Whether you Poodle is a picky eater or will eat anything,
if they aren't getting dog health food for their meals,
they could suffer from a range of side effects and
diseases. After the 2007 dog food recalls, many people are
much more wary about the actual ingredients that go in to
their dog food.
More companies look for ways to cut costs by sourcing
cheaper ingredients wherever possible. This isn't going to
always be the best thing for your dog though.
A couple of years ago there was a very widespread recall of
dog food after it was found that there was melamine (a type
of plastic) in some of the ingredients. After some work it
was found that imported cereal proteins (which have little
nutritional value in the first place) which was the
culprit. But really what this means is that it doesn't
matter what the standards are in the US based production if
the ingredients they are using are already tainted.
This may have been a couple of years ago but I would like
to know what has changed to prevent it happening again.
Considering there was melamine found in milk powder
produced under much stricter human food standards recently,
I don't have much confidence that it isn't going to happen
again. I certainly don't want to have my dog suffer because
of some mix up on a production line.
Apart from the accidental poisonings, what else really goes
into your dog food? A toxic preservative called ethoxyquin
is often added but won't appear on the ingredients list as
it's often added before the production process. Usually
this additive is found in fish meal, so if it's in your dog
food, I'd be thinking very seriously about changing foods.
Ethoxyquin has been linked to side effects from severe
allergic reactions and skin problems to cancer and liver
failure.
Often fish protein is promoted as being a healthy
ingredient for you dog, and it's true that there are other
vital nutrients in fish, but that doesn't outweigh having a
potential carcinogen in your dog food. There's other ways
to get those nutrients that are going to be a lot safer for
your dog.
And then there's the grain fillers that are often used to
bulk out dog food. These fillers, things like corn and rice
protein, have very little nutritional value for dogs. Most
of the time it's just a way to use leftover products from
human food and has little to do with nourishment for your
dog.
This should make you start thinking about what you're
really feeding your Poodle. Dog health food and especially
home made food is one of the easiest ways to make sure that
there is no harmful additives going into your dog's meal.
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