There is no reason why the treats you feed your dogs shouldn’t be healthy and delicious. There are plenty of treats dogs love that also have nutritional value. Check the ingredients in your dogs’ treats and ask yourself these three important questions before your next dog treat purchase:
Do these ingredients have nutritional value?
If not, could these ingredients be harmful to my dog?
Where did these ingredients come from?
Table 1. Dog treat ingredients to avoid.
This is not by any means a comprehensive list of ingredients of which you should be wary. You can learn more about common dog food and treat ingredients at: www.dogfoodproject.com.
Ingredients that a dog treat manufacturer chooses to include in their dog treat reflects the thought and care that manufacturer has for your dogs. Do not assume that every manufacturer has made the tough choices necessary to provide the highest quality product.
Look beyond the distracting marketing and check the ingredients. Base your purchase decision on what is in the treats, not what the treats are in. You may also have to do a little digging to find out where the ingredients come from. China exports a lot of meat for use in our dog treats, and every bit of it has to travel thousands of miles just to get to the manufacturer.
For the sake of disclosure we are a dog treat manufacturer. We may mention our products from time to time, but will use our blog mostly as an educational tool for all dog lovers.
Marston Maddox & Michael Quaranta
Two Good Dogs co-founders
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Great blog! By the standards you mention, Rocco and Chico probably eat healthier than most of the human population!
ReplyDeleteMany people think that giving dogs vegetables or fruit as an alternative "healthy" treat as sometimes is okay. I have seen people giving their dogs human cookies in the past (without chocolate) but containing raisins (thought to contain a mycotoxin) which seem harmless but can cause sudden renal failure in dogs! Just a thought for a future post.. maybe a list of other common things that are harmful to dogs and the pharmacology behind it (such as chocolate containing Theobromine).
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_and_raisin_toxicity_in_dogs