The end of pet food

 

We are approaching the end of pet food. I am now in my 50th year as a veterinarian and nutritionist, The pet food industry has had warnings after warning, recall after recall and still there is no end in sight to the greed it has shown to our innocent pets that are forced to eat food that no human being would ever taste, less have to live on.


Or is it the greed of the consumer who buys this junk pet food made of dead, disabled, dying and diseased animals?  Many of these animals are euthanized (killed) by drugs containing controlled substances. Because they are now dead, the toxic, lethal narcotic is not metabolized, but is present in the body of the animal when it is processed into guess what, pet food! The deadly toxic narcotic Phenobarbital and Pentobarbital are not destroyed by cooking.  When a pet eats the food with these killer substances it becomes toxic to the pet and in time destroys the organs of the pet like any toxin does.


Sometimes the toxic food causes an acute illness and sudden death. Sometimes it just wears down the liver, kidneys, gut and immune system, leading to a slow deterioration, chronic disease, and organ failure. This all leads to the same result: death.


Why is this not allowed in human food? Because human food is inspected by federal inspectors. Anything that the inspectors find harmful is labeled not for human consumption. So where do they put this harmful trash, such as infected tissue, poisonous blood, tumors organs like lungs, livers and kidneys, mountainous piles of moldy old corn, soybeans, and sugar beets, stale, sugar laden pies and cakes, old bread and other old bakery and out of date by-products?  Not to mention the tons of leftovers from the production of beer and liquor fermentation. All of this which is piled up for sale along with rejected vegetables of all kinds. This is then auctioned off for the cheap pickings of greedy pet food suppliers to be sold to penny pinching pet food makers. Again, all of these boxes and containers are supposed to be labeled not for human consumption.Good luck!


So there is the reason that pet food manufacturers don't have inspectors. You don't need an inspector to inspect garbage. If you were to force an inspector with some bureaucratic ruling to pass this crap then he/she would either quit, or join the fate of those desperate individuals in the veterinary profession who through disappointment have chosen a far more drastic alternative.It is said that veterinarian medicine has 4x the suicide rate than any other division of the medical professions. That is indeed a desperate alternative and my sympathy and love goes out to them.

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Charlotte - Jun 08, 2018

Thanks, Doc, for just spending 30 minutes on the phone with me, answering not just my original question about cat litter, but also filling me in on how to rearrange feeding schedules, and telling me about the horrors you report here. I learned a lot, at no extra cost, and my cats will benefit. Have bought the book now.

Charlotte - Jun 08, 2018

Thanks, Doc, for just spending 30 minutes on the phone with me, answering not just my original question about cat litter, but also filling me in on how to rearrange feeding schedules, and telling me about the horrors you report here. I learned a lot, at no extra cost, and my cats will benefit. Have bought the book now.

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  • "Many pet foods contain corn as the main ingredient. Dogs and cats are not “cornivores’….they are carnivores!"
  • "If I can’t eat the food, I won’t give it to my pets either."
  • "Our pets are the only ones in our family who give us unconditional love."
  • "The animals are our children. They deserve the same quality food as our two-legged children."
  • "Your pets are members of the family so treat them like members of the family."
  • "I can help your pets live longer, healthier lives."
  • "Feed your pets what your grandfather fed his pets."
  • "Would you eat what you are feeding your pet? No? Then don’t feed it."
  • "Cats are obligate carnivores, not herbivores."
  • "Animals are my children."
  • "You have never in your life been to a doctor or veterinarian who taught you how to prevent disease (or who taught you about nutrition.)"
  • "Developed with Passion by a practicing veterinarian."
  • "If your human children died at 25 instead of 75 that would get your attention as to what is going on with pets."
  • "I am abolishing disease in my practice."
  • "1 out of 5 children in the average American family walks on all fours."
  • "Tell your pet every day that you love them."
  • "You can communicate with your pet, just listen."
  • "Would you feed your other children pet food?"
  • "Think about which members of your family give you unconditional love. Then treat them the same."
  • "We don’t make pet food, we make food for pets"
  • "Give them a “mouse-full”"
  • "Read the ingredients, would you eat that?"
  • "Does your pet deserve any less?"
  • "Where else do you get unconditional love?"
  • "Who is always happy to see you?"
  • "Who never complains about their day?"
  • "Give back to your pets the unconditional love that they give you."
  • "I put unconditional love into my food, my products, my patients, my practice."
  • "These blessed creatures are giving you unconditional love. Feeding them healthy, pure organic food is not much to ask in return."
  • "Let an animal in your heart and experience unconditional love."
  • "Unconditional love is when you love with all that you have."
  • "Unconditional love is giving without taking."
  • "Unconditional love is above all the gift of one’s self."
  • "Unconditional love is above all the gift of life."
  • "Unconditional love is the deepest essence of life."
  • "Unconditional love is always available for the asking."
  • "There is nothing more exhilarating than animal love."
  • "We all need to ask ourselves, “What are we giving to the world?”"
  • "Pursue your passion. I did."
  • "I make pet food the way Mother Nature intended."
  • "You were told your whole life not to feed your pet off the table. That turned out to be a lie to help sell pet food."

- Doc -