TOP TEN REASONS NOT TO FEED DRY DOG FOOD
- It's cooked
- Lowest quality meat possible
- Filler/Carbohydrates dogs don't need
- Commercially produced
- Health and Safety Recalls
- Chemical preservatives
- Added flavour and colour
- Same old, same old every day
- Dogs don't chew
- Love. If you love your dog enough to research a bit about diet, you wouldn't feed it.
For 15,000 years our dogs have eaten our scraps and bones from our hunts. In the last century thanks to marketing, research and technology, we have switched dogs from this natural way of eating to a commercial 'pellet' prepared for their health, happiness and nutrition.
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TOP TEN REASONS TO FEED A RAW DIET
- It's raw- full of bioavailability and healthy enzymes!
- High quality human grade meat
- Efficient: feed only what your dog needs in correct quantities
- Locally produced
- Safe (contrary to many myths)
- No chemicals or preservatives
- No additives such as colour, salt, sugar
- Variety ensures optimal health & pleasure in eating
- Dogs will either 'work' at meat on a bone, or swallow the ground mix with ease
- Love. If you love your dog enough to research a bit about diet, you will feed it.
TOP TEN EXCUSES PEOPLE USE TO GIVE UP ON THE RAW DIET
- It's inconvenient (it doesn't have to be, besides isn't that a little selfish? What if your mom had said home cooking for your family was inconvenient and made you eat granola bars and microwave meals every day?)
- It's expensive (except it can be done for as little as $1/meal, or about $60/month. How much is a bag of dog food, and how much would you go through in a month?)
- It takes time (hmm, taking something out of the freezer and placing it in a bowl... time which your dog doesn't deserve? Why not?)
- It's messy (ok, it is a little messy... but if you confine your dog to a towel, outside, or his kennel for the 10 minutes while he is eating, you won't have a problem)
- It's hard to feed when travelling (except that you can buy pork and chicken at a grocery store quite easily, and even if you aren't near a grocery store, what about feeding dry when you travel and raw at home?)
- Bacteria/salmonella. This one is my favorite. There is more of a baceria problem in dry dog food than in raw. Figure that one out. Proof.