Choose Healthy Food for Your Pets
Sage advice from the Grandmother of Inter- Species Communication, Penelope Smith
“I feed my critters dehydrated raw organic food (mostly organic, as all organic is not available in this form).
The main ingredient is meat, supplemented with vegetables and no grains. My favorite website to order from is onlynaturalpet.com. The brands of animal food I use for cats and dog are Primal, Stella and Chewys, Northwest Naturals and Only Natural Pet store brand.
You will see other good pet food brands on this website, also. Chewy.com is also a source for most of these brands, but onlynaturalpet.com is a bit lower price on some things with specials and coupons for discounts.“
This one looks good:
ANOTHER GOOD CHOICE:
ONLY NATURAL PET FOOD FOR CATS
https://www.onlynaturalpet.com/search/cats/food/raw-non-frozen
ONLY NATURAL PET FOOD FOR DOGS
https://www.onlynaturalpet.com/search/dogs/food/raw-non-frozen
https://www.justfoodfordogs.com/
Other Good Foods For Cats and Dogs
SMACK
This hearty blend of all-natural free-range chicken, pumpkin, celery, and other flavourful superfoods gives dogs the nutrients they need with a taste they’ll love. 65% Manitoba chicken (bone-in with organs), free of added hormones, antibiotics, drugs, or preservatives. 35% certified organic, GMO-free fruits and vegetables. Zero fillers, gluten, grain, or synthetic vitamins. Low sugar and starch
Chicken, Pumpkin*, Chicken Liver, Chicken Gizzard, Chicken Heart, Spinach*, Celery*, Carrot*, Thyme*, Mango*, Pineapple*, Strawberry*, Turmeric*, Parsley*, Tocopherols*.
*Indicates Certified Organic. Our Free-Range chicken is bone-in and whole.
DARWIN’S
Antibiotic-Free Meat and Organs (98.5): Chicken, Chicken Necks (Including Bone), Chicken Gizzard, Chicken Livers, and Chicken Hearts. Website. For over 15 years, we’ve served 25 million fresh, raw meals to dogs and cats across the country. We’re one of the first to bring raw pet food direct to pet owners’ homes, using USDA ingredients meticulously chosen by our team and formulas scientifically designed to be species-appropriate.
ZIWI
Ziwi is an award-winning dog and cat food from New Zealand. www.ziwipets.com is their website. High protein contents and made in human-grade conditions.
ORIJEN
https://www.orijenpetfoods.com/en-US/homepage
Our Biologically Appropriate ORIJEN® premium pet foods are made with high-quality fresh and raw ingredients. Our dog and cat foods are inspired by a diet of whole prey animals, helping your dog or cat thrive. Premium ingredients like ranch-raised meats, free-run poultry, and wild or sustainably caught fish mirror the quantity, freshness, and variety of animal ingredients that dogs and cats have evolved to eat. When it comes to free-run poultry, our free-run chickens and turkeys are not housed in cages and are able to move in a barn without outdoor access. ORIJEN premium dog food recipes are made with the most nutrient-dense, succulent parts of the prey and are ideal for dogs of all ages, including puppies, adult dogs, and seniors. ORIJEN premium cat foods are protein-rich and come in varieties specially formulated for kittens, adult cats, and senior cats. Rich with quality animal ingredients, ORIJEN pet foods are beyond comparison, and ORIJEN food for dogs was voted the best dog food by Business Insider in 2021.
Dr. Harvey’s Just Add Meat and Reconstitute
This is food you can reconstitute that’s low in carbs for dogs and high in protein for cats. You’ll be adding real meat and some good fats (oils) to make this a complete food. https://www.drharveys.com/
Answers Pet Food: What’s In It?
As you may know from the 32 million dollar lawsuit Blue Buffalo lost, the sources a pet food supplier uses is very important. Their suppliers packed Blue Buffalo’s ingredients with chicken feathers, degrading the product. Low-grade food can be a gamble with your pet’s health so when I find a good, honest pet food company I like to share it. A client recently told me about Answers Pet Food. Check out their video about where their super clean food comes from. “Transparency Matters” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSs4PQe6qrY&t=205s
SOJO freeze dried food
Ingredients in SOJO: Turkey, sweet potatoes, whole egg, flax seeds, carrots, apples, coconut, salmon, cranberries, tricalcium phosphate, celery, bananas, pumpkin, spinach, fenugreek seeds, kelp, vitamins & minerals.
Pet food and Healthy Pet Diets are essential to keeping your animal healthy and happy.
Don’t let anyone tell you that human-grade food is bad for your animal companion!
The problem with recommending specific pet foods is that their quality seems to be ever-changing. I’ve recommended several in the past, only to find them denigrated later on as I checked their ingredients. But I love the information I get from Dr. Becker of Mercola. Her list of best to worst looks like this:
- Nutritionally balanced raw homemade diet
- Nutritionally balanced cooked homemade diet
- Commercially available balanced raw food diet
- Dehydrated or freeze-dried raw diet
- Commercially available cooked or refrigerated food
- Human-grade canned food
- Super premium canned food
- Human-grade dry food
- Super premium dry food
- Grocery store brand canned food
- Grocery store brand dry food
- Semi-moist pouched food
- Unbalanced homemade diet, raw or cooked
Why This Ranking?
Find the details from Dr. Becker here:
From Best to Worst – My NEW Rankings of 13 Pet Foods
Dr. Pitcairn’s book, Natural Health for Dogs and Cats is a wonderful resource for our canine and feline friends. Recommended by my friend and mentor Penelope Smith.
Highlighted Areas of Concern:
-One survey showed that canned pet foods contain high amounts of lead from 0.9 to 7 parts per million. A daily intake of six ounces of these foods could give as much as 4 times the amount of lead considered potentially toxic for children.
-Pet food containing fish (not fish in a can but pet food) may contain high levels of mercury which can damage the nervous system, causing tremors, irritability, anxiety, loss of appetite, lack of response, and difficulty sleeping, while also damaging the kidneys.
-Fluoride in public water can be a problem.
-Extra calcium protects against heavy metals. Vitamin E combats smog pollution.
How to Introduce New Foods:
-First, make sure you serve the food in an appealing manner…not cold, but room temp or warmed up. Also in a safe, protected place where people are not moving around the bowl.
-Let your animal go without eating until he/she is hungry. Don’t feed in anticipation of hunger. Try a combination of the old diet and the new to start with. Temporary diarrhea is normal. Vary the kind of meat they get and wait until they are hungry to feed them. It’s perfectly fine for cats to fast for a day or even two.
-Feed lean meats: turkey, giblets, liver (10 % maximum), mackerel, chicken, chicken giblets, tuna, salmon, heart, lean hamburger, duck, rabbit, various fishes, beef heart, brain, (last two are fatty so 10%). Feed a variety in each meal. Turkey, duck, and sheep have lower cancer rates and are better meats generally speaking.
-Many vets are concerned with raw meat diets due to concerns about diseases like salmonella and E-coli. But Dr. Pitcairn (Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats) has rarely seen a problem with these diseases. Instead, he has seen an increase in vitality for animals eating raw meat diets.
-Raw eggs, cottage cheese, and plain yogurt are good sources of protein. Cats do better with milk and milk products that are not pasteurized. And don’t forget the bone meal and/or the bone broth (found in the soup aisle at your grocery store)!
What I can do as an animal communicator: answer these questions and perform these operations:
- -Remotely view a particular food or ingredient moving through your animal’s body to see how the body reacts.
- -Does it enhance the body’s light or diminish it?
- -Does it move through too slowly or too quickly?
- -How is the animal’s energy after ingesting the food?
- -Are there any allergic-like reactions?
- *I do not take the place of a veterinarian. Medical problems need to be treated by your vet.
Other relevant info:
Why did Purina Sue Blue Buffalo?
On May 6, 2014, Purina filed a lawsuit against Blue Buffalo for false advertising of pet food after testing revealed the presence of poultry by-product meal in some of Blue Buffalo’s top-selling pet foods. March 9, 2017
What is AAFCO approval? What are the AAFCO standards?
The AAFCO statement found on pet food packaging explains whether the food contains essential nutrients, how that was determined, and for which life stage the food is appropriate for. It basically lets you know that the food is “complete and balanced” for a particular life stage.Dec 28, 2020