Dog Food Education Center
Homemade Doggy Dinners is passionate about dogs and their
health. We have complied information here to help educate and
spread the word about the benefits of homemade dog food.
“In general, the more real food your dogs and cats eat,
the healthier they will be.”
-Dr. Marty Goldstein, D.V.M.
The Nature of Animal Healing
“In the wild, dogs survived on whole foods. They consumed them fresh from the source and benefited from the full range of nutrients available in them. These foods were not altered by refining or processing and did not contain chemicals or additives, as many commercially processed dog foods do today. Built around whole foods, a sensibly formulated home-prepared diet can provide the highest quality nutrition for your dog.”
-David Bastin, Jennifer Ashton & Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M.
Better Food for Dogs
The Truth about most Commercial/Processed Dog Food
What we eat directly affects how we feel, look, and our overall health.
Imagine if you were to eat nothing but processed junk food that contains harmful preservatives and chemicals every day for every meal!
Do you think you would be living and thriving healthfully?
No!
The sad thing is…
This is true for most dogs. If your dog eats nothing but processed dog food, you could be slowly poisoning them with every meal and therefore, shortening their lifespan by as much as one-half.
What are you Really Feeding Your Dog?
Here is a direct quote, from the Animal Protection Institute's report on, What’s Really in Pet Food.
“When cattle, swine, chickens, lambs, or other animals are slaughtered, lean muscle tissue is trimmed away from the carcass for human consumption…However, about 50% of every animal does not get used in human foods. Whatever remains of the carcass heads, feet, bones, blood, intestines, lungs, spleens…unborn babies, and other parts not generally consumed by humans, is used in pet food…These “other parts” are known as “by-products”. By-products are used in feed for poultry and livestock as well as in pet food.”
Here is a quote from -Dr. Henry Pasternak D.V.M. C.V.A.
“One of the dirty little secrets kept by the pet food industry is that some by-products also contain substances such as abscesses and cancerous material. In my opinion, feeding slaughterhouse wastes to animals increases their chances of getting cancer and other degenerative diseases.”
Healing Pets with Nature’s Miracle Cures, page 11.
Can we Trust the Large Companies?
Here is a quote from a great article in Bark Magazine’s June 2007 Issue.
“The pet food market is controlled by huge multinational conglomerates, and five companies dominate:
Nestle (Purina, Alpo, Friskies, Mighty Dog)
Del Monte (Gravy Train, Nature’s Recipe, Milk Bone)
MasterFoods (Mars’ Royal Canin, Pedigree, Sensible Choice)
Procter & Gamble (Iams, Eukanuba)
Colgate-Palmolive (Hill’s Science Diet, Natures Best)”
Trust the Hand That Feeds You, by Claudia Kawczynska, Bark Magazine, June 2007
Large companies are selling a blend of dangerous preservatives and chemicals to feed to your dogs. As a result, many dogs are suffering painful illnesses and dying much younger than they should.
This does not have to happen.
“Along with a healthy diet of real food, exercise and affection, dogs
have the potential to live to be 27 years old.”
By Brace JJ
Theories of Aging, Veterinary Clinic North American Small Animal Practices II: 811,814
Large companies try to trick consumers, using bogus advertising, into trusting the ingredients in their food.
“Meat Meal” doesn’t sound so bad, but what they don’t tell you is...
“Euthanized cats and dogs often end up in rendering vats along with other questionable material to make meat meal, and bone meal.”
-Ann Martin
Food Pets Die For, page 57.
Meat meal “can be from road kill to zoo animals or diseased materials from
slaughterhouses. Anything is fair game”
Interview with Anne Martin, Bark Magazine, June 2007 Issue, page 82.
One of the many Dangerous Consequences with this is…
The chemical Sodium Pentobarbital, is used to euthanize animals. This chemical can survive the cooking process, and therefore can end up in your dogs’ food. This means that you may be unknowingly slowly euthanizing your loved pet every time you give them a meal.
How Does Sodium Pentobarbital Get into Dog Food?
In a report, by the Food & Drug Administration/Center for Veterinary Medicine on February 28th, 2002.
The Risk from Pentobarbital in Dog Food.
Our questions gets a very scary answer...
“…Pentobarbital is routinely used to euthanize animals, the most likely way it could get into dog food would be in rendered animal products. Rendered products come from a process that converts animal tissues to feed ingredients. Pentobarbital seems to be able to survive the rendering process. If animals are euthanized with pentobarbital and subsequently rendered, pentobarbital could be present in the rendered feed ingredients.”
Can you rely on Most Veterinarian’s Education in Nutrition?
In an Interview from Bark Magazine’s, June 2007 issue.
Leading Gastroenterologist & Teacher, Dr. Donald Strombeck, D.V.M. identifies why Veterinarian education is influenced by the pet food companies. Strombeck is from the University of California Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Davis.
“The (dog food) industry learned to advertise and describe their products as being the ‘best’, at least according to them. But they have tried to control the education of veterinarians on pet nutrition,…One of the dogmas they have promoted, and that veterinarians have bought into, is that you should only feed commercial pet food…So, if you go to most veterinarians that is what they are going to tell you…Most of the money available for research on small-animal nutrition comes from the (dog food) industry as well. It is a conflict of interest.”
Here is a Quote from the Book, Better Foods for Dogs page 22, about co-writer, Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M. and his real life experience as a Veterinarian.
“…when he graduated from veterinary school, Grant had very limited knowledge of dogs’ nutritional needs. The subject had not been taught in depth, and the commercial pet food manufacturers were the main source of information for veterinarians. It wasn’t until he attended a course on complimentary medicine, which featured nutrition as a major component that he began to see the possibility of feeding dogs something other than commercial dog food.”
“Pet nutrition is an elective class, taught by pet food company reps; these companies donate food to students for use with their own dogs’.
-Andrew Lewis
Dog Food Secrets
Here is a Real Case Study by Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M. Showing some of the miracles of Homemade Dog Food.
“Sonny, An 8 year old male Chow Chow, had a devastating immune-system disease called Pemphigus folliaceous, which causes severe skin lesions on the face and paws, the main treatment for the disease is a long-term course of corticosteroid Prednisone, Sonny developed severe side effects from the drug, including liver & joint damage. As a result, Dr. Grant felt compelled to end Sonny’s dependence on prednisone and the other medications he was receiving. Dr. Grant consulted with a holistic veterinarian, who recommended a natural home-prepared diet and herbal supplements. The results were amazing! Within weeks of beginning his new diet, Sonny had fewer skin lesions, and his coat became fuller and shinier, His quality of life improved dramatically: he was more alert, wanted to go on walks again and was more energetic throughout the day.”
-Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M.
Better Food for Dogs, page 22.
You are no longer in the dark when it comes to your dogs nutritional needs.
Now you understand and are more aware that homemade dog food is what your dog needs to live a long, happy, thriving life.
So what can you do right now to help feed your dog healthier?
Order our Homemade Doggy Dinners and try it with your dog.
We have many case studies of our own on our testimonials page about the benefits our clients have seen when switching their dogs over to Homemade Doggy Dinners.
100% Real Food
No Preservatives,
Artificial Ingredients
or Fillers.
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Everyone should be eating this good! Our food is made fresh by people who truly love
dogs. All our food is fed and tested by our own dogs so you can be assured your dog will always get the best,
safest food possible.
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Here is one of our frequently asked questions regarding our Homemade Doggy Dinners.
Q. How do I switch my dog over to Doggy Dinners?
A. When switching to Homemade Doggy Dinners, we suggest you slowly introduce Doggy Dinners into your dogs’ current food, over 7-8 days. Most dogs have sensitive stomachs and must adjust to a change in his/her diet.
In the book Better Food for Dogs, about switching your dog to 100% real food. David Bastin, Jennifer Ashton and Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M. state…
“Since most dogs, especially those feed kibble exclusively, have not been exposed to many foods, their digestive systems need time to adjust to new diets…with the switch from kibble to a home-prepared diet, there is a dramatic change the texture and digestibility of the food. The gut takes a few days to adapt to these changes, and your dog may have a temporary bout of diarrhea. To ensure a smooth transition to a home-prepared diet, introduce new food over a 8 day period.”
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These ingredients may be toxic to dogs:
Chocolate
Grapes & Raisins
Tomato & Tomato Foliage
Garlic (in High Quantities)
Garlic Powder
Onions
Macadamia Nuts
Avocados
Good books about Healthier Dog Food:
The Nature of Animal Healing, by Dr. Marty Goldstein, D.V.M.
Food Pets Die For, by Ann Martin
Home-Prepared Dog & Cate Diets: The Healthful Alternative, by Dr. Donald Strombeck, D.V.M.
Dog Food Secrets, by Andrew Lewis
Better Food for Dogs, by David Bastin, Jennifer Ashton, Dr. Grant Nixon, D.V.M.
Bark Magazine
For more Articles & Links about Dog Food Education and Healthy Dog Food click here.
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