Each year, Americans spend $10 billion on pet food for their beloved companion animals, animals we treat like members of our families and whom we love as our closest friends. Yet 95 percent of the foods that we feed our beloved family companions are made up of materials that are unfit for human consumption and contain little nutritional value. The multi-billion dollar pet food industry is killing our pets. With millions of dollars to spend on promotion and hype, pet owners have become victims of their marketing ploys. The expression "It's a dog eat dog world" is an apt description of the pet food industry.

Commercial pet foods and some pet food ingredients have been implicated in a number of diseases in companion animals. Allergic skin disease, obesity, food intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic ear infections, cystitis (bladder inflammation), bladder and kidney stones, certain heart diseases, pancreatitis, feline hyperthyroidism, hip dysplasia, canine mammary cancer, bloat, and diabetes all have nutritional components — that is, nutritional factors are suspected or known to play a role in inducing or perpetuating these diseases. Thus, it is crucial that we, as caregivers, pay close attention to what we are feeding our animals and how they are reacting to the food.

THE DANGERS OF COMMERCIAL FOOD LINKS:

http://siriusdog.com/articles/dog-eat-dog-food.htm

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/may2003_report_pet_01.html

TOP DRY DOG FOODS FOR 2006 by the WDJ

Whole Dog Journal's list of quality dry dog foods. The WDJ is not affiliated with any dog food manufacturer, and they do reviews of foods based on quality ingredients. For important updates on health, foods and training please consider subscribing to the World Dog Food Journal at: http://www.whole-dog-journal.com

Artemis
1-800-282-5876
artemispetfood.com

Drs Foster & Smith
1-800-826-7206
drsfostersmith.com

Azmira
1-800-497-5665
azmira.com

Eagle Pack Holistic Selection
1-800-255-5959
eaglepack.com

Back to Basics
1-800-219-2558
beowulfs.com

Evolve
1-800-331-5144
evolvepet.com


Bench & Field
1-800-525-4802
benchandfield.com

Firstmate Dog Food
604-985-3032
firstmate.com


Blue Buffalo
1-800-919-2833
bluebuff.com

Flint River Ranch
909-682-5048
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Burns
877-983-9651
bpn4u.com
Foundations
866-864-6112
petcurean.com

Nature BrightLife
1-800-532-7261
bynaturepetfoods.com

Fromm Four Star Nutrition
1-800-325-6331
frommfamilyfoods.com


California Natural
1-800-532-7261
naturapetcom  

Go! Natural
1-866-864-6112
petcurean.com


Canidae
1-800-398-1600
canidae.com
Hund-N-Flocken
1-800-364-4863
solidgoldhealth.com

Canine Caviar
1-800-392-7897
caninecaviar.com
Innova
1-800-532-7261
naturapet.com

Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul
1-800-442-0402
chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com
Innova Evo
1-800-532-7261
naturapet.com

Cloud Star Kibble
1-800-361-9079
cloudstar.com
Karma Organic
1-800-532-7261
karmaorganic.com

Lick Your Chops
1-800-821-4640
artemispetfood.com

Pinnacle
1-800-255-4286
breeders-choice.com

Lifespan
1-800-877-petguard
petguard.com

Prairie
1-800-519-7387
naturesvariety.com

Limited Diets
1-800-592-6687
royalcanin.us

Premium Edge
1-800-977-8797
premiumedgepetfood.com


Merrick Pet Foods
1-800-664-7387
merrickpetcare.com

Prime Life
1-800-881-7703
ompetproducts.com


Millennia
1-800-364-4863
solidgoldhealth.com

Royal Canine Natural Balance
1-800-592-6687
royalcanin.us


Natural Balance Ultra Premium
1-800-829-4493
naturalbalanceinc.com

Timberwolf Organics
1-800-439-0049
timberwolforganics.com


Natural Choice Ultra
1-800-833-5330
nutroproducts.com

VeRUS
1-888-828-3787
veruspetfoods.com


Newman's Own Organics
1-800-865-2866
newmansownorganics.com

Wellness
1-800-225-0904
oldmotherhubbard.com


NutriSource
1-800-525-9155
nutrisourcedogfood.com

Wellness Simple Food Solutions
1-800-225-0904
oldmotherhubbard.com


Organix 
1-800-875-7518
castorpolluxpet.com

Wenawe
1-866-936-2393
wenawe.com


Performatrin Ultra
1-800-PET-VALU
performatrinultra.com

Wysong
1-800-748-0188
wysong.net

 

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