| Dogs, especially puppies, are so innocent
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| | clever marketing. Current pet food
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| to their surroundings that they'll
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| | regulation allows manufacturers to use
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| experiment anything once, even if it's
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| | ingredients you wouldn't feed your pet in
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| harmful. Even this morning, as I was
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| | you knew. Look for the word
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| spraying an organic insecticide made from
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| | "by-products" on the label. This can
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| flowers, my miniature schnauzer took a
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| | mean feet, bones and intestines.
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| few licks to see what is was. Just like
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| | Because dog food manufacturers have to
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| snakes, dogs use their tongues to test
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| | make sure the product won't spoil,
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| the environment. This spray isn't that
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| | typically 12 months, they include
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| bad because it's all natural. Still,
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| | preservatives. Fats used in dog food
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| even natural repellents are pretty hard
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| | would go rancid, so they use synthetic
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| on the kidneys.
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| | preservatives called butylated
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| Dogs will try anything, even more than
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| | hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated
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| cats, which seem to be the most finicky
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| | hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate,
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| pets you could own. So when you are
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| | propylene glycol which is also used as a
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| putting out the dog food, chances are,
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| | less-toxic version of automotive
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| even if there is something bad in there,
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| | antifreeze, and ethoxyquin. Look for
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| if it tastes good enough, they'll eat the
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| | these on the label. There is not much
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| whole bowl and look at you to see if more
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| | information documenting their toxicity,
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| is coming. And by the way, make sure
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| | safety, interactions, or use in pet
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| you're not overfeeding your puppy. Don't
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| | foods that may be eaten every day for the
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| feed them scraps or your unfinished food.
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| | life of your dog. Propylene glycol was
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| That's a lot of food for an animal that
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| | banned in cat food because it causes
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| doesn't get out very much. With nowhere
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| | anemia in cats, yet it is still allowed
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| to burn off the food, your pup will put
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| | in dog food.
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| on the pounds.
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| | These potentially cancer-causing agents
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| So if dogs can't tell you how the food
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| | such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin are
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| tastes, or read the label to see if there
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| | allowed at pretty low levels. Using these
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| is anything in their food that might be
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| | chemicals in dog foods has not been
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| rough on the kidneys or digestive tract;
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| | thoroughly studied, and long term
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| it is up to you, their caretaker, to
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| | build-up of these agents could be
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| carefully check what is in that big bag
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| | harmful. Because of the questionable data
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| that sits in the pantry. With the recent
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| | in the original study on its safety,
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| horror of the Chinese putting anything in
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| | ethoxyquin's manufacturer, Monsanto, was
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| mix, it is time for you to do a little
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| | required to perform a new, more rigorous
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| label investigation to make sure you are
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| | study in 1996. Monsanto didn't find
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| not slowly killing your dog with
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| | significant toxicity associated with its
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| ingredients that still make it onto
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| | own product, but in July 1997 the FDA's
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| American shelves.
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| | Center for Veterinary Medicine requested
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| First, a little lesson in economics. Dog
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| | that manufacturers voluntarily reduce the
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| food manufacturers are in business for
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| | maximum level for ethoxyquin by half, to
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| one, primary reason - and it isn't to
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| | 75 parts per million.
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| make dog food! It's to make a profit.
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| | The ball is in the air on ethoxyquin.
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| Dog food is only the vehicle to get them
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| | Some pet food critics believe that
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| profitable. This being the case, know
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| | ethoxyquin is a major cause of disease,
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| that if they can save money on
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| | skin problems, and infertility in dogs,
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| manufacturing and beat the competition,
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| | others claim it is the safest, strongest,
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| they will. They don't do this because
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| | most stable preservative we have for pet
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| they want to hurt your pet. They do this
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| | food. And ethoxyquin is approved for
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| because if they don't - the way their
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| | human foods, preserving spices such as
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| business model works - they will lose
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| | cayenne and chili powder, at a level of
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| money and sell less dog food.
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| | 100 ppm - but it would be pretty hard for
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| Have you been to the dog food aisle
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| | even the most hard-core spice lover to
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| lately? Some stores have two or three
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| | consume as much chili powder every day as
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| aisles. There is huge competition on
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| | a dog would eat dry food. Ethoxyquin has
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| price and ingredients. You'll find your
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| | not been tested with cats. Still, it is
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| normal dog food; names you've grown up
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| | commonly used in veterinary diets for
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| with, and then you'll find newer, organic
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| | both cats and dogs.
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| or special diet dog foods. So know that
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| | What is the answer? What I suggest is
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| there is not a lot of concern going on
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| | that you contact suppliers who make dog
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| for your dog - just marketing what may
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| | food in small batches and ship them to
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| catch your fancy. But you need to be
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| | your door. These companies are few and
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| aware of what to look out for on those
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| | far between, but they do exist and they
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| labels.
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| | have higher quality ingredients with none
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| Since Fido will probably eat the same
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| | of the dangerous preservatives. I
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| food day in and day out, it is important
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| | discuss this in detail on my website.
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| to look past the attractive labels and
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