Educate Yourself!

Processed food EVERYDAY?? Feeding your pet strictly processed, preserved pet food day in and day out contributes to many serious and irritating health problems! Pets did not always have many health problems, In fact, they thrived on real food. In December 1995, the British Journal of Small Animal Practice published a paper stating that processed pet food suppresses the immune system and leads to liver, kidney, heart, and other diseases. This research, initially conducted by Tom Lonsdale, was researched further by the Australian Veterinary Association and was proven to be correct. (Canine Health Concern).

Prior to the 1930’s, dogs ate mainly “the feared” dinner scraps for thousands of years. Pet food consisted of “the even more feared” bones, with vegetables, meat, fruits, bread crusts, and anything else their human partners didn't finish themselves. Feeding was relaxed, for everyone knew how to feed his or her cat or dog. Feeding consisted of just a variety of foods, some raw, some cooked, and without planning, and was usually fairly balanced over time. No super high protein formulas, no calcium supplements, or rapid growth promoting puppy food. Also, no hip dysplasia, chronic ear and skin problems, cancers, and other ailments that plague our pets today. The first case of hip dysplasia was in 1935, soon after commercial pet food hit the shelves of supermarkets! Surprisingly to most pet owners today, these dogs lived long lives, from 15 to 20 years, and for generations, hardly experiencing any health problems. No scientifically processed diets, no perfectly balanced meals, and without the option or need for frequent vet care. Dr. Billinghurst, a veterinary surgeon, revealed how the few problems these pets did experience were simple. Most commonly a particular vitamin deficiency or excess, which was, and still is, easy to diagnose and is easily remedied.

Now we have exchanged those simple, straightforward nutritional problems for a large mass of complicated, mysterious, crippling, and degenerative diseases that require major surgery, massive amounts of prescription drugs, and sometimes no treatment at all, leaving us with an unhealthy, doomed pet. Depressingly, most major health problems that have nutrition at their roots cannot be alleviated by modern veterinary medicine. The good news is that some of these same ailments are often greatly reduced or eliminated with the implementation of an appropriate raw diet!

Dr. Billinghurst has changed the thinking of tens of thousands of pet owners about feeding their pets. He among many others has actually stated that “processed pet foods do not promote good health, and in fact, produce positively bad health”! In his book, Grow Your Pup with Bones, Dr Ian Billinghurst DVM reveals: “There is a mass of research commissioned by pet food manufacturers and carried out by independent bodies, which demonstrates that pet foods are responsible for a wide variety of degenerative diseases, including reproductive problems and skeletal diseases such as Hip and Elbow Dysplasia. A mass of clinical experience supports this research. The vets involved in this research acknowledge that the diseases caused by pet foods are rarely linked to their cause by the public or vets in practice. This is because such damning research has not become common knowledge within the veterinary profession.”