Do you know whats in your pets food? Over the past week, many dogs and cats have become ill and some have died of kidney failure. So what can be the issue? Its the food! How ironic; caring pet owners buy the best foods for their loving animals and it turns out its actually killing them!
The foods that have been infected with the contamination is Menu Foods Inc. Over 90 brands of cat and dog foods have been removed from the shelves and most of the brands are expensive. Such brands include, Iams, Great Choice, Ol' Roy, and Paws.
Company officials have yet to figure out what caused the contamination which has been linked to pet deaths all over the country.
Symptoms of kidney failure are loss of appetite, sluggishness, severe vomiting, fever, and yellow whites of the eyes, gums and belly.
Luckily for my dog Macy(picture), we give her the cheap Dog Chow so thankfully she is healthy. But other dogs and cats aren't so lucky. Numerous healthy, nutritionist, well feed pets are being killed by their foods, and the murderers are the Menu Foods Inc. brands. What is the world coming to when a person can't have a pet without fearing the food the animal eats is contaminated with an unknown substance?
So what's actually in your pets food? Everyone sees the advertisements on the television, with the promise that the product is nutritionist and healthy but is it? In canned food or kibbles you may end up feeding your pet chicken heads, road kills, spoiled or moldy grains, cancerous material cut from slaughterhouse animals, tissue high in hormone or pesticide residues, and even shredded Styrofoam packaging, metal ID tags and minced flea collars.
Dr. Kollath, of the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, headed a study done on animals. When young animals were fed cooked and processed foods they initially appeared to be healthy. However, as the animals reached adulthood, they began to age more quickly than normal and also developed chronic degenerative disease symptoms. A control group of animals raised on raw foods aged less quickly and were free of degenerative disease.
I always hear owners of dogs say not to give their dog table scraps, but its a lot better than the dog food. Steak, chicken, and pork is more nutritious than animals hit by cars laying on the side of the road. Don't you think?
The foods that have been infected with the contamination is Menu Foods Inc. Over 90 brands of cat and dog foods have been removed from the shelves and most of the brands are expensive. Such brands include, Iams, Great Choice, Ol' Roy, and Paws.
Company officials have yet to figure out what caused the contamination which has been linked to pet deaths all over the country.
Symptoms of kidney failure are loss of appetite, sluggishness, severe vomiting, fever, and yellow whites of the eyes, gums and belly.
Luckily for my dog Macy(picture), we give her the cheap Dog Chow so thankfully she is healthy. But other dogs and cats aren't so lucky. Numerous healthy, nutritionist, well feed pets are being killed by their foods, and the murderers are the Menu Foods Inc. brands. What is the world coming to when a person can't have a pet without fearing the food the animal eats is contaminated with an unknown substance?
So what's actually in your pets food? Everyone sees the advertisements on the television, with the promise that the product is nutritionist and healthy but is it? In canned food or kibbles you may end up feeding your pet chicken heads, road kills, spoiled or moldy grains, cancerous material cut from slaughterhouse animals, tissue high in hormone or pesticide residues, and even shredded Styrofoam packaging, metal ID tags and minced flea collars.
Dr. Kollath, of the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, headed a study done on animals. When young animals were fed cooked and processed foods they initially appeared to be healthy. However, as the animals reached adulthood, they began to age more quickly than normal and also developed chronic degenerative disease symptoms. A control group of animals raised on raw foods aged less quickly and were free of degenerative disease.
I always hear owners of dogs say not to give their dog table scraps, but its a lot better than the dog food. Steak, chicken, and pork is more nutritious than animals hit by cars laying on the side of the road. Don't you think?
2 comments:
I feel so bad for the people whose pets died...that is so sad(i saw in the paper there was rat poison in the food). I agree with you about feeding your dog from the table, At least then you know exactly what you are giving you're pet. good blog and cute dog!
I thought my dog's food, "California Natural," was safe, but when I looked up the brand name, I learned that the company manufactures its product in a Menu Foods plant in South Dakota!!!!!
The contaminated food supposedly originated from a Menu Foods plant in Canada, but I would think that the company probably uses a lot of the same ingredients for pet food in all its factories. Although the CEO of Natura Products (which sells California Natural) claims the company's pet food is safe, I am no longer so sure.
I do know for certain that my dog's food does not contain the wheat gluten additive, which scientists believe is the source of contamination, but I wonder if other harmful chemicals or toxic ingredients are mixed in with the other food items.
What really angers me is how the pet food companies responded to the crisis. Supposedly, according to PETA, Menu Food and Iams knew of the contamination several weeks before they notified the public.
Furthermore, rather than testing the food in a lab for contamination, Iams fed the contaminated food to healthy lab animals who then became sick and died. Such callous disregard for the suffering of animals sickens me. Of course, I'm a hypocrite because I eat meat, but nevertheless, Iams could have tested their food in the lab not on dogs and cats.
I'm beginning to wonder if my dog's severe flatulence is related to an unknown toxin originating from Menu Foods' South Dakota plant. Maybe it's time to switch brands.
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