

 

Tags:   Homemade Dog food, Commercial Pet food, pet food store, dog food commercials, raw diet for beginners, transitional diets for dogs.

 

Written By:  Teri Salvador