Other than the occasional hairball, (my cat and) I (are) am having no trouble with Friskies and 9 Lives canned cat food, and Chef's Blend dry cat food. I'm most thankful for that fact.
And the only table food my cat bugs me about is yogurt. For some reason, he likes yogurt...
Dot - Please send Janice my condolences. That's so sad. But you must know the damage had already been done before she called you. Besides, you gave her the best info you had available.
Anyone who knows you knows your heart and of course you feel bad. But please don't feel guilt. That's not yours.
dot, do you think there is any dog food that can be bought off the shelf until i can get something in the "natural" category i've been searching for on the internet ?
Dot, I'm going to echo bow, and say how sorry I am for your friend, but I'm hoping you know you sure didn't do anything wrong.
We've been using Natural Balance for a few years now, and I'm real happy with it. We have a 13 year old cat, and a 5 year old dog, and we haven't noticed any problems. The price is reasonable, and we get it at a pet store. They have organic formulas, and in some states you can get raw food, and for dogs they even have vegan food. There's a store locator on there website.
we are relying on the COMPANY that made the bad food to tell us which is bad.
Did you look at the link with Euthanized pets in commercial dog food? Or beaks and feathers as chicken parts - they have been killing our pets for years, this time an ingredient got them caught, IMO
Purina said none of theirs was bad now they are pulling some items.
Buy HUMAN grade dog or cat food
Check
Solid Gold
Canidae
For dogs you can take meat bonefree chicken or cooked hamberger the portion is 1/2
to 1/2 cooked rice (I use brown, vet uses white)
To 1/2 cooked vegetable (green beans, green peas, or carrots)
You can put in a little chopped fresh apple or a few blueberries (no apple seeds)
I made my own cat food for years. The cats were extremely healthy and disease free and lived to be 16 and 17 years old. The price was comparable to Science Diet and it took me about two hours once a month. I had to stop when the kids got older - because time became a bigger premium - but I just might start again.
If anyone wants that recipe (and the recipe for an amazing vitamin mix that is good for both dogs and cats) I'll be happy to post them.
There was a recipe for homemade dog food in a book by Dr. Pitcairn - it seemed to be reasonable.
I ask this because I did buy a bag of something they were promoting at PetSmart. I believe it was called "Blue" It only cost me a second mortgage, a loan from the bank...etc.. <_< kidding! But it was expensive. Nico is on Purina One with Yogurt now. The Yogurt is good for her, er........gassy problem. Yeah she lets em loose. Really lovely when my boss has clients in. Thank God literally my boss is a HUGE dog lover!
Petcurean www.petcurean.com human grade (they can not use anything that isn't okay for humans)
they are all in the Wellness pet mag you will have to double check as I have not investigated all of them
Nature's Variety
www.naturesvariety.com
Natural Life www.nlpp.com 1-800-367-2391 for a free sample (I do not think these are human grade but it is a premium food and is claiming to not be on the recall
Nature's Logic I do not see that this states human grade you will have to call, but it is not on any recall list and is a premium food
www.natureslogic.com
888-546-0636
Fromm is organic top of the line 100% Human Grade Ingredients
All Natural, Human Grade, Holistic Pet Foods. Dog Food, Cat Food ...Canidae all natural dog food, All natural grade A ingredients, holistic, hypoallergenic, human grade, maintenance formula dog foods, .
Our biscuits and treat line give you the perfect treat to reward your pet. Our biscuits are made with premium ingredients and our bagels are human-grade. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our biscuits and treats.
During this stressful time of expanding pet food and pet treat recalls. It is comforting to know Great Life Pet Products contain no wheat, no by-products, no fillers, no imported inexpensive ingredients. You and your pet can feel safe with the knowledge that Great Life Pet Products are nutritious, healthy and safe. All of our foods and treats are from the US and are manufactured in a USDA human grade certified facility.
dot, do you think there is any dog food that can be bought off the shelf until i can get something in the "natural" category i've been searching for on the internet ?
Excie,
Natural Balance is not made by Menu foods. It is a great quality food, and the first ingredients are the meat (whatever kind you buy--chicken, beef, fish, or venison, then broth, then the same meat's liver, and then meal of the meat. There is not any wheat or corn products in this food. My dogs LOVE both the wet and dry food. They crunch down the venison and brown rice dry food like they will never eat again.
just because I posted LINKS doesn't mean you have to get them off the net or something, most linksz have a store location finder thingy with your zip code
Rottie
That Blue looks like a great food, I don't see human grade, you can call the company. Sometimes they can be super foods and because of one small thing they cannot put human grade, and that company is not on the list
I think I will be buying a lot of chicken, burger, and rice this weekend.
We just dodged the bullet and I mean barely. I bought some Old Roy dog treats last weekend. We hadn't really used them - a couple, but not many and the dogs seem fine, but I won't give them any more.
It just turned out that we had some meat trimmings left over from some roast and we had been giving them that instead.
What I'm concerned about is figuring out how much to feed them. With the dry food we just left it out all day and they graze as they want. Any suggestions/help here?
Nicki is a husky and weighs about 65 lbs. Buster is a Beagle/Russell mix and probably ways about 30. How much and how often should I feed them? I don't think I can leave home cooked food out all day, it will get yucky. Not only that, but I'm guessing they will scarf it all down right away anyhow.
Glad you said that about the Purina and Pounce. I feed my kitty Eukanuba dry food and put a topping of Purina one dry on top, just for extra flavor, and pounce for treats.
Last week I noticed he wasn't eating hardly at all and didn't like his pounce treats. So I gave him strickly just the Eukanuba and stopped the Purina One. He's rebounded nicely and his appetite is back to normal.
Even though its dry food, I figured something had to be wrong with the purina and pounce. Normally he loves pounce, but was turning his nose up at it. Smart kitty.
I just got a shipment of Sojos today my vet carries it but with the pet food crisis they were out so I had to order it from them, they ship for free by the way
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Is there a practical way to make our own pet food?
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Left overs.
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Other than the occasional hairball, (my cat and) I (are) am having no trouble with Friskies and 9 Lives canned cat food, and Chef's Blend dry cat food. I'm most thankful for that fact.
And the only table food my cat bugs me about is yogurt. For some reason, he likes yogurt...
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Dot - Please send Janice my condolences. That's so sad. But you must know the damage had already been done before she called you. Besides, you gave her the best info you had available.
Anyone who knows you knows your heart and of course you feel bad. But please don't feel guilt. That's not yours.
I feel terrible for Janice.
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dot, do you think there is any dog food that can be bought off the shelf until i can get something in the "natural" category i've been searching for on the internet ?
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Dot, I'm going to echo bow, and say how sorry I am for your friend, but I'm hoping you know you sure didn't do anything wrong.
We've been using Natural Balance for a few years now, and I'm real happy with it. We have a 13 year old cat, and a 5 year old dog, and we haven't noticed any problems. The price is reasonable, and we get it at a pet store. They have organic formulas, and in some states you can get raw food, and for dogs they even have vegan food. There's a store locator on there website.
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/
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The original recalls concerned wet foods,
so you're safer with dry foods than wet foods.
The ingredient that seems to be on the news, that was affected,
was "wheat gluten."
So, find a package of dry food, and read the ingredients.
No wheat gluten, no tainted ingredients.
Please note that this is free advice, not guaranteed in any way,
and I'm no expert.
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we are relying on the COMPANY that made the bad food to tell us which is bad.
Did you look at the link with Euthanized pets in commercial dog food? Or beaks and feathers as chicken parts - they have been killing our pets for years, this time an ingredient got them caught, IMO
Purina said none of theirs was bad now they are pulling some items.
Buy HUMAN grade dog or cat food
Check
Solid Gold
Canidae
For dogs you can take meat bonefree chicken or cooked hamberger the portion is 1/2
to 1/2 cooked rice (I use brown, vet uses white)
To 1/2 cooked vegetable (green beans, green peas, or carrots)
You can put in a little chopped fresh apple or a few blueberries (no apple seeds)
No onions no garlic no chocolate no grapes
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http://animalwellnessmagazine.com/m/m82/feature1.htm
http://animalwellnessmagazine.com/m/m86/feature1.htm
cat:
http://www.ehow.com/how_12698_make-homemade-cat.html
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I made my own cat food for years. The cats were extremely healthy and disease free and lived to be 16 and 17 years old. The price was comparable to Science Diet and it took me about two hours once a month. I had to stop when the kids got older - because time became a bigger premium - but I just might start again.
If anyone wants that recipe (and the recipe for an amazing vitamin mix that is good for both dogs and cats) I'll be happy to post them.
There was a recipe for homemade dog food in a book by Dr. Pitcairn - it seemed to be reasonable.
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What exactly does "human grade" dog food MEAN????
I ask this because I did buy a bag of something they were promoting at PetSmart. I believe it was called "Blue" It only cost me a second mortgage, a loan from the bank...etc.. <_< kidding! But it was expensive. Nico is on Purina One with Yogurt now. The Yogurt is good for her, er........gassy problem. Yeah she lets em loose. Really lovely when my boss has clients in. Thank God literally my boss is a HUGE dog lover!
But really, what does "Human Grade" mean exactly?
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dooj,
I would be interested in the cat food recipe
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I am a fan of Dr. Pitcarin! I bet it is a great recipe
Rottie
It will say on the bag human grade or you can call the company
Hold on I have a few wellness mags with human grade food
In other words no beaks, feathers, feet, diseased meats or the eating of EUTHANIZED (gross) pets!
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Here are some quality human grade things
Petcurean www.petcurean.com human grade (they can not use anything that isn't okay for humans)
they are all in the Wellness pet mag you will have to double check as I have not investigated all of them
Nature's Variety
www.naturesvariety.com
Natural Life www.nlpp.com 1-800-367-2391 for a free sample (I do not think these are human grade but it is a premium food and is claiming to not be on the recall
Nature's Logic I do not see that this states human grade you will have to call, but it is not on any recall list and is a premium food
www.natureslogic.com
888-546-0636
Fromm is organic top of the line 100% Human Grade Ingredients
http://www.frommfamily.com/
I got samples and the dogs LOVE this
All Natural, Human Grade, Holistic Pet Foods. Dog Food, Cat Food ...Canidae all natural dog food, All natural grade A ingredients, holistic, hypoallergenic, human grade, maintenance formula dog foods, .
http://www.canidae.com/dogs/all_life_stages/dry.html
Solid Gold Premium dog chow and cat food
http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/
Our biscuits and treat line give you the perfect treat to reward your pet. Our biscuits are made with premium ingredients and our bagels are human-grade. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our biscuits and treats.
Snack 21 Salmon treats
http://www.snack21treats.com/
Evangers has human grade/ dog and cat
http://www.evangersdogfood.com/dog/
countrypet.com
1800-454-7387
Dog and cat
A lot of groomers, speciality pet stores and Whole foods stores, Heaslth food stores have these, also Paul Newman Organics
human grade
http://www.greatlife4pets.com/
www.greatlife4pets.com
1-805-529-3647
During this stressful time of expanding pet food and pet treat recalls. It is comforting to know Great Life Pet Products contain no wheat, no by-products, no fillers, no imported inexpensive ingredients. You and your pet can feel safe with the knowledge that Great Life Pet Products are nutritious, healthy and safe. All of our foods and treats are from the US and are manufactured in a USDA human grade certified facility.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/contact/brands.html
You can go to wholefoods they are everywhere
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Excie,
Natural Balance is not made by Menu foods. It is a great quality food, and the first ingredients are the meat (whatever kind you buy--chicken, beef, fish, or venison, then broth, then the same meat's liver, and then meal of the meat. There is not any wheat or corn products in this food. My dogs LOVE both the wet and dry food. They crunch down the venison and brown rice dry food like they will never eat again.
You can buy Natural Balance at Petco or Pet Smart. Here's a link to their website: http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/
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Ex go to Whole foods or a healthfood store
The recall list grows
The dates get longer and cover more time
Brands like Purina who had nothing recalled now do
They said that snacks were not affected now they are--
Better to be safe by avoiding all of it IMO until the dust settles'
See if your store sells Newman's organics They are safe and some reg. grocery stores have it
Meantime, buy hamberger mix in some green beans and cooked rice --
I think Petco or Petsart has Solid Gold now in some states
Notta mentioned this one:
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/products/catfood.html
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just because I posted LINKS doesn't mean you have to get them off the net or something, most linksz have a store location finder thingy with your zip code
Rottie
That Blue looks like a great food, I don't see human grade, you can call the company. Sometimes they can be super foods and because of one small thing they cannot put human grade, and that company is not on the list
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I think I will be buying a lot of chicken, burger, and rice this weekend.
We just dodged the bullet and I mean barely. I bought some Old Roy dog treats last weekend. We hadn't really used them - a couple, but not many and the dogs seem fine, but I won't give them any more.
It just turned out that we had some meat trimmings left over from some roast and we had been giving them that instead.
What I'm concerned about is figuring out how much to feed them. With the dry food we just left it out all day and they graze as they want. Any suggestions/help here?
Nicki is a husky and weighs about 65 lbs. Buster is a Beagle/Russell mix and probably ways about 30. How much and how often should I feed them? I don't think I can leave home cooked food out all day, it will get yucky. Not only that, but I'm guessing they will scarf it all down right away anyhow.
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thanks dottie and vegan and notta
i got the natural balance food today
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dot, i'm so sorry about janice's cat ! ohmygosh i can't believe it
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Recipe for Homemade dog food:
Homemade dog food
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Glad you said that about the Purina and Pounce. I feed my kitty Eukanuba dry food and put a topping of Purina one dry on top, just for extra flavor, and pounce for treats.
Last week I noticed he wasn't eating hardly at all and didn't like his pounce treats. So I gave him strickly just the Eukanuba and stopped the Purina One. He's rebounded nicely and his appetite is back to normal.
Even though its dry food, I figured something had to be wrong with the purina and pounce. Normally he loves pounce, but was turning his nose up at it. Smart kitty.
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excathedra
yeah that's what i'm worried about.... food that was supposed to be fine ain't so fine anymore. how can you trust them ?
does anyone know real statistics of deaths and what areas of the country ?
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I just got a shipment of Sojos today my vet carries it but with the pet food crisis they were out so I had to order it from them, they ship for free by the way
Sojos
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i just know my dogs are gonna' be eating better than we do. well i guess we'll just all eat together damn it
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