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Over the years I have witnessed DRAMATIC changes in the learning abilities, and behaviour of dogs soon after a diet change has been made. I have also seen dramatic improvements in the health of my own dogs, therefore I feel that I would be failing in my duties towards you and your pets by not speaking out. I am not allied to any pet food company. My only motivation is to provide you with enough information to enable you to make an informed decision as to what you feed your dog. For some background, start off by reading this article by Dr. Tom Lonsdale "Junk Petfood and the Damage Done" . The remainder of this section of my website contains lots of information from various sources to enable you to make an informed decision. To my critics who keep telling me how wonderful things are within the pet food industry, and how I have been 'easily mislead' by "a few dodgy internet sites". How do you account for the information provided below, which in itself is just a droplet from the top of an almighty iceberg? "Many Labels on Foods Misleading" Genes Can Be 'Changed' By Foods ~ I have been saying this for a long time. This raises the question as to why certain large corporations seem hell bent on genetically altering life on this earth? Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China Here we are not talking about pet foods!!!! Pet foods very often contain the word "derivatives" on the ingredients list. How many more sins do you think the word derivatives conceals? As John Lennon wrote "Living is easy with eyes closed". Talking of living with eyes closed.... some appear to enjoy walking around with their eyes wide shut, accusing me of being a "zealot". I certainly do not spend time gathering information as a matter of fun. It is done out of real concern for both humans and animals, who are developing more and more auto-immune related conditions, and tumors (myself included on both counts)! The link below, concerns school meals, Ms. Kelly, former Education Secretary states: "And those are foods that, for example, are meat products that are made from reconstituted meat slurry that bears no resemblance to the original product." Again - this is being fed to our kids! AND the pet food industry hides a multitude of even greater sins! When are the veterinary profession and others going to WAKE UP from their marketing induced trance? JUNK food to be banned in schools (but not from your veterinary surgery) The sections and links below should help you reach a good understanding of the truth concerning commercial pet foods versus biologically appropriate foods. It is then up to you to decide what is best for the health and welfare of your own dog. Some of the information and evidence provided is extremely distressing. I have therefore labeled the links accordingly. Should
you be a representative from a pet food company reading this page, providing your
company can fully guarantee that all of the products used are: If your company reaches this criteria and you can provide supporting evidence, then please contact me, so that I may add your details to this site. We require the truth please, and not just marketing
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Good Foods All foods recommended on our training classes are included in the list below, and can be purchased from Walnut Tree Pet Supplies www.specialistpetfood.com Fur and Purr (Stony Stratford) Paws and Claws (Agora Centre Wolverton) Jolleys, Kennelgate, and Pets at Home Click
here to watch a dog eating game bird - a lovely raw natural diet. My dogs
regularly enjoy raw bones and carcass. My two old timers (over 11 years of age)
have lovely teeth, and will never need dental treatment from a vet. It is very
unlikely that my two young dogs will too. Landywoods
Raw Meats (and bones) Note:
Should you find your dog develops digestive problems as a result of changing to
one of these more natural diets, then please ensure that you have rested your
dogs stomach from one day to the next. Remove all other foods, DO NOT TRY MIXING
in your attempt to effect a diet change. The more natural diets are not designed
to be combined with mixers or any other brands. Also, because the ingredients
are either biologically appropriate, or closer than most other brands, it is very
easy to over feed. These foodstuffs are highly nutritious by comparison to many
other brands. The feeding guides on the packets are to be taken as rough guides.
A 27 Kg Irish Setter would have different nutritional requirements to a 27kg Labrador.
The body will expel anything which is surplus to requirements. So please do be
careful, and cut back if and when required. If you dog has
suffered a gastric upset, try adding a good pro-biotics powder, available from
all good health food stores. Natural
Dog Food Company
New** Mutts Munchies** New, Milton Keynes based. The Barkery who supply the treats to my puppy classes. Inititally tried and tested by my own pack who wanted to raid the trade stand and take the lot! What better recommendation? These treats are just perfect for dogs who have wheat allergies/sensitivity. Canine Kitchen Dogs treats made with 100% human grade ingredients. According to my dogs, these are just great. The Dog Deli I have tested the gluten free muffins on my hypersensitive dog and he was very impressed. Fish for Dogs - highly recommended by my dogs!!! The Pet Bakery I discovered this one at Crufts, my 4 dogs were absolutely delighted. UNHEALTHY Treats...... Grapes and raisins ! Do NOT feed grapes and raisins to your dog. You never know if it will happen to your dog: There are reports from around the world of dogs going into renal failure after eating them. Some survive, many do not. Scooby, whom I have known since our puppy classes, right through to agility and flyball training is one such unfortunate. Scooby decided to steal some grapes from the table. He became an extremely poorly dog for well over 2 weeks, walking a tightrope between life and death. Scooby's mum would like this drawn to the attention to as many people as possible. Nobody appears to understand the reasons why this should happen, although there are many theories, which certainly in Scooby's case, appear unfounded.
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NOTE TO VETERINARY SURGEONS AND SUPPORTING STAFF CONCERNING NUTRITION: Many vets (and other people) believe that they cannot possibly be manipulated by the maketing strategies of this companies...... take the test and watch this video. Can the marketers be taken in via their own tricks of the trade? Perhaps if you are not convinced, you would take the trouble to answer a question for me? I suffer with a number of endocrine problems, including adrenal insufficiency, adrenal adenoma, vitamin B12 deficiency and Celiacs Disease. How come that when I have my regular checks with the Professor of Endocrinology in Oxford, or routine checks with my G.P, I am not offered a special diet which has been "scientifically formulated" for my condition? When I have asked if there is something available for me, both the Professor, and the G.P have given me blank looks. Why is it, that if I happened to be a dog, or a cat with these conditions, I would be offered this "wonderful special" diet which would help with my condition? If you can answer this question, perhaps you could email me by clicking here. As yet I haven't received one reply. I wonder why!!!! The
Hidden Link between Vets, Universities, and Pet Food Companies Campaign for Real Truth in Medicine (veterinary science and animal care) Commercial
Foods Are The Best? Not according to this veterinary surgeon. **** An updated link - An in-depth read for those who would like to know a lot more Raw Meaty Bones Support and Action Group ~ this site is an absolute MUST read! Trends in Home-Prepared Diets for Pets By C. J. Puotinen (sent in by Margo D. thanks) The Dog Food Project, very informative site on many aspects of pet food
SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH PET FOODS? These weblinks are the very tip of the iceberg. There are many more out there telling a similar story. Try searching yourself, particularly with regards to the pet food recalls which have been going on over in the States. You would be totally foolish to believe that it can't happen here! ****The Pet Guardian - this site contains excellent information on the recent pet food recall in the States and the reasons for it! ****The processeses involved in producing dry kibbled dog food alters the molecular structure of the product. You are effectively feeding dead food!!! THE WHOLE DOG NEWS explains why. Secret
Dog Food Conspiracy YouTube Video Mad cow meat didn't enter the human food chain. It was sent for pet consumption! Nothing to worry about then! I can just hear my critics now "oh, but this happened in Texas so there is nothing to worry about over here". Hmmm, so some of the major brands on sale in the U.K aren't manufactured in the States right? IAMS
- The darker side of pet food - extremely
disturbing (U.K) IAMS Nutrition Violations. A scientific diet? or using science to turn the inedible into something which will sustain the dog and give a healthy "appearance". LATEST NEWS ON IAMS From Uncaged Campaigns Uncaged
news release 18 November 2005. Victory! Top
PET FOOD company in shock pull out from Cat Show after animal testing shame IAMS have pulled out of the Supreme Cat Show - the Crufts of the cat world. IAMS shock decision to cancel their booking for the first time follows a persistent, peaceful campaign by animal rights group Uncaged, in protest at IAMS cruelty to animals in lab tests.
Following their revelations of IAMS experiments on cats and dogs in 2001[i], which made front page news in the national press, Uncaged have organised an international campaign and held information stalls at the annual Show calling for a boycott of IAMS pet food. Every year, the enormous and lavish IAMS stand has struggled to sell their tainted goods, as cat lovers harangued the firm over the suffering they have inflicted on cats and other animals. Now, Iams have thrown in the towel!
This development represents another David v Goliath victory for Uncaged. IAMS are part of the US-based multibillion dollar firm Procter & Gamble, who spend more on advertising in the UK than any other company.
Uncaged will press on with the boycott IAMS campaign with an educational stall (stand G19) at this years show, which is held on Saturday 19th November at the Birmingham NEC. The grounds for the boycott remain: for example, it has recently emerged that IAMS are funding a university laboratory to breed cats for disease experiments.[ii]
Dan Lyons, Uncaged Campaigns Director, comments:
Weve persisted with a compelling ethical case, backed up with documentary evidence of IAMS cruelty, to persuade cat guardians to shun IAMS. The bottom line is that IAMS mutilate, disease and kill animals for the sake of selling their pet foods. For years, IAMS has tried to cultivate this market as a key way of promoting its products. Now, despite their increasingly desperate attempts to whitewash their cruel research practices, they seem to have admitted defeat in the face of a growing boycott and with their reputation in tatters. This is a heart-warming victory for conscientious ethical campaigning over ruthless greed.
The pressure now increases on Crufts organisers, the Kennel Club, to dump IAMS. Despite IAMS cruel experiments on dogs, the Kennel Club continues to allow the company to sponsor Crufts, which takes place in early March.
For more information, call Dan Lyons 0114 2722220 / 07799 117695.
Notes
for editors: ·Uncaged is a leading UK animal protection organisation. The peaceful campaign group specializes in biotechnology, ethics and UK laws on animal research.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [i] For example, IAMS researchers cut open the stomachs of 28 cats to analyse the effects of feeding them fiber. The animals were operated on for at least two hours and then killed. (Bueno A. R. et al, "Feline colonic microbes and fatty acid transport: effects of feeding cellulose, beet pulp and pectin/gum arabic fibers", Nutrition Research, Vol. 20, No. 9, pp. 1319-1328, 2000.) [ii] See p18 of document at: http://www.research.msstate.edu/Centers&Institutes/AnnualReport03-04.pdf UNCAGED
DISMISS LATEST SPIN FROM IAMS IAMS - the pet food division of US-based multinational Procter & Gamble - has made a public relations announcement about its laboratory-based animal experiments that claims to represent a major advance in dog and cat welfare. In fact, this announcement seems specifically designed to achieve the opposite effect by heading-off pressure on IAMS to stop its cruel research practices. These moves are part of a steady stream of continuous inaccuracies that has been the hallmark of The IAMS Company for many years.
American animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have put forward a proposal calling on Procter & Gamble shareholders to vote today to ban all harmful laboratory testing on all animals (not just dogs and cats) for the development of the companys IAMS and Eukanuba pet food brands. True to form, P&G are recommending that shareholders vote against the proposal.
Suppressing
the truth IAMS
has claimed that it will move all of its dog and cat feeding studies from
external contract labs and university research centres by October 2006.
Instead, IAMS will double the capacity of its own testing operation in Dayton,
Ohio. We fear this move will prevent whistleblowers from revealing the true nature
of IAMS experiments, as IAMS will be able to suppress information about
its experiments more easily when they are in-house. Although at first glance the IAMS statement may seem like a significant positive step, a closer look at the wording of the announcement proves revealing. Firstly, we strongly suspect, judging from IAMS responses, that the term feeding studies does not cover all their laboratory animal experiments. IAMS also continues to indirectly fund a vast range of cruel and lethal animal experiments through sponsorship of vivisectors and grants to research departments. Secondly, as usual this announcement refers only to dogs and cats - when pushed IAMS do admit that they are still conducting lethal experiments on other animals. IAMS has awarded $195,140 to study muscle atrophy in mice at Purdue University. The torturous experiments involve forcing the animals muscles to waste away by suspending them by their tails for weeks or months at a time. The research is scheduled to continue until June 2006.
Distress
of captivity Even IAMS has quietly admitted in earlier statements that, in addition to the actual experiments themselves, keeping animals permanently captive in kennel environments causes distress: In a 2001 Petfood Industry Electronic Newsletter, IAMS senior vicepresident of research and development Diana Hirakawa conceded: The lesson learned here is that kennel studies are not an appropriate way to test feeding guidelines because most kennels represent a high-stress environment. Naturally, in such an environment, dogs may need to consume more food than they would in a home setting.
Credibility
gap The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the UK has disassociated itself from IAMS following Uncageds revelations that the company had falsely claimed to the charity that they did not conduct experiments on dogs and cats.
When Uncaged first exposed IAMS cruel experiments back in May 2001, the company announced an end to lethal experiments on dogs and cats. In March 2003 PETA published the results of an undercover investigation that exposed IAMS as liars 27 dogs were killed during an IAMS study. Other cruel procedures, such as surgical debarking by cutting the vocal chords, and lack of decent housing and veterinary care, were also exposed, in direct contradiction to IAMSs public statements. Given IAMS have been prepared to lie in the past about their animal cruelty to protect their profits, can we confidently believe anything they say anyway?
For more information about IAMS/Eukanuba see: www.uncaged.co.uk/iams.htm and www.iamscruelty.com; and Procter & Gamble see: www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ENSURE YOUR DOG RECEIVES THE VERY BEST? Near the top of this page I have listed the foods whose manufacturers guarantee that nothing is added to the ingredients which shouldn't be, and who manufacture using human grade food, as opposed to feed grade or worse. For those who would like to go a step further, please study the links below. | |||||||||||||||
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BARF Australia. The Website of Dr. Ian Billinghurst - A Vet who stands apart from the brainwashed herd and refuses to tow the corporate line. Raw Meaty Bones Support and Action Group Learn how easy it is to feed a raw diet - By Jane Anderson Feed Bones to My Dogs another useful guide to raw feeding Flea Treatments and other matters Case
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When I first met Kim, this photo would have been impossible. There was no way on earth that she could be brought close to other dogs and look so relaxed. When we first met, I noticed that Kim's eyes were literally rolling around in their sockets. She was very fidgety in her home environment, but when she got outside into the street - she was an unbelievable nightmare.... all hell broke loose. Heads turned at the sight and sound of a banshee dragging her owner in all directions. There was just no communicating with this dog. At this point she was being fed a cheap, popular and easily available brand of food. As a first step in her recovery I recommended a change of diet to Nature Diet, knowing this to be one of the (if not the) cleanest commercial dog foods available in the UK However, the petshop manager persuaded the owner to try a different brand (Nutro) which itself is extremely good. A dramatic change in Kim's behaviour occurred as a result, and at this point we were able to commence a behavioural modification program. After several more weeks, Kim was still causing her owner a great deal of grief and frustration. However, the icing on the cake came when Kim's owner changed the food over to Nature Diet lamb. It was as though a veil had lifted, and for what was probably the first time ever, Kim was able to begin interpreting the world around her. Today Kim has plenty of canine and human friends. She is not completely cured of her problems, as it looks as though she has some other physiological disorder. However, she is now very manageable, friendly, is able to walk along the street without shrieking and leaping about. Had I been prevented from telling Kim's owner about dietary effects upon behaviour, the chances are that she would have been returned to the shelter she was acquired from, or perhaps even worse. Kim's mum has added her own comments here: As Kim's mum I would just like to say that without Fran's timely advice on diet Kim's future with me was hanging in the balance. I had struggled with her outrageous behaviour for 4 1/2 months and really felt like I was losing the battle. I called Fran in desperation, and Fran did a home visit, took one look at Kim and said "change her diet", which I did, and within a week she was a changed animal, within a fortnight, you wouldn't know she was the same dog. You might be interested to know that the continued problems after changing her diet, where in fact caused by an allergy to chicken, so when changed to a lamb diet, her behaviour improved dramatically again. Kim has been with us for 20 months now and I wouldn't be without her, it's hard to believe that she was a monster that I was thinking of getting rid of. Penny 5/1/2003 - I often have people come to me and say "my vet says that I shouldn't feed my dog a raw diet including meaty bones, as it can cause problems and perhaps kill my dog. I must only feed those which are recommended as they have been scientifically formulated by people who know best, and the companies have spent vast sums of money researching the product, therefore they must be better". Well, this morning a Jack Russell brought himself along to watch (and interfere) with our agility class. When he realized he had outstayed his welcome, he set off across the fields. As we were about to leave, we heard squeaks coming from the neighboring field. Then out came the Jack Russell, proudly carrying a hare (which was about the size of himself), and proceeded along the lane back to his own area where he lay down and consumed his catch. Who is going to tell this Jack Russell that this diet is bad for him and that he must only eat what has been recommended by the vet, the scientist and the food marketing rep? Somehow, I doubt this dog is happy eating from a can or a packet, he obviously has his own preferences AND it is freely available and merely a trot away. Amanda who lives in Milton Keynes and brings her young dog to our classes writes: So
onto our new addition................ Papia and Darran arrived at my agility classes with their 4 dogs, 2 collies and 2 Irish Setters, hoping to do agility. I immediately realized that the dogs had nutritional imbalances, and suggested a diet change for them. The dogs were fed a dry commercial food, which claims to be "100% natural" (but isn't listed on this site, as the company refused to answer my questions regarding the quality of the ingredients) and the two setters were quite overweight (stuffed full of carbohydrates). Since changing their diets, the two setters are now in superb condition, and one of them has just started his agility training and is promising to make a very good agility dog in future. Papia says "This food has revolutionised the lives of our dogs". They changed their dogs diets to raw meat from Landywood Pet Foods. READERS ARTICLE: Fiona, who contacted me regarding dog behaviour problems, has kindly written an article for this site, which you can read by clicking here. Would you like to add your own experiences to this website? If so please email me with your story. These articles need not express the opinions of the owner of this website. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and it is up to you to do your own research and to draw your own conclusions.
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HUMAN NUTRITIONAL MATTERS Monsanto drops plans to introduce GM wheat for humans, "Instead, the company will concentrate on genetically engineered soya beans and corn, which can be used for animal feeds or for oil - products not so emotive or so immediately identifiable with a particular human food." So these companies have our animals best interests at heart eh? The
following video concerns all of us - every single human and animal on this planet.
This
is the first part of a series of talks by Dr. Rima Laibow MD, available on DVD
from the Natural Solutions Foundation, an non-profit organization dedicated to
educating people about how to stop Codex Alimentarius from taking away our right
to freely choose nutritional health.'
Get yourself some healthy food. Here is a link to a Milton Keynes based real organic food delivery company. They now also deliver to London addresses. We are being sold a lie. A complete and utter illusion. It doesn't end here with our pet foods. How far does it go? We are being lied to at level of our society. We are living in a make believe Alice in Wonderland world of our own making, because most of us choose to believe the official story. We are allowing ourselves to be manipulated, and ruled by our own fear, into accepting things we would never have previously accepted, all in the name of the "war on terror". Our freedoms are being eroded by those we trust to protect us. Click the sites below and start to wake up. The more of us who wake up, the less power there will be to those who are abusing their positions. If you care about your freedom and the freedom of your children, click on the banner below and watch the video. Forget about the propaganda which tells you this man is mad, watch the video and then ask yourself who the propagandists are!!!
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