Khai opened this issue on Mar 17, 2007 · 55 posts
Tiari posted Fri, 23 March 2007 at 8:43 PM
There is huge debate on store bought food and people food for dogs and cats. And I can see a lot of misinformation. Feeding your pet either will not kill it..... it will just shorten its life unless you know what you are doing.
Just because a cat likes eating bread, doesn't mean its good for it. Like a human that craves chips and cheetos......... it has no nutritional value to the animal, and does DAMAGE. Cats do NOT require carbohydrates, they cause severe diabetes, kidney failure and death, heart failure from obesity and dental problems galore. Do you think tigers lions and panthers eat wonderbread or dinner rolls? Not likely. Cats are purely carnivours and require no vegetable matter, and as a matter of fact, it passes usually right through. Cat owners who are vegans and think their pet should be one too, are in for a lot of veterinary bills.
Dogs are omnivours, like us, however, food thats good for us is not nessesarily good for them. Dogs have specific dietary needs that are simply NOT met with human cooked meals. Also, the consistency of people food appropriate for dogs is not HARD enough to clean off tartar from their teeth. Like cats, they will most likely end up with dental disease of the type that can eventually kill them, or render them unable to eat.
There have been many in this whole issue (i am very upset, can you tell?) who tout that "if you love your pet, you should buy only this extra special all organic plucked ingredient from the hands of vestal virgins in the exhaulted paradice of Utopia dog food!". Are they for real?
My dog, my baby, Daisy, I am very careful what i feed her. I'm dirt poor, but i scrape and made sure she had one of the best rated and organic dog foods on the market..........
The food was Nutro Natural choice.......... its on the list. We had it, my dog has eaten it before the recall came out. So far she is doing fine......... but now every time i open the bag of dry and its time to feed her i nearly break down crying. I'm terrified to feed my own dog what I know is the best for her! I know its just the canned food....................... but is it? My cat was on nutro too......... the cans were gone it was time to get new food, I have no idea if he ate any that was tainted......... I know my dog has eaten tainted food!
I know this company did not do this on purpose, most likely it was tainted by an individual or group of individuals. Still...... I'm angry as hell.