Not All Protein is Created Equal Protein quality is extremely variable. There are highly assimilable and digestible proteins (proteins your pet’s body can easily absorb and make use of), and there are proteins that are wholly indigestible. For example beaks, feet, hides, tails and snouts are 100 percent protein, but all 100 percent is indigestible. […]
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‘What on Earth Did You Just Eat?’ & Other Puppy Mysteries
by Our New Blog Contributer: Ron Rutherford Puppies can get into seemingly endless amounts of trouble and many of their exploits include eating things they shouldn’t. If you have one, there’s a high probability that you’ve had to pry some inedible object out of his jaws. Or perhaps you’ve realized with horror that it’s too […]
TMI Friday: Dog on a Rope – Pros and Cons of Flexi-Leads ~ by Chelsea Kent
This week my TMI post is a particularly ranty rant, so I want to tell you about something really awful that happened to me once, so you’ll understand why this is such a touchy subject for me, and why I wont recommend flexi-leads in the store. The first dog I ever had that was “my” […]
TMI Friday: No One Knows Everything… Not Even Your Vet.
Get into your cozy chair with your sweat pants on… We are going to take a trip back in time to learn about life before kibble, and find out why exactly your vet might not be the most reliable source for your pet’s nutritional information. Think Nutritionist VS Doctor. Think Brain Surgeon VS Orthopedic Surgeon…Think […]
A brief review of GMO’s
Genetically Modified Organisms, or more commonly known as GMO’s, have been raising both concerns and eyebrows the last few years. They are a large problem for not only pet foods, but for the human food industry as well. Below is an article written by one of our contributing writers about the dangers of GMO foods. […]
The Feeding Mistake Linked to the Cause of Most Disease – Are You Making It? by Dr. Becker
Story at-a-glance In part 1 of a 3-part series on raw food diets for pets, Dr. Becker begins the discussion by reviewing the ancestral origins of today’s dogs and cats. From a genetic standpoint, domesticated canines and felines are essentially the same as their wild counterparts, who are carnivores. Dogs and cats […]
Pet Food Mythology
These days, whether you are shopping for pet food or human food, it’s likely that you are using a much more complex selection process than people did just five years ago. Not long ago people got most of their information about food from the front of the package, from a TV commercial, a magazine ad, […]