Your Questions About Organic Dog Food Sensitive Stomachs

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Kevin Trudeau is right.

Cat Fancy (August) just ran a feature on their readers’ oldest cats. The oldest was 36!! And many were in their 30’s. That’s not an accident. By nature, they could live into their 30’s if they were fed and cared for properly.

My favorite holistic pet food is HealthyPetNet (see below). By the way, watch the online movie, Do You Know What’s In Your Pet’s Food? Wooo.. Amazing…

P.S. It goes more than organic pet food… It’s no corn, no wheat (by nature, animals don’t eat them, they are cheap protein substitutes, give them what they really need, which is real meat). You know, of course, to avoid by-products.

I do feral cat rescue and the changes in my cats’ health was evident from the first day (many quit losing their lunch — so much for the “sensitive stomach” myth — turns out many can’t really handle the corn and wheat!)

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Generally speaking, dry food. But this answer is not an absolute. Here’s why:

1. Dry food produces less tartar. It is easier to measure the amount of the food (because canned has so much more liquid in it) and thus easier to control portion size and avoid weight issues. Let me put this in perspective: I have a 4 year old dog. He eats only dry food and gets a meal bone or rawhide a couple of times a week. I have NEVER brushed his teeth. Yet at every annual checkup we get compliments on the quality of his teeth and gums, how clean and tartar free they are.

2. I’ve seen some arguments that canned food is healthier in some cases (because the food doesn’t have to be double-baked and then preserved). While this sounds logical, the food evaluation sources I’ve seen (other than BARF advocates) haven’t made this argument. So I don’t know how true it is. I suspect it also varies from food to food as well.

3. I think part of the issue depends on the individual circumstances. I know some agility competitors who feed their dog wet food as a reward. They run the course, race off and pop the top on a small can of high quality food. They do that for each of 3 runs each day at the trial and that’s the dog’s food for the day. I know some dogs prefer wet over dry so if you give them both, they eat only the wet and not the dry. Some people travel with their dogs and canned food works best for them. Or they have mouse infestations so canned food is best for storage. Providing wet in one meal and dry in another is a bad idea (sensitive stomachs may not handle the different food well and you get runny stools) so if you’re going to feed both, always mix. But the larger point is, individual differences might dictate going with wet over dry (or dry over wet).

For myself, we go 100% dry. I feed with a water bowl next to the food bowl so my dog doesn’t need wet food in order to swallow or digest. As I said, I like how the dry food helps hold down tartar (and wet food increases tartar problems). And ultimately, my dog loves his dry food options (Orijen or Innova Evo).

I think a far more important question is the quality of the food. Get a food that has 5 or 6 stars at www.dogfoodanalysis.com and avoid a food with wheat or corn in it. In fact, grain-free and organic ingredients is best.

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You will need: a crate, blankie, dog food dishes, collar or harness, leash, lots of toys (both stuffies and chew toys), puppy training books like “Training Your Puppy” magazine type book by the editors of Dog Fancy magazine, and “House-Training” also by the editors of Dog Fancy, some Fresh N Clean oxy-strength to clean up accidents and remove odors, and puppy food for small breed dogs.

We use Nutri Source (for small breed puppies, but they make it for other dogs and puppies too).

It’s ALL NATURAL and made with
REAL CHICKEN……NO BY PRODUCTS
NO WHEAT
Organic Selenium and Zinc
Balanced Omega 3 & 6
with DHA

For info go to their website….

Http://www.nutrisourcedogfood.com/

I have a Puggle (Pug / Beagle mix) and they can have sensitive digestive tracts. My puppy has never had diarhea or any stomach problems with this food. He is growing and developing wonderfully. He is healthy and happy. So I would highly suggest Nutri Source