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Welcome
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If
you already know all about Flint River Ranch Dog Food and want to place an
order ..... Click Here – you will
be directed to the order site. If
you are researching Premium Dog or Cat Foods
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PLEASE
read on - learn about dog and cat foods, nutrition, labels, ingredients
and why we offer a money back guarantee if your pet doesn’t prefer Flint
River over any other food you place on his/her plate ! (actually dog bowl
) Webster
defines dogs as “carnivorous domesticated animals”. In other words, they
are mainly meat eaters. In nature, it is not likely that dogs would devour
a corncob, wheat hulls, or dig for soy beans. Your pet has a short
digestive tract designed for a meat based diet with complex carbohydrates,
vitamins and minerals. It is highly unlikely that you will ever see a pack
of dogs grazing at the side of the road eating grass, soy beans, or corn
and yet, most commercial dog foods contain a variety of these agricultural
fillers. And that’s what they are folks – fillers from companies that
produce food for humans – fillers of ingredients a human won’t
eat.
Explanation
of Pet Food labels: The percentage of
ingredients is NOT listed on pet food labels- The first three ingredients
represent the highest volume of total ingredients. The ingredients are
listed in descending order. When a label lists corn, wheat or soybean as
one or all of the first three ingredients, you are feeding your pet a
vegetable-based diet. For the sake of your pet, please read and understand
the labels on pet food. Additionally there is a seeming fixation on
thinking, "well my dog food has 2% more protein than your food." Rather than percentages, it is the
digestibility that counts, as determined by the source of the nutrients,
and the method of preparation/cooking. Additives:
Most pet
foods contain chemical preservatives, coloring and artificial flavors.
Since pets eat the same food every day it seems only prudent not to
constantly expose your pets to additives. In fact it is said the average
size dog will eat approximately twenty six pounds of BHT and BHA
preservatives on a food like this in his often times carciogenicly
shortened lifetime. By-Products
versus Meal: By-products are always
what they say they are: Garbage unfit and unlawful for human consumption.
No wonder the big food conglomerates own most of the dog food companies.
Why throw it away when you can sell
it? Feeding
Guidelines: Please note how many cups
you must feed the dog. This is what determines how much the cost to feed
your dog is...regardless of what you paid for the bag of dog food. You
can't just go by the label anyway, due to different metabolisms and rates
of activity, as well as climate.
It is the cost per feeding that
counts. Canned
Pet Food:
Carefully
read the labels on the can. “Moisture” (water) content may be as high as
80% ($1.25 for a can of water is a lot of money). The protein level and
fat content is often very low, coming from about 20% bi-products and
vegetable filler like corn, corncobs, etc. Ash and magnesium content is often
very high (harmful for cats). WHAT
DOES IT MEAN? PROTEIN: Protein is needed to
build strong, healthy bones, muscle and skin. Proteins are classed as
digestible (from meat, certain vegetable proteins) and indigestible (high
protein content, but the proteins can’t be used by the body, such as in
by-products). A mixture of digestible animal and vegetable proteins are
needed for proper development. For example shoe leather is 100% protein
that is 100% indigestible. So would you want to feed your dog 26% protein
that is maybe half digestible, or 22% protein that is almost 100%
digestable? Just do the math. FAT: Fats are needed for a
glossy coat and supple skin. Fats are also used as a calorie source. If a
food doesn’t have enough calories provided by fats, then the animal has to
use calories from the proteins. If this happens, the proteins cannot be
used to build healthy bone and muscle. Omega 3 fatty acids are preferred
for assimilation. MEAL: Meal just means
dehydrated weight. For example, if a food contains poultry as its main
ingredient, then it means that poultry was weighed before it was
dehydrated. If a food
contains poultry meal as its main ingredient, then it means that the
poultry was weighed after it was dehydrated. This means that there is more
digestible protein per serving!
So, a ingredient label that reads like this : “ Chicken, Corn, Soy Bean “
as the first 3 ingredients is very misleading – since the chicken was
weighed when it was “wet” and moisture is very heavy, that ingredient was
listed first. Actually, when
that chicken is dehydrated, it weighs in less- so in this examplewhat there
really is the most of is.... corn ! PRESERVATIVES: To be able to stay on the
shelf, foods have to be preserved in some way. There are two ways of
preserving dry food...with chemicals or with vitamins. Chemical
preservatives include BHT, BHA, and ETHOXYQUIN. All are known carcinogens, and the
later with a chemical content similar to that of Agent Orange
defol Natural (vitamin) preservatives include TOCOPHEROLS
(Vitamin E) and ASCORBYL PALMITATE (Vitamin C), anti oxidants, typically
providing a shelf life of about six
months. Even if you feed a natural food, those sold in
stores may have been on the shelf for
months. BY-PRODUCTS: By-products are the
leftovers! After all the other useful parts of an animal have been used.
For example, poultry by-products are the heads, beaks, feet, feathers,
etc. of the bird. Think about if for a second. If your pet happened to
catch a bird, what would the last parts that would be eaten? Also,
by-products although very high in protein content are primarily
indigestible proteins and do not contribute to your pets’ health. In short, by-products are
everything you and I would not eat. FILLERS: Corn, ground cornhusks or
cobs. Corn’s ratio of
tyrosine (an amino acid that blocks out the production of tryptophan – the
messenger helping to carry serotonin (the
feel good chemical ) to the brain, is unusually
high. In other words, the
presence of corn in the diet can have a domino effect on behavior
! ANIMAL-PROTEIN: Saving the most
disgusting for last! if you don't want your pet eating like
Other: The
label says "Organic" and therefore must be better
nutrition... The
label says "Whole Chicken." WITH
Your dog
will DIGEST MORE OF THE FOOD – THEREFORE EAT LESS – POOP LESS – and the
COST PER FEEDING IS LESS than feeding typical commercial dog food
! It’s as
simple as that .......... To
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