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Is pet food poisoning our dogs?

Seeded on Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:21 AM EDT
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health, food, dogs, commercial, meat, raw, poisong
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Rebecca Hosking decided to turn detective when her collie fell ill. What the woman who led Britain's first campaign to ban plastic bags discovered will alarm every animal lover.

It was early spring this year and my other half, Tim, and I were down in one of the lower meadows on our Devon farm, coppicing willow while keeping half an eye on our ten-month-old border collie, Dave, as he indulged in his favourite pastime: moth hunting. Not that we knew it then, but that was the last time in months we would all be worry-free.

Half an hour later, as we sat down for tea back at the house, we heard a horrible thumping sound from outside.

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We are killing our animals, slowly and painfully...all for the convenience of buying quick bagged food that is proven to have little If any nutritional benefits. Often what little benefits might be in the product are negated by the negatives that are added during the "cooking" process. I lost my dog in the same manner as the writer in the article...actually, I had to put her down eventually because her seizures became so frequent that she needed 24/7 care.
She began to have seizures after I switched her to Iam's, supposedly a high quality top of the line dog food. It wasn't until the the tainted food episode (and found that what I was feeding her was in the group) and she developed kidney failure (but survived) that I began to research commercial pet food. It took some digging but I found a thorough government finding that went step by step through the assimilation and cooking process of commercial food. It was very dry academic reading but it made my blood run cold. I realized that she developed the seizures after she had been on that brand for about 2 months. I immediately switched to organic kibble with the addition of added people food...boiled chicken thighs, brown rice, sweet potatoes and green vegs. Within less than a week her coat was shiny again, her eyes clear, skin cleared up, energy level soared...the proof was all there in front of my eyes. Unfortunately the poisoned food had taken it's toll and the seizures continued to worsen.

I can get the organic kibble, that is regulated, does not use unknown waste products, is baked in a manner that allows the nutrients to remain intact...and it only costs a fraction higher than those commercial bags of poison. The supplemental food that I mix in takes me about one hour each month to cook up, bag into a week's portion and freeze.

Earlier this past year, due to an extended family situation, I found myself out of my dog's regular food. While waiting the 2-3 days for it to arrive I purchased a bag of supposedly high quality commercial food, carefully reading the labels of quite a few and settling on one that might cause the least damage. Thought it would be ok for a couple of days. The diarrhea and upset stomach that my dog suffered through proved again that those bags are poison...just empty calories of poison.

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