It’s important to understand how dog food is really made. Rendering components “make up 40 percent to 60 percent of most finished kibble formulas for cats and dogs,” according to the pet food industry. On labels, rendered pet food ingredients such as chicken meal or lamb meal are indicated as ‘meal’ animal protein ingredients. InContinue reading “What is Rendering? How Dog Food is Really Made!”
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The Scary Truth About Kibble
Note: this contains graphic information, and feel free to skip if you have a weak stomach or would rather not read the details. According to the Earth Island Journal, “The rendering plant floor is piled high with ’raw product’: thousands of dead dogs and cats; heads and hooves from cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses; wholeContinue reading “The Scary Truth About Kibble”
Why Grass-Fed Beef is Better
The nutrient levels of foods from enormous factory farming operations and pastured, grass-fed animals are vastly different. Let’s start with a few things to keep in mind when shopping for raw meat for your dog. Here’s everything you need to know about industrial farming to get started. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Beef is mostly producedContinue reading “Why Grass-Fed Beef is Better”
How Cell Suicide Affects Dog Cancer
How are cancer cells different from normal cells? That’s a simple, yet complicated, question to ask. One of the words you will hear pop up often though is apoptosis. If you’re learning about the science of cancer, you’ll learn that apoptosis plays a major role in all cancer types regardless of species. Apoptosis, commonly referredContinue reading “How Cell Suicide Affects Dog Cancer”
Understanding the Holistic Approach to Canine Cancer
When treating a dog with cancer, there are conventional, integrative, and holistic options. Conventional options often involve surgery, chemo, and/or radiation. Holistic options generally involve homeopathy, healing herbs and spices, and other natural remedies. Integrative medicine combines the two. If you have studied cancer, even slightly, you likely noticed the conventional options are highly emphasizedContinue reading “Understanding the Holistic Approach to Canine Cancer”