Grocery Pup

On November 1, a little-known holiday came and went: National Cook for Your Pets Day. The holiday was created as a means to highlight proper pet nutrition. Beyond the value of reminding pet owners how essential a fresh, balanced, nutritional diet is for their pet’s health and quality of life, National Cook for Your Pets Day is popular because it speaks to an impulse so many pet owners have. That impulse: to find a way to thank our cats and dogs for the unconditional love and affection they show us. While we may not be able to articulate how important they are to us with our words, the language of love that our pets are sure to understand is food. When done right, cooking for your pet provides delicious and nutritious meals your dog or cat will savor (though probably not slowly). Done wrong, it can result in dangerous short- and long-term health risks. Which is why understanding those benefits and risks, as well as alternatives, is crucial. The Benefits of Co...

You love your dog and want to provide them the very best. That should include meeting their food needs with healthy options. The most beneficial food for your dog is a  healthy dog food  that is crafted from fresh, whole food. If it is human grade dog food, all the better.  The differences between human grade and feed grade are staggering if the health and safety of your pet are important to you. Not only can it contain ingredients that humans wouldn’t eat, it often includes ingredients that are unsafe to be consumed by humans due to their known side effects. Human Grade Ingredients must be suitable and safe for human consumption. To be considered human grade, food must be manufactured in a USDA inspected facility  that produces only human grade food. According to Petfood Industry, “The use of the term ‘human grade’ is only acceptable to the product as a whole. Every ingredient and finished food must be stored, handled, processed, and transported in a...