Natural Pet Products and Joint Health

The owner of an 80lb. Golden Retriever, who has been feeding Nutro Natural Choice for Large Breeds because it contains Glucosamine/Chondroitin which is suppose to be good for joints recently ask of me several questions.

Does your company make a dog food specifically for Large Breeds? Or do you feel that the quality of your food is enough? My Vet has okayed the Nutro/Natural Choice.

Our company makes one dog food (Life’s Abundance)

that, because of quality and formula, is suitable for all dogs (puppy, adult, and senior). When researching the ingredients of the food you currently feed I definitely found a concern. That is, the 3^rd through 4^th items in the ingredients list are all rice ingredients… ground rice, rice flour and rice bran. Though they’re a mixture of both high and low quality cereal grains, there’s a bigger issue to consider here… The questionable practice of ingredient splitting. Splitting is the process of dividing an abundant (and inferior) ingredient into separate, lighter-weight portions.  This can artificially raise a lower quantity meat component… to a higher position on the ingredients list.

If you were to combine all three items, the rice would likely occupy a higher position on the list… probably nudging out the lamb meal to become the predominant ingredient in this food.

For an 80 pound family member Nutro recommends feeding 3-1/2 – 4-1/2 cups (low activity) or 4-1/3 – 5-1/2 cups(moderate activity).  Life’s Abundance recommended feeding is 2 1/2 to 3 cups for an 80 pound family member. That’s a whole cup in savings each and every day.

I simply did a quick search for price comparison and found a 30 pound bag of Nutro for 44.99 – or about 1.50 / pound.

Life’s Abundance 40 pound bag wholesales (on autoship) 60.64 – or about 1,51 / pound, but you’ll still save money, because our Life’s Abundance is  more dense in nutrients and at the same time get a food that is of better quality. Life’s Abundance has NEVER been recalled, Nutro has.

My recommendation would be to go with the higher quality more nutrient rich Life’s Abundance Food and supplement with our Agility formula for the joints. Our Agility formula provides 500 mg of Glucosamine and MSM, twice what is in Nutro. Serve Agility at 1 ½ tablets per day after the first week. Of course feel free to have your vet check our ingredients for both the food and supplement.

An autoship order of one 40 pound bag of Life’s Abundance and two container of  Agility Supplements every 2 months would cost just over 127.00 before tax and shipping. A small price to pay for the benefit of your dogs health. Should you find that you ever need to adjust the timing of your autoship that is easily done either online or by calling our customer service department. I am sure you will see a marked difference in your pets health and quality of life. You may also want to become a representative once you see how great our products are.

Natural Dog Food Info

MEAT

If chicken meal is in your approximately 90 percent of it meat. If your pet products have real meat it has much more water, therefor weighs more and raises up on the ingredients label. Meat in the pet food industry is often called de-boned meat. What is de-boned meat…the meat left on the bone after the “real meat” was removed. 

 

MYTHS

Beet pulp can cause tear staining to be red, is a cheap filler and erodes the inside of dogs intestines. Beat pulp is just the fiber of the sugar beet. No sugar is in there, it’s a fiber. Beet pulp, when it gets to the intestines starts to make food for intestines. The intestines need special foods and fiber beet pulp is great for this. Beet pulp increases the size of cells in intestines which enables more nutrient absorption. It also regulates the intestine to allow for regular bowel movements. It absorbs water which is needed in the stool. Sugar beet pulp is grey not red!

 

Relationship between beet pulp and live pro-biotics. Pro-biotics provide the right level of PH (acid) to make the intestinal cells more acid to eliminate the bad bacteria and enable good bacteria. The largest organ in the body is the intestines which helps with immunity.

 

PROTEIN and FAT

If you feed a dog (puppy) and youlet it eat all the fat it wants it gains weight fast. So muscles and tissues are growing faster than the bones. You want the tissues, muscles to grow evenly at the same time. Life's Abundance has 26 % protein. Studies show that 26% is about where the protein should be. Large breed puppies should be on food that has about 26 % protein. The goal is to build the bones strong early on so they can handle the weight gain. Look at the percentage of protein in adult food, less than ours (about 24%). Puppies need more and will eat to meet their needs.  

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I bet he's also smart enough to only eat healthy holistic dog products from Life's Abundance.

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Hi everyone I hope you enjoy our  Natural Pet Products by Life's Abundance blog and our Natural Pet Products site where you can find all our natural pet products.

Why choose Life’s Abundance for your natural pet products?

Why choose Life’s Abundance for your natural pet products? The two reasons that stand out in my mind are first that Life’s Abundance is APHIS Certified. That is a strict certification to allow sales in European Union countries. Also Life’s Abundance has never been recalled You don’t have to trust me on that, just go out to the FDA website and research it yourself. Do a search for keywords that include Life’s Abundance product names as well as Ohio Pet Foods. If you find a recall that, I do not know of I hope you will let me know.

Life’s Abundance is a producer of holistic pet products that include natural dog food, and natural dog treats, healthy cat food, cat supplements and nutritional supplements for dogs.

We offer human grade products, stuff you could actually eat! Our ingredients include high quality proteins, whole grains, an antioxidant system, and direct fed microbials. All this makes for one healthy pet! In another post I will talk about the benefits that my beautiful yellow lab Brandi has experienced being on Life’s Abundance natural dog foods, natural treats and nutritional supplements.

The point is to be aware of ingredients beyond what is contained on the labels of the products you purchase for your pets. You must consider the quality of the products and that is where Life’s Abundance excels, thanks to our holistic minded vet formulator Dr. Jane Bicks. Not only do we provide the right ingredients but also the quality of our ingredients is number one. That is, after all, how we can be APHIS certified.

Compare Life’s Abundance to other manufactures. There are many dog food comparison sites out there. They will all talk about the ingredients of the various pet manufactures. In fact to be AAFCO compliant certain ingredients must be there. The question you need to ask of that site is what the quality of the ingredients the manufacturers use is. Anyone can talk about the ingredients that are supposed to be in the products and whether they are there or not. Do a comparison of the dog food comparisons sites you are looking at. See how varied in opinion they are. Do yourself and your pet a BIG favor. Look at the quality of the ingredients that are used. All you have to do is ask. 

Mike

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