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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Just a reminder of what CRAP is in pet food
| I made this tonight because i find it atrocious that this sh-- is in most crappy commercial pet foods... I used a picture of the treats they like to feed sway at the vet in tustin, and she loves these things and begs for them every time we go in there!! no more tho, after finding out what ethoxyquin is http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3461507223_fc05a24a48_o.jpg |
| Josh California |
| Yuck, way scary, I have tried to either home cook, or buy high quality natural foods from a local specialty store. It's so hard to figure out what to feed them, and also make it convenient on us. I just tried a cool sample of a dehydrated raw food, from the honestkitchen.com, you just add some water and rehydrate it, and it can be mixed with a good quality kibble, or other raw foods or meats. I tried just the veggie one, aside from smelling like bunny food, tiggs seemed to like it. melissa and tiggs |
| melissa slc |
| For anyone who wants some really good healthy treats for their dogs, I urge them to get some Bronwyn's Biscuits. http://www.bronwynsbiscuits.com/ These are truly GREAT Biscuits and are made from only quality ingredents. My Maddie loves them. Elizabeth, the creator of these wonderful biscuits post on this fourm when she is not too busy baking biscuits. 10% of the sale price of these biscuits goes to the Meisha's Hope AIHA/IMHA Fund #338 at MAF. So you are getting a good healthy treat and helping in the fight against AIHA/IMHA at the same time!! |
| Joanne MN |
| The Honest Kitchen food is wonderful. Dehydrated raw... and safe for even our immune compromised babies. Made in a human foods plant and you can add your own protein or fruits and veggies up to 1:1 without upsetting the nutritional balance. It is expensive however. It was such a godsend when Cody was so ill. Their website is great too. Ethoxyquin is a nasty and tricky preservative (esp with fish). A known carcinogen, most holistic foods have removed it from their formulas. However, if the food (fish) comes to them having been preserved with ethoxyquin previously, they do not need to add it to the label. Worth calling the manufacturer to make sure that no where along the way is it used. |
| Betty Dallas |
| It's all about the almighty dollar. If you notice, too, the first ingredient in most of the pet food is corn or animal byproducts. Paul Newman Organics doesn't have any of that nasty stuff in it. I make the majority of Darcy's food, but have been adding in a little of the PN kibble just to give her some crunch. She loves the PN treats and the canned organic beef liver in gravy, but I don't give her too much of that and usually end up throwing some out because I don't want to let it sit in the fridge for more than two or three days. I also give her the ProTreat all natural freeze dried liver treats suggested by our vet. I get them at PetSmart and the big tub lasts a long time. When Darcy gets picky about her food, I crumble a couple of the liver treats in and she gobbles it up. |
| Karen NC |
| I've been slowly trying to switch over to a home cooked organic meal for my dogs. It's tough to do but worth the effort. All these preservatives and chemicals in foods today are repulsive. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. I guess for the time being the best coarse of action is to educate the public the best we can. Hopefully everyone will start to switch to foods that are more healthier for their pets. Johnny & Tessy |
| Johnny |
This thread was discussed between 21/04/2009 and 22/04/2009
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