Sunday, January 9, 2011
Fit for a Dog: The Truth about Pet Foods
This is a new blog which devoted to my 26 plus years teaching veterinary students clinical nutrition. Since the ingredients in pet foods are primarily by-products of the agri-human food industry and the main manufacturers of most of the pet foods are fully integrated multinational companies, I feel it is appropriate to link this site to this blog.
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The “ALPHA” prey-model diet
ReplyDeleteHave you ever considered the feeding system and structure for canines in their natural habitat? Imagine this: A pack of canines in their natural habitat are in pursuit of their prey. They ultimately select the animal of their choice and collectively as a cohesive team, take it down with one quick flurry of activity. Dinner is served. The event that follows is not your typical eight-place setting around the freshly harvested feast, where each member of the pack is offered equal portions of the bounty. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. If dinner is not “shared equally”, what actually happens? Which animals within the pack are the first to eat? What portions of their prey do they instinctively consume first and why? If you guessed the biggest, the strongest and the healthiest...the ALPHA, you’re exactly right. In nearly every situation, the ALPHA instinctively seeks the vital organs...heart, liver, lungs, kidney and tripe, which are “chock full” of vital, essential nutrients. This comprehensive vital organ mix, along with accompanying meat and bone, provides the ALPHA with the premiere source of the richest nutrients it needs to thrive as the strongest and healthiest pack leader, to retain a strong immune system and to procreate strong, healthy offspring for the long-term survival of the pack. As dinner continues, the remaining members of the pack, in order of hierarchy, take their place at the harvest and consume the residual portions of prey. Their diet is not the same as the ALPHA. As a steward of your pet’s health and well-being, would you provide your pet the ALPHA diet, rich in vital, essential nutrients or an average diet, similar to one of the low ranking members of the pack? Nearly all caring pet owners want the best for the furry, four-legged family member, and choose the ALPHA diet. Vital Essentials is just that... the ALPHA diet: comprised of 45% whole vital organs... more than any other complete and balanced raw diet. It’s all there...fresh heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, tripe, meat and bone. Virtually identical to the diet of an ALPHA animal in its natural habitat, Vital Essentials provides pets the opportunity to lead long, vibrant, healthy lives, just as they deserve. LONG LIVE PETS!