Comments on: The truth about the pet food industry

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:54:00 +0000

Solid Gold, Innova (including EVO), Wellness (including CORE), NOW!, Merrick (including Before Grain). and LIFE4K9 are great brands that are corn, wheat, and soy free. Azmira is ok, excluding their cat food, which contains corn.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:11:32 +0000

If you live in Virginia a great pet food store that sells some of the best brands is Whole Pet Central in Ashburn, VA. The owners are very knowledgable and kind and can get you on the right food asap.

By: How to choose a healthy pet food « Urban Green Girl

How to choose a healthy pet food « Urban Green Girl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:42:36 +0000

[...] Officials (AAFCO), the organisation responsible for monitoring pet food. In 2005, I wrote The Truth about the Pet Food industry (which has since been updated) which gives full descriptions of why certain ingredients are bad [...]

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:18:47 +0000

After reading that article I was shocked! I started searching for options, and was happily surprised to find Holistic Blend food at my local Loblaw(organic products section). And the vets keep telling people that grocery store food is bad for pets! My dog has been eating Eukanuba forever, because that’s what Safari and the vet recommends. The Eukanuba 35lbs bag is about 55$, and guess what? Holistic Blend 35lbs Lamb & Rice is exactly the same price! It’s true that the recommended serving is a bit less than for Eukanuba, so in the long run, it’s even cheaper to feed my dog better food.

I’m definitely switching, UrbanGreenGirl also recommended Holistic Blend’s SeaGrass powder, which I also found at my local Loblaw, next step will be to ditch the rawhide bones, I know it’s bad!

As for treats, there are many options, or you can make your own using organic ingredients, it’s very simple and yummy.

Thanks UrbanGreenGirl, I’d like to read more posts like that!

By: veganverve

veganverve — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:49:23 +0000

My boys (dogs) get homemade vegan meals, they love it! Most packaged pet food is absolutely repulsive, thanks for making more people aware.

By: charmycarmy

charmycarmy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:54:12 +0000

Hi Bernice. No, unfortunately Nutro is not a good brand. It’s hard to decifer because of their pretty packaging with fresh ingredients but their holistic brand is just a step up from their regular brand, trying to complete against the holistic brands out there. Wellness is a good brand. They changed their formula about 2 yrs ago and a few dogs got diarrhea but everything is good with them now. You can trust them. This weekend I am coming out with a new posting on brands I approve, and those I don’t. Stay posted! Also, visit http://www.holisticblend.com I think they have an address locator to find a store that sells them near you. Good luck and thanks for caring about your pets!

By: bernice

bernice — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:17:34 +0000

Very informative post! although I’ve been giving my cats holistic wet food, I was also buying Nutro’s Natural Choice dry food, thinking it was a good brand and not realizing that it contains some of the bad ingredients listed.

I’m now looking at alternatives for dry food, but it may be tricky. Even the Wellness brand, looking at their website is hard to tell whether the meat is human grade or not. I’ll have to see if my pet store carries Holistic Blend.

By: charmycarmy

charmycarmy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:09:35 +0000

Hi Karen, thanks for your comment. Great site you have and good luck to you. Yes, holistic pet food is something I am definitely passionate about, especially spreading info about…to me it’s a no brainer, you see the results when you switch!

By: Karen Fraser

Karen Fraser — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:18 +0000

Thank you for saying it well. I meet so many people who think pet food was “fixed” after the crisis of 2007 or they are new pet owners who missed the recall stories entirely!