The Dog Training Review

Do you recollect the 2007 pet food recall?  Melamine and cyanuric acid were found in a number of top shelf brands of wet dog food.  Melamine is used to make plastic. Cyanuric acid is used to chlorinate pools. Neither is permitted for use in pet food.  The FDA exposed these chemicals in imported wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate used to make pet.  Eating them can lead to kidney failure.

Officially, 226 cats and dogs died, but the death toll is thought to have been much, much higher because of under reporting.  This alone should be sufficient to scare you to home made dog food , but when it isn’t, just read the ingredients on a representative can of dog food.

For instance, have you any idea what wheat gluten is?  In accordance with AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials), it’s, “The tough, viscid nitrogenous substance remaining when wheat is washed to remove the starch.”  It’s a cheap derivative of human food processing with almost no nutritional value left, and is used primarily like a binder.

If you buy commercial pet food , not only do you need to worry about whether or not some “under the radar” chemical that could kill your dog has accidentally been released into the food, you have to deal with a myriad of ingredients that you are unfamiliar with, most of whom don’t have any value besides to add bulk.

Based on what brand of food you’re feeding your dog, he could be slowly starving to death before your very eyes because of nutritional deficiencies.  If you make his food yourself you don’t have to stress about that.  You know very well what ingredients go into his food.  You understand their quality.  You know their nutritional value.  Home made dog food will go a long way in ensuring your dog lives an extended, vital, healthy life.