<<(Anyone know of a totally meat dog food? Or at least one without grain?)>>
Marshalee, Right now I don't have a dog but I do know of one dog food that is meat based in a can, Wysong, usually carried by vets but they also have a web site which may let you order from there. Its not inexpensive but how many pets are being run back and forth to the vet for diabetes and skin problems, etc? $$$$! I'd rather feed a little more expensive canned food than to see my pet feeling like crap and me spending money for years with vets when there is a simple solution and the cost is less over the long run. Sorry this is a little offtopic but to make a point on a good pet diet... I got a kitten about 4 years ago with so many problems (green snots, skin lesions, protruding anus, ear fungus, watery eyes, etc.) my vet wanted to put him to sleep. Not me, oh no... give me a challenge plus the big purr out of that little helpless body... I found a good supportive cat site and started to feed a supplemented raw diet. In about 6 wks, I had a whole new cat!! That was it.. all the cats/kittens went on this diet to this day are doing wonderful... For those who have cats: http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition (they list the ingred for their supplement should you want to save some $'s) I went to my local meat market and approached them about getting ground meat for less ... guess what.. they were happy to oblige. (yes I was shameless, pulled out the cat pics, talked about sick kitty... I think he agreed to get rid of me :) I go at the end of the day and get fresh ground meat for a fraction of what it costs over the counter so they don't have to store or sell it the next day. Then I buy an already made supplement (which I could make myself for much less) add it to the meat and the cost is the same as it would be for REGULAR (yuk) canned cat food. Food for thought Also, heres a great site that was forwarded to me which will compare and list ingreds of dog or cat food. http://www.waggintails.com/index.epl?AnimalID=1 You are right, cat and dog food is based on grains which have no use in an animals system and they get hooked on dry food very quickly as its like junk food is to humans. To this day if my cats even smell dry cat food in the house(mail samples) they will sit and yowl for it over their meat meal. Like kids over candy. So many animals have skin problems, ear yeast problems, smelly stool, etc... all which can be eliminated with a supplemented meat (no grains) diet Off my soapbox now... Terri L.
