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What Do I Feed My Dog or Puppy?
Have
The Recent Pet Food Recalls Finally Smartened You Up?
Commercial pet food is a multi-billion-dollar
industry that seems to grow in sales each year that goes by.
What is happening here, are more animals being adopted or are
more pet owners being sold on the idea that dogs absolutely
must eat dog food in order to be healthy?
Surprisingly, the answer is the latter of the two possibilities.
Dog owners seem to sheepishly think that their dogs will be
healthier and have more energy by consuming processed commercial
dog food.
There was an article written in the New York Times by a woman
named Laura Cunningham. The year was 1981 and back then Laura
reported that $4 billion dollars was spent yearly on pet food.
Recently, when the pet food recall took place, the media reported
in March of 2007 that people are now spending over $16 billion
annually on pet food.
To further add an interesting statistic to the conversation,
back in 1988 the American Pet Products Association ran their
very first pet ownership research study and came back with
their poll report which claimed that approximately 56% of every
household in America had a pet, either a cat or a dog. The
most current poll conducted states that approximately 63% of
today's US households maintains a pet in the family.
Not all statistics are accurate, but this only shows a 7%
increase of household pets. Surely this 7% increase cannot
be consuming the extra $12 billion per year in pet food that
was eaten in 1981. In other words, less people bought pet food
for their dogs and cats than they do today. With so many people
buying commercial dog food and other pet foods, why then were
they so surprised about the alarming pet food recall?
People Are Smartening Up
There are many dog and cat owners who can see through the
advertising and myths of feeding a cat “cat food” and a dog
“dog food”. However, most people seem to just fly through their
lives, being busier than ever, and due to convenience, believe
everything that corporations are telling them – or should we
say “selling” them. However, the recent pet food recall has
started to wake up many dog owners, and other pet owners, to
the fact that these products may not be as healthy as the commercials
claim.
Although many dog and pet owners neglect thorough research
on nutrition and continue to believe that processed pet food
is the best thing to feed their animals, it doesn't mean that
they do not care. We all want our pets to be healthy and have
the best possible food that is good for them. And unfortunately,
many of these pet owners truly believed they were doing the
right things by their pets. Luckily, with tainted food causing
many pets to get ill, as well as a few deaths, more and more
people are starting to ask questions and find out the truth
behind proper nutrition for their pets.
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: 2009
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