Cesar Millan - Read What "The Dog Whisperer"
            Says About Commerical Food
Whats Really In Commerical Pet Food
Information on Feeding Commerical Pet Food from
     Veternarian Dr. Andrew Knight, DVM
Health Hazards of Meat Based Commerical Diets For Cats & Dogs
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Cesar Millan's book entitled "A Member of The Family - The Ultimate Guide To LivingWith A Happy, Healthy Dog". 

Cesar agrees that commerical pet food is filled with ingredients unfit for human consumption and that there is no sciencfic proof that animals needs to vacinated every year for anything!
 
Please visit his website for more infomation.
http://www.cesarmillaninc.com/
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Commercial Pet Food & Facts:

Have you ever wondered what is in the commercial canned and bagged pet food you feed your pets day after day?

Did the large pet food recall make you start to re-think if the food you feed your animal companion is really what it claims to be? Is it appropriate food for your animal companion?

You can stop wondering by preparing balance homemade vegetarian meals for your animal companions. (See Hoana-Harbingers of a New Age). You will have the piece of mind knowing exactly what’s in the food you give to your animal companions and you will notice an amazing difference in their health.

Have you ever wondered why your animal companion's breath smells so bad? Why their coat’s looks so dull and oily? Why they have saggy and bloated stomachs? Why cat’s bowel movements have such a terrible smell that it could knock out an entire army? The old saying of “you are what you eat” is really true especially when it comes to the commercial pet food industry.

First let’s examine the fact that animals in their natural environment do not cook their meals. They don’t eat highly cooked and processed dried and canned food or a diet high in grains. They didn’t put their fresh caught meals on a rotisserie and cook their food over a campfire. Their food is fresh and full of live enzymes. What would you say to your child’s doctor if they handed you a case of canned food and a big bag of dried food and said, “this is all your child will ever need”. You would say that doctor is nuts and totally out of his mind. We all know it is importance for humans to eat a balance diet in fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, dairy products and a small appropriate amount of protein to sustain us each day. Why would you think animals are any different. Long before commercial pet food companies came into existence our animal companions used to get homemade meals and they had very little if any of the health issues that plague them today.

It has been an industry standard of commercial pet food companies for many years to use ingredients in their pet food that is cheap. That “cheap food” (if you can call it that because it comes from a divine living being) from the slaughterhouses are the animal parts that are considered and labeled “unfit for human consumption” What is traditionally known as the “4 D’s; dead, dying, diseased and disabled”. The slaughterhouses make a huge money profit off these “unfit” parts by selling them to commercial pet food companies. And the commercial pet food companies make a HUGE profit by using “the cheap and unfit parts” in their products they sell to you should we decide to purchase them and feed it to our animal companions. Another, not so widely published fact is that the staggering amount of animals in shelters nationwide that are euthanized everyday are sold to commercial pet food companies and also used in pet food. So our animal companions are eating other animal companions! Vist any animal shelter website and you will find information on "rendered" pickups. Ask your veterinarian the next time your in for a visit. Remember many of these pets, (dogs, cats, rabbits, pocket pets, birds) have been put down through a large amount of poison injected into their systems. They are rendered (as is the term used in slaughterhouses) with this poison still in their systems and some with their collars and tags still attached! And animals killed and lying along side the road known as “road kill” are also rendered and put into commercial pet food. Ann Martin’s book entitled “Food Pets Die For” has considerable evidence in her book that pets are routinely rendered by veterinary hospitals and shelters and recycled into pet food. Ann’s book should be read and owned by every animal companion caretaker. And when analyzed, yep you got it, it all ends up in our animal companions nicely, pretty wrapped cans and bags of pet food. Things also found in analyzed samples of commercial pet food and also known as a standard are what is called “fillers”, which can be anything from chicken beaks and feet, hoofs, feathers, animal fur, even sawdust from the floors of the rending plants (slaughterhouses). Have you ever looked at the ingredients on the label of the canned and dried pet food you feed your animal companions? Have you ever wondered what “meat-by-products”, “meat meal”, chicken meal” or “fish meal” stands for? It’s strange don’t you think, you never see those ingredients on food labels for human food.

Commerical Pet Food Ingredients: 

*Meat-by-products can actually mean:
poultry feather meal
connective tissue (gristle)
leather meal (yes the same that is used in making belts and shoes)
fecal waste from poultry and other animals
horse and cow hair

*Carbohydrates
can be an excellent source of nutrients. But in the pet food industry for soft-moist dog food it usually comes from empty-calorie food sources such as sugar (sucrose), propylene glycol and corn syrup. Left-over fast food industries products have been used as carbohydrates in pet food such as old donuts, moldy and rancid grains unfit for human consumption as we all found out about in the recent huge recall on pet food.

*Fiber
can be from peanut hulls, hair or even newspapers.

*Fats
often come from rejected animal fats unfit for human consumption that is rancid. Rancidity robs fats of essential vitamins.

*Be leery when you see the following listed on the pet food labels
meal and bone meal
meat by-products
poultry by-products meal
poultry by-products
digest of poultry by-products
liver glandular meal
chicken by-products
dried liver digest
lamb, poultry, chicken or fish meal
fish by-products

Commercial pet food is cooked at extremely high temperatures so even if there was any redeemable nutritional food value it is completely cooked out. We now have food that is highly processed and over cooked that consists of ingredients unfit for human consumption with added fillers also labeled as “unfit for human consumption”. Then they add artificial flavor enhancers, coloring and vitamins. What we are feeding our animal companions is the ultimate of human junk food only thousand of times worst.

Did you wonder why when you thought you where buying a “better quality” pet food for your animal companion it appeared on the list of over 100 re-called pet foods? Didn’t you think, “how could that happen when the label says all these great and wonderful things about this food and what it is suppose to do for my animal companion? It even lists great ingredients like wholesome cranberries, apples, oats, herbs, brewers yeast, rice and other things. How could all these companies that claim they have such a unique product buy their grain fillers from the same source! Just when you thought the company you where using was so concerned, I mean really concerned about the health of your animal companion. But wait a minute you could even be using commercial pet food recommended by your pet care professional. How can that be? Unfortunately commercial pet food companies and drug companies pretty much play the same games. They give doctors a big pocket padding for selling, using and pushing their products. And another unfortunate fact is that most doctors and veterinarians get on the average two weeks of nutritional training during their entire schooling while they are training to be licensed doctors and veterinarians.

But you say, what about AAFCO, are they not suppose to be inspecting our pets food? I see it listed on the labels of the food I buy for my animal companion. Dr. Richard Pitcairn’s book entitled “Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats” goes into great depth about the true facts of the AAFCO and USDA and all other facts mentioned here about commercial pet food in the chapter, “What’s Really in Pet Food”. A book every pet owner should read and own (though I do not feed or recommend raw meat meals). The AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) is an organization many of us assumed was regulating the quality of the ingredients used in pet foods. But in actuality it has no enforcement authority and does no analytical testing on pet food or the sources of protein, fiber or fats used. Some pet food companies (not all) run their own tests or use a contracted facility and the company then attests to the results. Makes you wonder what kind of guidelines AAFCO has if they have no authority to regulate and does no testing. In Ann’s Martin book entitled “Foods Pets Die For” she tells us she asked every state if they abide by AAFCO guidelines. Only 20 states replied. Out of those 20 only 13 said yes and the others said they used no guidelines at all. The USDA inspects meat, but what most people don’t realize is the inspections done by the USDA are to determine what is ”fit for human consumption” and not what is good for pet food. The discarded “unfit for human consumption” “cheap ingredients” is what is sold and used in commercial pet food. Animals are eating the discarded remnants that are not suitable for human consumption. So is it any wonder why our animal companions have been plagued with so many severe health problems over the years.

Homemade vegetarian diets are excellent for animals who have allergies of unknown origins. They will sooth the system and purge it of commerical food resides and you will know exactly what is in the food their are eating.

James A. Peden from Vegepet has extensive information on his website "Hoana-Harbingers of a New Age" about the horrors of commerical pet food. He also has indepth information about his products, pet meals and how to help your pet make the switch. I have used James Peden's products exclusively for many years to feed my animal companions. I can confirm the excellent health pets have when fed a wholesome, balanced vegetarian diet. I'll never feed them anything else.   

Dr. Goldstein’s new book entitled “The Goldstein’s Wellness & Longevity Program: Natural Care for Dogs and Cats” is another great book every animal companion's caretaker should own and read. Dr. Goldstein brings together for the first time in one book the best of holistic and conventional veterinary care for your animal companions to help caretakers develop a healthy lifestyle change that will keep your animal companion at its very best. This book also includes Anaflora flower essences which Dr. Goldstein’s uses throughout his practice. Please check out his website http://www.earthanimal.com/

Both Dr. Goldstein’s and Dr. Pitcairn’s book goes into the overuse of vaccinations which is another topic animal companion caretakers need to become knowledgeable about along with a healthy homemade diet. Knowledge about both these subjects will allow us to make the best choices for our animal companions and will ultimately help keep them in the best health possible.

You can make a big difference in your animal companions health by the decision you make to feed them high quality homemade meals. That will allow you to know exactly what your animal companion is eating because you have made it with your own two hands. There are many books out there with formulated recipes from veterinarians and veterinarians working with others who have developed great alternative food offerings for your animal companions. Vegetarian meals that are balanced for what your animal companion needs is a great way to break the link to the slaughterhouses and the suffering of other animals to feed our animal companions and ourselves. When you see the amazing change in the health of your animal companion you might even be moved to become a vegetarian yourself. It is a wonderful feeling to know exactly what goes into your animal companions food and where it comes from. And with each meal you make for your animal companion you are adding a very important ingredient, your love. 

                 
                                                                          Beautiful Black Cow

You will save thousands of dollars in vet bills because your animal companions will now be eating, fresh high quality foods full of life and vitality. They will be living a longer, happier and healthier life. After you see the difference in your own animal companion's health you will start to know when you see other animals whether they are eating commercial pet food or homemade meals. You can’t help but notice the difference.

You will be helping to move the world consciousness to honor and protect all species that share this planet with us.