Feeding Airedales for Health & Longevity
BELOW: FUN DOG, HAPPY & HEALTHY DOG, SHINY, ENERGETIC DOG!
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RAW VENISON, RAW EGG, VEGGIE BLEND, KEFIR OR YOGURT, SARDINES, CHICKEN
FRESH RAW GROUND TURKEY, CHICKEN LIVER, SARDINE, RAW EGG, ALFALFA PELLETS
TRIPE
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The Deception of Kibble manufacturers
(un-named) Brand name, 'high quality' expensive ($42. / 28 lbs.) Grain Free kibble used as an example:
Grain Free Chicken formula:
Crude Protein 24.0% min
Crude Fat 14.0% min
Crude Fiber 5.0% max
Moisture 10.0% max
so 24% Protein plus 14% Fat = 38%
"Max"? of 10% moisture. Kibble is DRY. This is a deceptive number. Misleading by saying "Maximum" of 10% moisture...
Let's say moisture is really 5% (which it is most likely less or the kibble would MOLD in the bag)
So 38% (Protein and fat) + 5% (moisture) = 43.%
'Fiber' is carbs so lets count it where it belongs:
100% kibble - 43% (protein/ fat / moisture) = 57% Carbohydrates.
If NEARLY 60% of your diet is Carbs do you think you will maintain a healthy weight?
But - What is the protein source? Chicken. Chicken is good!
Here is the label:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Lentils, Pea Flour, Chicken Fat (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Fish Meal, Flaxseed, Salmon Oil (Source Of DHA), Salt, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Dried Chicory Root, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Raspberries, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Animalis Fermentation Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid.
So the manufacturers make it look like "Chicken- the #1 ingredient" means 'chicken is the most plentiful protein source'. NOT TRUE.
Let's say Peas are 5.1% of the content of the kibble.
Lentils are 5% of the content of the kibble.
Pea Flour is 4.9% of the content of the kibble.
Chicken is 5.2% of the content of the kibble.
Do you see that starchy / carb ingredients make up most of the protein content of the kibble (15%) but they make it seem as though it is
chicken (only 5%) because chicken comes first on the label?
But WHAT about 'Chicken Meal'? Let's say Chicken Meal is 5.15% of the content of the kibble.
Well, chicken meal is technically ANY part of a chicken - - ground into a 'meal'. Beaks, Heads, Feet, FEATHERS. Lots of FEATHERS. It adds volume to the kibble so it 'feels like there is value' in the size of the bag. These things are not terribly digestible to anyone. Feathers are totally not digestible. NUMBER 2 ingredient of your dog's diet is not digestible??
Ingredient 1 is sub standard (probably should be in the garbage) 'chicken'.
Ingredient 2 'Chicken Meal' is basically inedible / undigestible. No dog would EAT feathers on purpose as a food source.
Ingredient 3, 4, 5, and 6. Carbs, carbs, carbs, and more carbs. Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Lentils, Pea Flour,
One more protein content as an afterthought: 'fish meal'. Fish is highly unregulated once inspected by the FDA.
If it is not FDA approved at the dock it is 'rejected' and therefore sold to the pet food industry. The fish is TREATED with chemicals to keep it from becoming rancid before it is shipped to where it's going... virtually ALL non approved Fish is treated because it goes bad very quickly.
THESE TREATMENTS do not have to be reported to anyone. They are not on the label of your dog food. 'FISH MEAL' is a dose of toxic chemicals and preservatives.
The fishing industry sell these FDA unapproved fish to the pet food industry CHEAP so the pet food company boosts the bottom line by using them as part of the total protein content. And fish is healthy right? So it looks good to consumers.
There is more, but that is probably enough to make you look at your kibble with a hairy eyeball for what it really is. - LORNA
Grain Free Chicken formula:
Crude Protein 24.0% min
Crude Fat 14.0% min
Crude Fiber 5.0% max
Moisture 10.0% max
so 24% Protein plus 14% Fat = 38%
"Max"? of 10% moisture. Kibble is DRY. This is a deceptive number. Misleading by saying "Maximum" of 10% moisture...
Let's say moisture is really 5% (which it is most likely less or the kibble would MOLD in the bag)
So 38% (Protein and fat) + 5% (moisture) = 43.%
'Fiber' is carbs so lets count it where it belongs:
100% kibble - 43% (protein/ fat / moisture) = 57% Carbohydrates.
If NEARLY 60% of your diet is Carbs do you think you will maintain a healthy weight?
But - What is the protein source? Chicken. Chicken is good!
Here is the label:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Lentils, Pea Flour, Chicken Fat (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Fish Meal, Flaxseed, Salmon Oil (Source Of DHA), Salt, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Dried Chicory Root, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Raspberries, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium Animalis Fermentation Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid.
- Chicken (is more expensive so they use little compared to vegetable protein sources)*
- Lentils = one fourth of the nutritional value of Lentils is Protein. Guess what 1/2 the nutritional value is? CARBS.
- Peas and
- Pea flour (both similar to lentils)
So the manufacturers make it look like "Chicken- the #1 ingredient" means 'chicken is the most plentiful protein source'. NOT TRUE.
Let's say Peas are 5.1% of the content of the kibble.
Lentils are 5% of the content of the kibble.
Pea Flour is 4.9% of the content of the kibble.
Chicken is 5.2% of the content of the kibble.
Do you see that starchy / carb ingredients make up most of the protein content of the kibble (15%) but they make it seem as though it is
chicken (only 5%) because chicken comes first on the label?
But WHAT about 'Chicken Meal'? Let's say Chicken Meal is 5.15% of the content of the kibble.
Well, chicken meal is technically ANY part of a chicken - - ground into a 'meal'. Beaks, Heads, Feet, FEATHERS. Lots of FEATHERS. It adds volume to the kibble so it 'feels like there is value' in the size of the bag. These things are not terribly digestible to anyone. Feathers are totally not digestible. NUMBER 2 ingredient of your dog's diet is not digestible??
Ingredient 1 is sub standard (probably should be in the garbage) 'chicken'.
Ingredient 2 'Chicken Meal' is basically inedible / undigestible. No dog would EAT feathers on purpose as a food source.
Ingredient 3, 4, 5, and 6. Carbs, carbs, carbs, and more carbs. Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Lentils, Pea Flour,
One more protein content as an afterthought: 'fish meal'. Fish is highly unregulated once inspected by the FDA.
If it is not FDA approved at the dock it is 'rejected' and therefore sold to the pet food industry. The fish is TREATED with chemicals to keep it from becoming rancid before it is shipped to where it's going... virtually ALL non approved Fish is treated because it goes bad very quickly.
THESE TREATMENTS do not have to be reported to anyone. They are not on the label of your dog food. 'FISH MEAL' is a dose of toxic chemicals and preservatives.
The fishing industry sell these FDA unapproved fish to the pet food industry CHEAP so the pet food company boosts the bottom line by using them as part of the total protein content. And fish is healthy right? So it looks good to consumers.
There is more, but that is probably enough to make you look at your kibble with a hairy eyeball for what it really is. - LORNA
I did not always feed raw... and I started slowly.... transitioning into the 'raw food' world. I did my research until I was satisfied that this was the best possible option. The results speak for themselves.
Preparing PUPPY FOOD
Shiny, Healthy Puppies |
PUPPIES MUNCHING ON CHICKEN
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The bone is essential. If you don't feed bones, you must supplement Calcium and other minerals. 'Just meat' is too high in phosphorus. In the wild, dogs eat small bones and gnaw the meat off of big bones.
READY TO MAKE THE SUPPER
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ALL THE DOGS LOVE THEIR CHICKEN LEGS! THIS IS HUNTER winter 2019
HAZEL, JEWEL, RUTH, ZUZU and MAX "ROMPING" !
This is JEWEL on "Puppy Pick-Up" Day... so 8 weeks after her whopping litter of ELEVEN Pups!
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… to be continued |
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