Pet Food Solutions
Healthy pet food is not that hard to make
Animals are great to have around. Whether they are wild or domesticated is irrelevant, but for the purpose of this article, the focus will be on domesticated.
Owning a dog, cat, bunny, small animal, bird or fish can be a joy, day in, and day out. The love an animal gives to its owner is unconditional, dogs particularly fall into this category. The benefits of owning a domesticated animal can be; increased health, lower blood pressure, better physical shape (walking dogs), love, companionship, security among other things. So what happens when your beloved animal health starts to fail before it should?
Most people take their pet to the veterinarian and find out what the problem is. It’s nice that there are veterinarians out there to help out our pets, but there is a way to prevent the visits from becoming too frequent. The focus here is on solutions.
Many of the brand name dog and cat foods are selling bagged food that are not very nutritional. Checking via the internet will provide you with a glimpse into the industry that you may have been unaware of. Much of the food packaged for our pets is not fit for them to eat. In some cases the food has been labelled as diseased, and unusable for human consumption, yet is still packaged for us to purchase for our furry friends. And it's not cheap.
The advertising and marketing doesn’t help either, as people are shown cats that jump through hoops, and dogs running eagerly to their favourite (brand) bowl of food. It’s quite likely that the animal was not fed for a couple of days before the commercial shots, or is a well-trained animal. Whatever the case may be, it’s easy to see why certain brands are purchased more than others and it’s usually because of advertising.
A question that begs to be asked is this; would you feed your furry friend, much less yourself, this kind of food if you knew it was not fit for human consumption? I seriously doubt it.
Fifty years ago, there was no such thing as packaged foods for animals. They were fed natural foods that they would normally live off of in the wild, or decent table scraps from their owner. Back then the animals did not have the same problems as they do today, and thus lived longer, healthier lives.
For bunnies, try adding greens and grass from outside in addition to their diet. Give cats and dogs food made on the stove. Boil chicken and hamburger with some greens and possibly a few vegetables (like carrots) and prepare enough for three days. This food can also be frozen and used within a reasonable time period. For the pet fish, along with their diet of regular food, try adding some romaine lettuce, they love that. For birds, try placing a hard boiled egg (opened) in their cage with their diet of bird seed.
Search the internet for natural recipes available for each animal and try them out. Introduce them slowly to their diet and phase out the packaged food if you can. Avoid flashy advertising, aggressive marketing, and boxed and bagged food. At first it may be inconvenient to make the food from scratch, but in the long run it will become part of a routine that you and your pet will love for many years to come.
Try it out you may be amazed at the results.
Owning a dog, cat, bunny, small animal, bird or fish can be a joy, day in, and day out. The love an animal gives to its owner is unconditional, dogs particularly fall into this category. The benefits of owning a domesticated animal can be; increased health, lower blood pressure, better physical shape (walking dogs), love, companionship, security among other things. So what happens when your beloved animal health starts to fail before it should?
Most people take their pet to the veterinarian and find out what the problem is. It’s nice that there are veterinarians out there to help out our pets, but there is a way to prevent the visits from becoming too frequent. The focus here is on solutions.
Many of the brand name dog and cat foods are selling bagged food that are not very nutritional. Checking via the internet will provide you with a glimpse into the industry that you may have been unaware of. Much of the food packaged for our pets is not fit for them to eat. In some cases the food has been labelled as diseased, and unusable for human consumption, yet is still packaged for us to purchase for our furry friends. And it's not cheap.
The advertising and marketing doesn’t help either, as people are shown cats that jump through hoops, and dogs running eagerly to their favourite (brand) bowl of food. It’s quite likely that the animal was not fed for a couple of days before the commercial shots, or is a well-trained animal. Whatever the case may be, it’s easy to see why certain brands are purchased more than others and it’s usually because of advertising.
A question that begs to be asked is this; would you feed your furry friend, much less yourself, this kind of food if you knew it was not fit for human consumption? I seriously doubt it.
Fifty years ago, there was no such thing as packaged foods for animals. They were fed natural foods that they would normally live off of in the wild, or decent table scraps from their owner. Back then the animals did not have the same problems as they do today, and thus lived longer, healthier lives.
For bunnies, try adding greens and grass from outside in addition to their diet. Give cats and dogs food made on the stove. Boil chicken and hamburger with some greens and possibly a few vegetables (like carrots) and prepare enough for three days. This food can also be frozen and used within a reasonable time period. For the pet fish, along with their diet of regular food, try adding some romaine lettuce, they love that. For birds, try placing a hard boiled egg (opened) in their cage with their diet of bird seed.
Search the internet for natural recipes available for each animal and try them out. Introduce them slowly to their diet and phase out the packaged food if you can. Avoid flashy advertising, aggressive marketing, and boxed and bagged food. At first it may be inconvenient to make the food from scratch, but in the long run it will become part of a routine that you and your pet will love for many years to come.
Try it out you may be amazed at the results.
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