Because of the recent problem with contaminated dog foods, many of our clients have asked us to recommend a safe, healthy food for their pets.
We don't recommend ANY of the dog foods you can buy in stores.
The commercial dog foods that are available in stores contain fillers, by-products and chemical preservatives. They need to be transported and stored over long periods of time. In some cases a shipment can spend months waiting in storage or on a truck before it ever gets to the store. And then it will spend even more time on the store shelves. So they all contain chemical preservatives.
Also, dog food companies use things like wheat and soy to increase the protein percentage that you read on the bag, but these fillers are not digestable. So you think you're getting a nourishing food because the bag indicates a high protein percentage, but they are not digestible proteins so it just becomes more for you to clean up in the yard.
And the "by-products" they are legally allowed to put in commercial dog food - "beef digest" (guts), "chicken by-products" (beaks, feet) -YECH!
That's why we do not recommend ANY of the dog foods you can buy in stores.
The only commercial dog food we recommend is Dr. Jane Bicks' "Life's Abundance" dog food, which is NOT available in stores. You can purchase it online at www.naturalfoodfordogs.com
They primary ingredient in this food is HUMAN-GRADE chicken meal. It also contains egg which is one of the most digestible forms of protein and is full of vitamins A, B, E, K, biotin and amino acids.
And it's got fish meal, which is high in Omega-3 fatty acids - great for your dog's skin and coat.
This is an all natural, organic food, rich in antioxidants from whole food sources such as carrots, spinach, celery, garlic, alfalfa leaf and apples.
It also contains brown rice - one of the most digestible carbohydrates, needed to give your dog energy.
Life's Abundance is the only food we know of that uses probiotics and beet pulp for a healthy digestive tract, with lactobacillus acidophilus to help maintain a balance of friendly bacteria in your dog's intestines.
Feedback from our clients who have switched to Life's Abundance is extremely positive. Dogs that are "finicky" eaters will devour it. One of our own dogs had problems with frequent loose stools, and this has completely cleared up since we switched her to this food.
This is a high quality food that gives you a lot of the benefits of feeding a raw diet, without the high costs and hassle of a raw diet.
A cool feature at their website is that you can compare the ingredients in this food to the ingredients in the food you are using now. Just go to www.naturalfoodfordogs.com.
