Barking mad

If you’re a dog or cat lover who’s been feeding your pets with pellets and canned food since forever, you are probably tearing your hair out wondering ‘where to now?’ because of the recent scary recall of contaminated pet food in the US and in South Africa. Well, Steve Brown and Beth Taylor have been talking about healthy dog food for years and their book See Spot Live Longer has some wonderful recipes that will make your mouth water, never mind Spot!

The scare of contaminated (with an industrial chemical) pet food is far from over and it’s now reported to have affected nearly 39000 pets in America, so best we start thinking long term nutrition for our pets. The information was released by the Banfied Pet Hospital, from their records of more than 615 veterinary hospitals.

What did our grand parents feed to their dogs? After all, ‘scientific’ pet foods were unavailable then, but dogs seemed to manage pretty well as man’s best friend, and hunting dogs in particular had to be on top form to be able to find whatever they were sniffing out. Most of their food came in table scraps, with quite a lot of raw meaty bones, if my memory serves me, and that sounds a far cry from some of the stuff we hear goes into ‘scientific’ pet foods!

Do your pets a favour and prepare their food yourself – they’ll love you for it!

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