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<blockquote data-quote="PitRottMommy" data-source="post: 1460776" data-attributes="member: 16434"><p>We feed raw. I do this with both my dogs and my cats. I switched back in 2007 after getting tired of watching animal after animal come through our clinic doors in organ failure because of a lack of caring on a food company's part. My dogs eat a mixture of beef, turkey, chicken, venison and anything else I can get my hands on. I actually make my cat's food. I purchase free range rabbits from a local farmer. I dispatch and clean them and then send them through a American Eagle meat grinder (bone in). In the 3-4 year we've been feeding raw, I've not only watched two cats diagnosed with IBD become completely non-symptomatic, I've also stopped having to perform dentals on all dogs and cats (their teeth are pearly white) and have stopped dealing with 90% of allergies (I still have one dog who is allergic to grasses/molds/clover and goldenrod and he flares badly during Oklahoma summers).</p><p></p><p>For anyone who is wanting to do research into your pet's food, start with the internet. There are many places online that rate foods based upon their ingredients and contents. Those of you who are recommending science diet should think back to 2006-2007 and the thousands of animals that were killed by tainted foods (<u>regulations which have NOT been changed by science diet</u>). I've worked in Veterinary Medicine for 10 years and no longer recommend many of the commercial diets which are commonly sold in vet offices---I see no reason to recommend a food product that sends a pet to the hospital instead of prevents it. </p><p></p><p>This is a great place to start: <a href="http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/</a></p><p></p><p>For those of you who are ingredient readers, you should make sure that whatever food you're feeding has at least 2 proteins listed as the first 2 ingredients. High quality food will lack fillers such as corn, wheat, soy, etc. You will also want to ensure that your foods do not contain any preservatives known to cause organ failure and death such as ethoxyquin and BHA/BHT.</p><p></p><p>Remember, the FDA states that in order to receive approval to be fed to pets the food must "be able to sustain a pet"--that literally means just keep it alive. <em>It says absolutely nothing about thriving. </em> You'll do best by your pets to put in the foot work and know what is going into their body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PitRottMommy, post: 1460776, member: 16434"] We feed raw. I do this with both my dogs and my cats. I switched back in 2007 after getting tired of watching animal after animal come through our clinic doors in organ failure because of a lack of caring on a food company's part. My dogs eat a mixture of beef, turkey, chicken, venison and anything else I can get my hands on. I actually make my cat's food. I purchase free range rabbits from a local farmer. I dispatch and clean them and then send them through a American Eagle meat grinder (bone in). In the 3-4 year we've been feeding raw, I've not only watched two cats diagnosed with IBD become completely non-symptomatic, I've also stopped having to perform dentals on all dogs and cats (their teeth are pearly white) and have stopped dealing with 90% of allergies (I still have one dog who is allergic to grasses/molds/clover and goldenrod and he flares badly during Oklahoma summers). For anyone who is wanting to do research into your pet's food, start with the internet. There are many places online that rate foods based upon their ingredients and contents. Those of you who are recommending science diet should think back to 2006-2007 and the thousands of animals that were killed by tainted foods ([U]regulations which have NOT been changed by science diet[/U]). I've worked in Veterinary Medicine for 10 years and no longer recommend many of the commercial diets which are commonly sold in vet offices---I see no reason to recommend a food product that sends a pet to the hospital instead of prevents it. This is a great place to start: [url]http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/[/url] For those of you who are ingredient readers, you should make sure that whatever food you're feeding has at least 2 proteins listed as the first 2 ingredients. High quality food will lack fillers such as corn, wheat, soy, etc. You will also want to ensure that your foods do not contain any preservatives known to cause organ failure and death such as ethoxyquin and BHA/BHT. Remember, the FDA states that in order to receive approval to be fed to pets the food must "be able to sustain a pet"--that literally means just keep it alive. [I]It says absolutely nothing about thriving. [/I] You'll do best by your pets to put in the foot work and know what is going into their body. [/QUOTE]
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