Comments on: Healthy dog food

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:33:21 +0000

I hear that from most people who have switched their dogs to a raw food. A raw diet is the healthiest way to go as long as it’s done properly.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:12:22 +0000

Interesting topic, it makes me re-think my take on what I eat.

I feed my two German Shepherds a strictly raw diet. Their daily meals consist of chicken/turkey, pork, fish, squirrel ( season permitted ), rabbit and beef. Daily supplements are salmon oil and vitamin E.

I will never again go back to dry food because of the changes I have noticed. Never.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:33:35 +0000

Glad to hear we’re on the same page! I just switched my cats to Nature’s Variety Instinct, and Ace will be switching to the same shortly. I also plan to feed them raw food a few times a week eventually.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:09:08 +0000

Oh, and both my pets eat Innova EVO and the dog sometimes gets raw.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:08:34 +0000

Awesome post. I’m kind of on the same track as you. I work out, I don’t eat meat aside from fish very occasionally, and I sometimes buy organic. I haven’t been able to cut our processed foods, but I at least *try* to go with brands like Amy’s when I can.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:08:06 +0000

Thanks, Valerie! “Animal digest” could be just about anything. Yuck!

At the same time, my dog would gladly eat roadkill, dead mice, cat poop, etc.

By: Valerie from PetFoodDirect

Valerie from PetFoodDirect — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:10:52 +0000

Hello and this is yet another great article! I’m visiting here for the first time and love what you all have to say.
“Red Flags” to look for on dog and cat food labels are things like Corn Gluten Meal and Poultry Digest or anything Digest. Corn Gluten Meal is the protein portion of corn and is a way for the manufacturer to “boost” the over-all protein level of the diet without using as much meat. Digest is essentially, cooked-down “parts” that get boiled down until they are a thick goo. That is then dried and used to spray on the dry food at the end of processing to add flavor. That is what makes the cheaper foods so yummy, just like the MacDonald’s Happy Meals are for your human children!:)

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:12:13 +0000

Shelter animals are lucky to be alive. They can get by eating Meow Mix or Kibbles and Bits for a few months or a year.

Haha. A corn dog! I still crave McDonald’s cheeseburgers. The #2 value meal…Haven’t had one of those in more than two years. Instead I just eat Taco Johns bean burritos, as though those are any better for me!

I don’t know if I would try a piece of dog like in another country or something. Probably not. But I would eat anything if I were starving.

By: drawforjoy

drawforjoy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:34:21 +0000

It’s a good article, you are wright about the food.
I have a puppy and I try to give him only natural food.

By: Ariel "Cats" Dumas

Ariel "Cats" Dumas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:55:48 +0000

I don’t know! A lot of cats at the shelter I volunteer at go home to families who start feeding them better food (i.e., more meat-based, less-processed food). And I hear of all sorts of benefits- glossier coats, fewer + “better” bowel movements, etc. I guess it’s different when you’re feeding a small pack, and need to consider budget…

For human food, I’m right with you. You only have one body, and you’re made of what you put in it. And while I think “organic” is good, I think it’s most important to eat stuff that’s not processed, stuff that you cooked yourself, meat as a treat, stuff that’s local and hasn’t been bred specifically to ship well, etc.

Although, I go weak in the knees for a corn dog.

Lindsay, would you ever be able to eat dog? Not your dog, but like a little piece of one? If you were starving? What about a rabbit or cat?