Freeze Dried Feeding Your Spot
This is my third installment in my series of food rotations I give to my dog. Stella and Chewy’s is the maker of raw and freeze dried dog food and treats. I’ve met with the founder Marie Moody a few times and she started her rescue Chewy and Chewy’s best friend Stella on raw diet. This was the start of Stella and Chewy’s!
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IAM(S) Disappointed – A Recipe For Disaster
This past Wednesday, It was announced that Procter & Gamble is acquiring Natura Pet Products. This is a very sad day for pet parents and a major shift in the pet industry.
Natura is the maker of great foods like EVO, Karma, Innova and California Natural. It was a family run business since 1992. Natura owns their own manufacturing plants and were never involved in any pet food recalls. In order to keep the integrity of the company and free from undue influence, they refused to sell to big box retailers such as Petco, Petsmart and Walmart. They were a shining example of success through the independent retailer channel with a high quality product.
Now compare Natura to Procter & Gamble. P&G owns some of the largest names in pet food, IAMS and Eukanuba. They are sold at all the big box retailers and even at some liquor stores and mini-marts. Both brands were major offenders in the massive pet food recall of 2007 (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/#Dog). The sourcing of cheap ingredients to make money led to the deaths of thousands of pets.
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