The Quality of Pet Food Ingredients (Part 1 of 2)

[butterflydog3]

Most of the foods you picked up my dogs have eaten :) but are you considering freeze dried raw to be the same as dehydrated? also I agree USA but I also feed food made in Canada. I'd say half the foods at my local high end pet store is made in Canada but I always considered that to be okay. Anyways glad this vid exists I totally agree, my dog was so sick until I got her on a grain free diet! Also have you heard of ziwi peak? It's like another type of pet food completely! My dogs go crazy for it!

[cooooooool1357986420]

i have just been disgusted, i have just watched a few videos of what is in many pet foods and have been close to vomiting, one of the videos that explain this in detail is this

Pet Food Horror - What's in the food? It's Soylent Green for Pets - Ingredients are dead pets

and its very gross but true when you do the reasearch, lost of what makes your dog and cat food is other dead animals including CATS AND DOGS wich have been put down or abandoned. that is a very disgusting FACT, WAKE PEOPLE UP

[IcePonyGoddess]

Hello Dr. Becker...what are your thoughts on Sojos?

[marshaisme]

I understand that you don't like dry food as much as raw and canned because of the fact that there is very little water. Canned food is too expensive to feed a large dog like my Golden Retriever. I but premium dry food. Buying premium canned food would cost twice as much. She would need 2 cans a day. I pour water over my dog's dry food. That takes care of the lack of water that comes with dry food. Or is putting water on dry food a problem in some way? Is it a bad thing to do?

[ChineesQT]

@marshaisme in my experience, it's not a bad thing to do but it's definitely not the same as can food. And the reason being is by how it's been cooked. Another thing to consider is if you do poor water into the dry food, make sure you are using a ceramic bowl or a stainless steel bowl. Plastic bowls tend to have pores in them and bacterias can get caught in it and cause problems. But of course make sure you wash the bowls after feeding every time. Hoped that helped

[liarsclub75]

Any dog food sold at the supermarket is bound to be loaded with corn, fat, and fillers. Better food may cost more, but in the long run your pet will be healthier. Raw is best, but if that is not possible, always check the ingredients on the bag or can of food you plan to buy.

[lukemanx14]

raw food is the best way to go my little jack russell had bad itchy skin it was red she was pulling her fure out all the vet did was give her shots more poison in her body and omega 3 oil to put in her food still nothing did not work i put her on all natural meats chicken beef pork all with the bones also friuts and vege and 5 weeks laters allergies all gone eyes much brighter crystyl clear much better stools no stinky breath i would never go back to comercial dog food its all poison

[falcolf]

I think 'Made in your country' is a better phrase than 'Made in USA' because local is always better, no matter where you live and no matter what animal you are feeding, including yourself. Buying from your own country supports local industry and the food is fresher which is ultimately better for your pet (and for you too!)

[SealABag]

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[jahill99]

Hello!

I am having a very hard time finding a well balanced food for my 4 & a half year old Golden Retriever puppy. Right now we have her on Taste Of The Wild dry only because it was simply the easiest for us at the time.. It seems to be giving her loose stool. I heard a raw diet isn't good for puppies.. Any advice out there?

[ChineesQT]

@jahill99 I'm not sure if you have already solved the problem or figured out what to do, but it sometimes help if you add canned pumpkin (no added sweetener in there of course) to help with diarrhea. Taste of the Wild also has a puppy formula now.

[anuparockz]

Hi! Have you ever tried intellectus 424 diet (do a google search)? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my sister lost a ton of weight with it.

[WiggleButtsIF]

Beniful is NEVER good for ANY dog!

[gisselle353]

is beniful good for a poodle?

[piepeace]

@gisselle353 Definetly not. What size is the poodle I can recomend something.

[mobymagg]

Thank you Dr. Becker! You are helping many innocent pets get their owner's educated.Good work! And keep it coming, too. Thanks!

[RedDogRae]

Phenomenal!!

[tbayguy]

Oh I meant to reply to CalgaryBoys not catloversonly

[scetestuser5]

Only thing I didn't like about the video, she stated that when looking for canned food options you are going to find "water sufficient for processing" on the label, when in actuality there are many brands that do not add extra water to their mixes and therefor have more substance to their foods.

[CalgaryBoys]

I love this - finally someone (with impeccable credentials) willing to speak in everyday terms about which pet foods to look at and those to run away from. Of course since I reside in Canada it might have been nice to have been mentioned as a possible source for some of these products as well BUT hey, that's my problem.

Thanks Dr. Becker

[catloversonly]

@CalgaryBoys That last dry food she's looking at appears to be Orijen, a Canadian manufacturer of high quality dry pet food.

[lcoffey4]

@catloversonly You are right. It's Orijen's 6 Fresh Fish blend. A very good food (and very popular in my pet boutique). My dogs also give it two paws up!

[CalgaryBoys]

@catloversonly

My bad! Thanks so much for mentioning that - was an obvious oversight on my part. I will get right on trying to find some of that for our dog :)

[tbayguy]

@catloversonly Plus Acana which was behind her next to the Orijen is also Canadian. I will always buy top quality Canadian dog food over American because our standards are higher and the quality is higher as well. I mean, look what happened to Iamms a few years ago when PG bought it and lied to the consumers.  They have since bought a Washington State based high quality dog food company Natura which makes Evo, Innova, California Natural and a few others which might mean they will wreck them