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Every pet needs quality nutrition to thrive.
Maintaining optimum health starts with excellent foods. All pets need
proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, vitamins and minerals to live
long healthy lives. The balance of these ingredients should be
customized for the age, type and health condition of each individual
pet.
We recommend feeding a super premium pet food
designed to suit your pet's special needs. Super premium foods meet the
following criteria:
- Provide a variety of diets for each life stage
and lifestyle
- Every package includes a list of ingredients
and a nutritional analysis
- Ingredients are high quality
- Diets are scientifically tested
under rigorous standards to assure quality
- Packaging includes the name, address and
telephone number of the manufacturer (* the telephone number is not
required by law as the address is)
- Every diet meets AAFCO (Association of American
Feed Control Officials) guidelines
- Every diet is provided with a full money-back
satisfaction guarantee
There are many pet foods available these days -
ranging from inexpensive grocery store foods all the way to high priced
formulas only available by direct shipment. Pet foods are a hotly
debated topic, particularly the use of certain preservatives, cooking
methods and ingredients.
Of the great number of foods available, many foods
offer high quality nutrition for optimal health. However, just because
a food is high quality does not mean it is the right food for every
pet. Wheat and corn are commonly debated ingredients - there is nothing
wrong with wheat or corn, but they should not be fed to pets who are
sensitive to them. Sometimes pet owners need to offer a few different
foods before finding the right food for a specific pet. This does not
mean the other foods are lesser in quality, it simply means those foods
were not the proper match for that pet.
Another hotly debated topic is raw food and bones.
We would encourage pet owners interested in feeding raw foods to
thoroughly investigate all aspects of this diet before feeding. A few
common concerns with feeding a raw food diet include:
- Family members must handle raw meat
- Salmonella organisms shed by the pet can spread
to immunocompromised family members
- Stomach upset
- Broken teeth from chewing bones that are too
hard
- Gastrointestinal obstruction from eating bones
without chewing them adequately
- Time investment, food storage and cost
comparison
In summary, choose a food you are comfortable with
which is also recommended by your veterinarian. Choose a food which has
been tested under controlled scientific conditions and approved by
AAFCO. Choose a pet food with minimal chemical preservatives and high
quality ingredients. Monitor your pet on any new pet food and choose
the food on which he thrives the most. Lastly, remember any diet change
should always be done gradually over 7 days. Sudden diet changes can
lead to vomiting and diarrhea - so take it slow, and always call the
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