Friday, August 29, 2008

People Food May Shorten Dog's Life

Darlene Dunn of Channel 40/29 wrote an article on the effects of giving your pet human food and table scraps.

“I had an experience with a (Yorkshire terrier) that was given bacon every morning for breakfast,” she says. “Anything greasy, fatty or salty is not good. The dog would end up skipping meals, waiting on the bacon.” The pooch was eventually diagnosed with pancreatitis.

Read the original post here.

While our treats are made with human grade ingredients, we actually agree with this article. (shock, awe, and gasp) Most of what is out there is not that good for dogs. Especially if it's loaded with salt, fat, or sugar - and if you look at what most people's diets consist of, then you would agree thats it's hard to find foods that are not loaded up on those three ingredients.

On rare occasion we come across a dog that will turn it's nose at our treats, and after a little interrogation, we soon find out that the dog got McDonalds hamburgers every day for lunch. While our treats are very tasty, if not addictive to most dogs, there really isn't any comparison of a liver cookie to a McDonalds hamburger. I would turn my nose too! Our cookies would probably be healthier for me tho, even tho I usually choose McD's for myself.

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