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| November 3, 2009 |
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Does Your Pet Food Have To Be Expensive To Be High Quality |
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I use to hear so often from my clients that one little question, what dog food should I feed my pet. Do I have to go to the specialty pet stores or can I find a good food at the supermarket.
The answer is simply, yes and no. Now you’re thinking that’s a good way for me to avoid an answer, but the truth is, there are good quality foods that you can buy at pet stores as well as supermarkets. Whets quality? Well, that depends too on your pet, your income and your pets eating habits.
A couple years back I took a pet food course where we completely examined and broke down the ingredients of dog and cat foods and compared them to other foods as well as what was listed on the labels. Foods that said “diet” or “lower in”, only had to show that they were diet or lower in when compared to the other foods that company manufactured. The ingredients listed are not by the most ingredient to the least like humans. Completely balanced food was meant for the perfect dog or cat, not necessarily for the needs that your dog or cat may have. Labels are very misleading in fact.
While meat based diets are certainly recommended for the normal healthy pets, it doesn’t mean that their diet should not include some corn or other vegetables which are also essential for nice shiny coats. Yes, we know, the more filler in, the more filler that comes out. But, this doesn’t mean that just because you bought your food in a super market that it has any more filler in it then the high priced ones at the pet food store.
Is your pet nursing, does it have allergies, kidney problems, skin problems or other medical problems. If so, then naturally a specialty dog or cat food is warranted in these cases. But, if whatever you are feeding your dog or cat has been working well, they like it, their annual exams including their blood work look good and you aren’t cleaning up 5 piles a day after them, then by all means, stick with what is working.
But remember, just because you pay more for a bag of food at the supermarket or specialty store, doesn’t mean over all that it is costing you more. Generally, a meat based food is more expensive, but you feed less of it, so in reality, pound per pound of cost compared to pound per pound per feeding, could mean a savings if you invest a little more in the bag of food initially.
If your dog is overweight, that doesn’t mean the protein or the filler is too high, it means its eating too much for the amount of exercise its getting, so don’t blame the food, just cut back on the amount they are eating, or get them more exercise.
There’s only one ingredient I absolutely don’t like feeding, and that is food coloring. It really disturbs me that these are added because lets face it, your dog doesn’t really care, its more the owners benefit then the dogs. So, there you have it, my opinion on pet food. |
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My cat oliver is 22 he eats a can of wet friskies at night anr dry friskies in the moring.. Oh he also likes lunch meat at 9 pm a bad habit that started 20 years ago so at 9 all 3 pets line up in the kitchen for treats.
11/10/2009
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