Do you feed Pedigree???

Have you ever looked at Pedigrees ingredients if you feed this food? Let me show you the beginning of the list....



Ground Whole Corn, Meat And Bone Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken By-product Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with BHA/BHT), Wheat Flour, Chicken, Rice, Dried Whole Peas, Dried Beet Pulp, Wheat Mill Run, Natural Flavor, Salt,



First - corn is a cheap filler and often a source of allergies for dogs. Corn products in dog food. The presence of corn products - particularly if they are high on the list of ingredients - may indicate that corn has been used instead of a more expensive alternative. About 25% of the corn produced in the U.S. today is genetically modified. Corn is more difficult to digest either by humans or dogs.

Followed by meat and bone meal - huh??? What kind of meat??? Roadkill? Skunk? Gerbil? Seriously - WHAT KIND OF MEAT???? and Bonemeal??? it's the bones from the animals they render for this food. Gross.



Corn Gluten Meal - Corn gluten meal in dog food. Corn gluten meal is a concentrated source of protein that can be substituted for costlier animal protein. In many bargain dry dog foods, corn gluten meal provides a large proportion or the total protein in the food rather than more digestible forms of protein such as meat.



Chicken by product meal - what is that? It could be anything including beaks, feathers, etc. It's NOT chicken or chicken meal. By products cause allergies. Meat by-products. Using an animal by-product (or more than one animal by-product) for a food's main protein source is indicative of a low-quality product. (i.e. chicken by-product). Animal by-products are any part of an animal not acceptable for human consumption. Ingredients listed as by-products are not required to include actual meat.


Generic fats or proteins. Animal fat can be just about anything; recycled grease from restaurants or an unwholesome "mystery mix" of fats. Animal protein is far inferior to beef protein or chicken protein.



Artificial preservatives. BHA, BHT, Ethoxyquin, and propylene glycol.



Wheat Flour - wheat is often a filler and a huge cause of allergies in dogs.



So as you can see, Pedigree is not a good food for your dog. Do your dog a favor and buy him/her an all natural food - you will feed less food, your dog will poop less (so easier yard cleanup) and your vet bills will be less. It's a win/win for you and your dog and your dog will love you for it!!!