One hundred years ago farmers and hunters gave their dogs table scraps. The pet food industry was born to get rid of food that was deemed inedible for humans. Even today, dog racing tracks give their racing dogs 4D food that is dead, dying or diseased meat. I know because I volunteered at Greyhound Pets of America for years and they rescued dogs right off the tracks.
Many of the supermarket and other brands are loaded with corn as the major ingredient (highly indigestible) and meat by-products second.
Please treat your dogs and cats better than that. Look for meat as the major ingredient and no meat by-products at all. Spend more. They’ll cost you less in vet bills and poop will be smaller, easier to pick up.
When I had cats I chose canned Innova. With my old dog I used to make her lentil loaf and rice. Our new dog, I swore not to cook for. She now gets part dry food (Purina Exclusive Lamb) in case of hurricane and inability to keep her frozen food as such. The other part is frozen raw lamb or venison, with blueberries, carrots, apples et al and a Tbsp chicken broth. Nature’s Variety, check it out online. It was always a matter of what she would eat without enhancements, and to my chagrin, Purina worked during Hurricane Rita.
Solid Gold is from SoCal and was initially engineered for Great Danes. They have a full line of dry food from Wolf Cub on and on, all high-quality. There are other brands – just check the labels.
Zoe’s coat is softer and more luxurious with all frozen medallions. There’s even a delivery service that will deliver free if I order four 3# bags at a time. Door-to-door delivery. Some perks for living in a big city.
Cooking with Dee 