Roger Biduk; Feed Your Cat & Dog the Only Way – THE RIGHT WAY!

bestcatanddognutrition — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Roger Biduk writes:

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING…..NOTHING, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CAT/DOG THAN WHAT YOU FEED HER/HIM…!

Scientific fact: Recent Veterinary science has determined by the cellular make-up of dogs and cats:

The average size dog should have a life span of 25 years…*

Cats should have a life span of 30 years.* http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/

*Research by Drs. Diane Hericowa, Michael Hand, and Ted Mosier

Remember, your children aren’t dependent on you for their whole lives but your animal companions are (you wouldn’t lower the life expectancy of your kids or poison them, would you…?).

I’ve had a dog die (from cancer) and three cats die (cancer & cronic renal failure (CRF)) prematurely all because I listened to a vet who obviously knew absolutely nothing about animal nutrition and put his profits (unfortunately, like many vets) in front of my pets’ health. He recommended two types of dry food that he sold at his clinic and was making big money by selling them, Science Diet & Hill’s Prescription Diet, both dry food.

The vet said that they were the best food available, only being sold by vets and it even said “veternarian recommended” on the Science Diet. This was the “Mature Adult 7+ Original” for cats. Well, look at the ingredients in order on the label: Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Whole Grain Corn. Source: http://www.hillspet.com/hillspet/products/productDetails.hjsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524441763504

The Hill’s Prescription Multicare Feline dry cat food has the following first three ingredients: Brewer’s Rice, Corn Glutten Meal and Chicken-By-Product Meal. Source: http://www.hillspet.com/hillspet/products/productDetails.hjsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524441783126

I would rather give my animal companions away than feed them the above two types of food. I would NEVER feed them those ingredients and neither will you after you keep on readng. AND THEY’RE SOLD BY VETS….GO FIGURE!!!!

Compare those ingredients with EVO Cat & Kitten Food: Turkey, Chicken Meal, Chicken, Herring Meal, Chicken Fat, Potatoes, Egg, Turkey Meal. This is a high-protein, low-carb and grain-free diet….EXACTLY WHAT YOUR CAT NEEDS! Source: http://www.evopet.com/products/default.asp?id=1500 ALWAYS READ THE LABELS!!!

After I did my own research and familiarized myself with the ingredients, I made sure to throw out the commercial food and feed them what I write about below (simply what nature intended)…..the results are animal companions that are incredibly healthy, active, happy, never have to go to a vet (not good for the vets) and one feline (a Maine Coon) who is well into his mid-20s and still climbing trees! ALWAYS READ THE LABELS.

Processed Pet Food – Why you should avoid it. “Let medicine be your food and food your medicine has been the catch cry of dedicated healers down the ages”. http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

“On that basis it is hard to believe that dedicated animal healers – veterinary surgeons – will recommend commercial pet food. I find this hard to believe because as a practicing veterinary surgeon, I constantly see the enormous difference in health between pets raised on commercial pet food compared to those raised on a biologically appropriate raw food diet. I see the enormous change for good in the health of pets switched from cooked to a raw whole food diet. Despite that very obvious connection between commercial pet food and the poor health of the animals consuming it, commercial pet food has become the accepted way to feed pets throughout the civilized world! There are of course reasons. Much of it has to do with the way vets are trained in small animal nutrition.” http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

Roger Biduk

“An alarming fact of life is that vets receive very little worthwhile training in nutrition. No training in the use of raw whole foods and a biased approach to our understanding of commercially produced pet foods. It is relevant to ask what do many veterinarians really know about pet foods? Unfortunately the answer translates as – not very much. Regrettably, a lack of knowledge concerning nutrition has become the basis for recommending processed pet food!” http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

“Most people and that includes vets who are interested in their own health, will acknowledge raw whole foods as basic in the formulation of their own healthy diet. Why then do we insist on feeding our pets processed pet foods? Sadly we have been hoodwinked into accepting the hype regarding commercial processed food. We are prepared to believe the highly improbable theory that two species of animal, the dog and the cat, will do better on a diet for which their bodies are totally unsuited rather than their evolutionary diet!” http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

“Unfortunately, many of the people who realize that commercially produced dog food does not produce worthwhile results, devise and cook up something which is in essence not very different from the processed food they were worried about. As a consequence, the results in terms of the health of their dog is not a whole lot better.” http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

Roger Biduk

….ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN SAYING UP TO 80% OF ILLNESSES &

VISITS TO THE VET COULD BE AVOIDED WITH PROPER NUTRITION…!

Never rely on your vet to supply you with nutritional advice (articles I’ve read saying vet schools give less than 10 hours of schooling on nutrition and is often provided by the pet food companies themselves…!). You have to get it on your own or visit a holistic vet that has knowledge in animal nutrition.

I would never feed my animal companions the food I’ve seen in vet clinics, grocery or chain stores…and neither will you after you know what the ingredients are after you are informed.

Only over the last 30 years has cancer & kidney disease evolved to be the main killers of our animal companions, because they are being fed food sold in vet clinics, grocery and chain stores.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS PET FOOD CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING: Chicken by-Products, Meat By-Products, Meat Meal, Meat By-Product Meal, BHT/BHA, Ethoxiquin, Corn, Corn Meal, Wheat Gluten, Corn Gluten, Rice Gluten, Meat and Bone Meal, Animal Digest, Animal Fat, any Wheat Products and any Soy Products.

Always feed wet food, not dry. For the last 65 million years in the wild, dogs have gotten ~70% & cats 80% of their water needs from the kill, always keeping their kidneys hydrated.

Dry food was invented only for the convenience of humans and for the HUGE profits of the pet food industry, unfortunately to the detriment of the health of our animal companions causing a host of illnesses including chronic renal failure (CRF).

Over the last 65 million years, canines & felines in the wild had a diet of ONLY raw meat!!!

Read this great article which applies to both cats & dogs and why you should only feed wet food:

http://www.blakkatz.com/dryfood.html

Roger Biduk writes:

Your animal companions will thank you for the rest of their lives by YOU taking the time to inform yourself by reading the following articles (many of them shocking ) written by holistic veterinarians and experts in the field of pet nutrition:

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Perhach/PetFood/Processing.htm

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/jesse.htm#commercial

http://www.flintriverranch.org/uck.html

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/petfood1.html

http://www.homevet.com/petcare/foodbook.html

http://www.preciouspets.org/rendering.htm

http://www.miniature-schnauzers.com/Dog-Food-Secrets/dog-food-secrets.html

http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1

http://www.barfworld.com/html/learn_more/processed.shtml

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/animals.htm

http://realfood4pets.wikidot.com/the-truth-about-dog-and-cat-food

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/jesse.htm#commercial

http://www.naturalnews.com/012647.html

http://www.preciouspets.org/truth.htm

http://hubpages.com/hub/TheTruthAboutPetFood

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Perhach/PetFood/Contents.htm

http://www.caberfeidh.com/Truth.htm

http://www.sojos.com/truthabout.html

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/Threeguesses.html

http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy/Pets/PetsHome.aspx?&realname=10042285

http://www.preciouspets.org/cancer.htm

http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/dog-food-secrets.php

Roger Biduk writes:

Good advice:

http://www.healthyvet.com/documents/PDF/Elimination_of_Common_Diseases.pdf

http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/nutritioninformation/a/QandA_barf.htm

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients

http://www.naturalpetoptions.com/pages/about.php

http://www.tolldenfarms.ca/index.htm

http://cats.about.com/od/catfoodandnutrition/f/avoidingred.htm

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/avoidrecall.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_pet_food_ingredients_1.html

http://www.howtoadvice.com/Preview/Lokanlj/

While premium pet foods carry a price tag higher than your average supermarket brand, this is more than offset by the following:

Cost for food will come down because your pet will now be eating less because of the healthy, wholesome ingredients compared to foods made from nutritionally worthless sources.
No more visits to the vet because of illnesses or death as a result of feeding your animal companion nutritionally worthless food that is slowly killing them (saving you thousands of dollars) .
I supplement the premium wet food with pure chicken. When chicken legs & backs (I grind them up, bones and all) go on sale @ for $.59/lb it brings the price down substantially and my animal companions are getting the best raw, human grade food available!
And most important, the satisfaction and peace of mind (which you cannot measure or put a price tag on) knowing your animal companions will lead a long, energetic & healthy life (20-30 years) because of what you are feeding them.

The good food (and there are others) to keep your vet bills low and your animal companions healthy and happy (and you, too, as a result knowing you’re doing the best thing for the animal companions you love) for 20-30 years (yes, that’s the life expectancy of healthy dogs & cats):

http://www.naturapet.com/brands/evo.asp

http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/

Roger Biduk writes:

Raw food is still the best …it’s what nature intended (I use pure chicken), supplemented with premium wet food mentioned above.

When chicken legs & backs go on sale for $.59/lb, I buy 30 lbs. I use a $25 food grinder and grind them up, bones & all. I then freeze them in individual containers bought @ the dollar store to kill any bacteria and keep them frozen till needed. I defrost one every several days.

I’ve NEVER, EVER seen happier, healthier or more energetic animals in my life and they’ve NEVER, EVER had to go to the vet because of any illness …..!!!

After our animal companions have left us, we all have a feeling like we’ve been kicked in the stomach over & over again that can last a very long time…..that’s the small price we pay for having the PRIVILEGE of knowing our animal companions…..but fear not, because we will meet them again @:

http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html

By the way, that lump you feel in your throat while watching is their way of saying “thanks for the memories”…..

INFORMATIVE (AND SHOCKING) VIDEOS ON PET FOOD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJSnkICYMrg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s53H7LB1tGs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuv9FBVMpFQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKfSsEI9BMc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHadGUXCf7I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLaxXD8vPao&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl1bt4kx1fY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkyBv2wA8tU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4nZKP-h-Bk&feature=related