Is Commercial Dog Food Unsafe

An ever-growing segment of dog health experts and veterinarians are in agreement that commercial dog food represents a health hazard to your pet.The commercial dog foods in question are reported to be severely lacking in nutrients essential to your dogs health and grossly contaminated. Says author Ann N. Martin, "Most commercial pet foods are garbage". Others agree. Author Alfred Plechner says that the nutritional deficiencies of commercial dog food will inevitably lead to disease.If using commercial food is dangerous to your dog, then what is the safe alternative? Is the solution to spend more money?I can crunch numbers with the best, but how do you put a dollar value on your pet? Not easy, is it? But consider the potential cost in vet bills to treat your sick pet. The physical suffering of your animal has no monetary value. Most people would do anything to spare their dog such a fate. How about your own emotional trauma if your pet fell sick and you knew that you hadn't done all that you could to avoid such a tragedy?If you think that the danger facing your dog is nonexistent then I sincerely wish you the best of luck. If, however, you are aware of recent events as reported in the media regarding pet food poisoning and contamination, then you must know that the threat is real and not imaginary.I offer you these suggestions to start protecting the health of your dog.If commercial food is the only source of food for your pet, then you must diversify his diet. There are many free resources online that offer easy to prepare recipes that are nutritious and far superior to commercial grade food.

It is important that you learn to read the labels on commercial dog food. Start now and educate yourself on your dog's nutritional needs. If you are starting to become concerned, that's good.If you feel that you need to learn more there is a ton of information available that can inform you of the nutritional needs of your dog. Should you trust dog food manufacturers to instruct you? When the dog food package says that their food is "100% nutritionally complete and balanced", you can believe it, right? Not according to Debra Lynn Dadd, author of "Home Safe Home". Says Debra Dadd: "...these tests ignore important nutritional issues and give...consumers a false sense of knowledge and security".If you want to know the nutritional needs of your dog, then be prepared to do a little digging. How much digging are we talking about here? Maybe the same amount of time invested as you probably put in researching a high school report. We're not researching rocket science.What will be your reward for an hour or two worth of work?By changing your dogs diet from commercial food, there exists the potential for a life span increase of up to 134%, a potential savings on veterinarian bills of up to $10,000 and a healthy, happy dog at your side.

By bizcrafter