Dog Health Food

Your German Shepherd could be suffering from the side effects of commercial dog food, which is why so many owners are turning to dog health food. With so many potentially toxic ingredients being put into dog food these days, it can be hard to know whether you might be actually harming your best friend with every meal.

First you have to wonder how safe your dog food is from chemical contaminants that accidentally got into the food at some point in the production. Maybe basic ingredients were tainted overseas and nobody picked it up. Especially at the moment with companies all around the world looking to get more profit from less cost, we have to wonder if our dogs welfare is at risk.

How safe is your dog?s food really? Even in human food production with their far more strict standards, it's not uncommon for there to be chemical contaminants.

In 2007 there was a widespread recall from over 100 dog food manufacturers after it was discovered that there was melamine (a type of plastic) in much of their dog food. It was eventually traced back to a factory in China which manufactured rice protein and wheat gluten (neither of which have any real nutritional value for a dog). So what that means is that it doesn?t matter what standards the US based company may have for their production plants if the ingredients coming into the plant are already contaminated!

Although this happened a couple of years ago, what has changed to ensure that it can?t happen again? Melamine was recently found in milk powder that was produced under human food standards. So what about the lower standards that pet foods are produced under? While it may a completely accidental, even the possibility of having toxic plastics ending up in dogs food is completely unacceptable.

I know I don't want to pick up the paper and find out that my dog's food has plastic in it. We are ultimately responsible for our dogs health, not just that they get the right nutrition, but to make sure that their food is free from harmful chemicals too.

Apart from the accidental chemical additives what else is your German Shepherd really eating? Commonly there's a carcinogenic preservative called ethoxyquin in many factory made dog foods. This preservative has been banned for decades from human food due to it?s toxic side effects. Factory workers who have been exposed to it exhibit symptoms similar to agent orange. But this toxic chemical is still being added to our dog?s food!

You won't find it listed either, no matter how close you look. This is because fish meal when it is made gets treated with ethoxyquin, while it?s still on the boat. What this means is that fish meal might go into the food but the ingredients of the meal won?t be listed.

In some foods they promote the fact that there?s fish in there as a great source of protein and fatty acids, which is true. However if that fish is in the form of meal, then there?s a whole lot more going in than you bargained for. They could suffer from allergic reactions, cancer and liver failure. And this is something that supposed to be healthy!

For the sake of your German Shepherd it?s vital that you learn about dog health food. Commercially produced food is completely out of your control, you never really know what could be If you make your own then you can be absolutely sure that there?s no nasty chemicals and carcinogenic preservatives in your dog?s food. You can treat them to a variety of gourmet tastes and give them the very best nutrition possible.