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Rusty's Pawsitive Points
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There are many factors to consider when choosing quality foods for
your feline pets, but the first step is to ask yourself whether or not you would
eat the ingredients in the pet food you give to your pets. If the answer is
"no," then you are going to be interested in the following information.
Pet food companies represent the largest
single outlet for human food by-products. Many of these ingredients can consist
of less expensive, inconsistent and less nutritious fractions or waste. In the
worst case, some of these ingredients can include cancerous tissues, chemicals,
medications and high concentrations of certain organs which contain poisons of
the body.
Use the following guidelines in looking
for a superior quality food for your pet:
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Choose a food that uses fresh, natural,
wholesome ingredients that you would be comfortable eating yourself. Fresh
turkey, chicken, lamb and herring are lean, easily digested and metabolized
sources of protein.
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Choose a food that uses whole ingredients
that are nutrient rich and unaltered. Avoid by-products and preprocessed grains.
Whole grains include nutritious protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins
and minerals.
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Choose a food that does not add artificial
colors or preservatives.
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Choose a food that employs highly
controlled cooking methods to maximize nutrient availability--in other words,
don't choose a food where the nutrients are "cooked out." Quality control and
process management are critical in making a pet food of nutritional
excellence.
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Choose a food that includes natural
ingredients, rich in essential fatty acids, to provide proper nutrition for
maximum skin and coat benefits. These foods use more meat, higher quality
sources of fats and oils, and high levels of vitamins and other
nutrients.
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Choose a food company that performs
extensive, continuous testing to understand and maintain your pet's optimum
health and lifespan.
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Realize that in this case you do get what
you pay for. Lesser quality ingredients may mean less up front expense in food
cost, but you will pay more in the long run. Lesser quality foods provide less
nutrition so your pets will need to eat more quantity and will excrete more
waste due to an inability to efficiently metabolize the "filler" ingredients.
Most importantly, there is the long-run cost to the health of your pets and
their quality and longevity of life.
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