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heartcream -> RE: The horror of pet food (2/25/2008 12:30:14 AM)
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Since I do not own a cat, I can not speak on that topic, but since I care about what I feed my dog, I will throw in my 2 Canadian Beaver-faced nickels.
When buying dog food look for the word "Byproducts", if you see that --run, do not buy. It means they can put whatever the heck is laying around in it. Mostly all pet food contains it, including Science Diet. I would also avoid too much chicken it is not so great on their digestion, makes the poop runny. I would avoid potatoes as well, not good for the joints.
My girl dog eats some dry food with all sorts of amazing stuff in it, the brand is "Solid Gold, Hund n Flocken" I think it is out of Germany. I also cook for her. Stewed Beef, Rib-Eye, Ground Beef, Lamb, even Tuna sometimes and Eggs too. Brown rice is a staple and so is ground flax which I grind in the coffee mill. Ground flax is great for humans too when eaten on a regular basis, like a couple spoons on your food (it tastes good--nutty) it works as an anti-inflammatory. Sweet potatoes are good, some veg if you want, but not tomatoes or onions for dogs.
I learned this from a woman who wrote a huge Almanac on Herbs and the wonderful things they do. She is in Queensland, Australia, (shite, I cant remember her name, Isabel something.) She said that Nettle tea may be substituted for water for dogs. I tried it with my dog and I found it went funky too fast so I put some into her food to moisten up the texture and I noticed her fur got shinier. She said breeders used it for their show dogs for the way it made the hair shine. It is said, too, that Nettle is the Mother of all Herbs. If all the herbs were destroyed (please no!) that Nettle would be the first to come back and the rest would follow. I started drinking it too. I Googled it and found all it's amazing properties but I forget now. I like to drink it in the summer, (I have been too lazy to make it recently) it is so hydrating. I noticed my hair texture improved as well.
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