Your Questions About Organic Dog Food Amazon

admin answers:

Best Answer – Chosen by Asker
One eighth of one acre per person. Awhile ago I had the exact same question and my research led me to a man named John Jeavons. You can look up his farming book on Amazon and even if you’re not a farmer it’s an interesting read because of the amazing and effecient techniques he uses. And he’s legit – not just a farmer, he heads a worldwide program called Biointensive that teaches people how to farm their own food and gain self-sufficiency. His techniques are based on scientific research and include advanced topics such as crop pairing, soil structure and composition, sustainability (so you don’t deplete the soil), etc. One thing to mention though is that the diet you would recieve from these techniques is 100% vegan (as well as organic/free of pesticides) and, as with a lot of similar diets, there is a defeciency in Vitamin b12. Jeavons was working on this last I checked and he may have found a solution by now. Rainwater would only be sufficient in that region if you had a separate cistern/rain catcher and could then use that to water your crops. And as for the animals if you want them, I have heard that feeding dogs and the like a vegan diet such as the one this system would produce will not only sustain them but keep them very healthy. I used to wonder about this kind of diet for humans and animals alike, I had always suspected that not eating meat or dairy would cause some sort of health problems, but then I remember that I know people who have been vegan since birth, never touched a piece of meat, and they are normal, healthy, athletic human beings.

admin answers:

Pedigree (or most foods you can buy at Petsmart/Petco/grocery stores) are not that great. Your vet is right! They contain a lot of fillers like corn and animal byproducts that aren’t very nutritious for your dog. You may want to consider buying a more premium food. JBpet.com lists some great foods that you can order to have shipped to you, OR visit your local independent pet store for some suggestions. I’ve listed the Old Mother Hubbard site below, too — they make Wellness kibble and canned food for dogs, and they have a store directory. VERY high quality stuff! Some other great brands are Innova EVO, Flint River Ranch (site below), California Natural, Canidae and Newman’s Own.

Those foods may be more expensive, but you actually don’t need to feed that much. They are made of human-grade, often organic ingredients and dont’ contain any fillers. They are very rich, so you might need to feed even less than you feed on the Pedigree now. It’ll say on the back of the bag. It often tastes better to the dogs, too!

You might also want to look into the book, “The Good Food Cookbook for Dogs,” search on amazon.com. It has vet-approved stews you can make (and treats, too) that can be served on top of kibble to make it more appetizing to your pup.

admin answers:

My Husky has been vegan for several years now and is very healthy, in fact more so because he is less of a tubbo. Dogs are well documented for their omnivore like abilities.

The oldest lived dog in Britain in fact was a vegan and died around 29 years of age.

Http://www.dogsinthenews.com/issues/0209/articles/020918a.htm

I used to go with v-dog but the price of the food plus shipping was killing me. Great food though, no complaints about that.

Http://www.v-dogfood.com/

I went then with Avoderm which is also pretty good but the shipping was still killing me.

Http://www.amazon.com/AvoDerm-Natural-Vegetarian-Adult-17-5-lb/dp/B00009OLE9/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1214710076&sr=8-15

Finally I ended up with Natures Recipe via my local Petco which gives me a free bag of food every ten I buy. This puts the price well under a 1 per pound which for good quality vegan pet food is a steal.

Http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Recipe-Allergy-Vegetarian-Canines/dp/B000634L38/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1214710076&sr=8-2

I attempted to feed my girlfriends cat vegan for a while. First I tried Evolution

http://www.vegancats.com/pages/1002/Cat_Food_-_Ready_Made.htm

which had a potential ph balance issue so I switched to vegecat which you have to put together and bake yourself.

Http://www.vegepet.com/forcats.html

Our cat ate the food pretty good but seemed to tire of it so my girlfriend bought her Wysong which though is good quality sadly has slaughtered animals in it.

In the future I plan to be very careful as to only take in animals which can be fed vegan.