Preservatives in dog food

[skycat 6,173]

I was looking into a cheap flaked meal as a source of fibre for the dogs, and came across Cobby Dog, which someone mentioned on this site. So I asked them what preservatives etc were contained in the food> they sent me their fact sheet, and me being me decided to look into any known side effects of Butylated hydroxyanisole which is a commonly used preservative in foods, both human and dog foods.

 

http://chemistry.abo...eservatives.htm

 

When it came to the bit that said this stuff is potentially carcinogenic, I did a bit more reading up on it, and whilst I'm sure there are millions of dogs and people who never get cancer, it kind of stinks that chemists are preparing our food these days, and that cancer is on the increase in both humans and domestic animals.

 

I'll just stick with the rice and pasta for the dogs! Makes me feel better if nothing else. And also had a look at this website: interesting:

 

http://www.live-in-green.com/health_info/allergy/food/preservatives.html

[pot hunter 24]

yeah dont eat processed foods dont feed them to your dogs, like all factory produced foods animal and human theyre looking for shortcuts and profit margins, and the rise in cancer is never fully explained to the public. whole (pre frozen) rabbit best bet.

[skycat 6,173]

http://www.ecogreenstore.co.uk/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=oats

 

25kg of oats for £25: not bad, might sound expensive but a dog only needs a very small handful of oats for carbs: if you have a lot of dogs this must be the cheapest way to buy them. Of course people with only one dog can just go down the supermarket.

[pot hunter 24]

buy straight from farmer, get rolled oats or barley from friendly farmer if he has a feed mill.

[Gunner123 103]

Wasting your time SC with 95 % of the illiterate know it alls on here. Been reading some of the replies to my own posts this evening, i dont think i will lower the tone anymore than it is with the pure shite they spout. Proof is in the pudding, not that cow feed hahaha too easy!

[skycat 6,173]

There is an old proverb which goes something like this: if someone says something in a whisper, it may not be heard by those who are shouting all the time, but it may be heard by others who listen quietly. If only one person reads the post and takes something positive from it then it is not a waste of my time.

[bunnys 1,228]

Oats are the dogs small amount in the palm of ya hand dry they dont dehydrate ya dog in these quantities .been using them for generations .atb bunnys,

[dodger 2,765]

http://www.ecogreens...=1&keyword=oats

 

25kg of oats for £25: not bad, might sound expensive but a dog only needs a very small handful of oats for carbs: if you have a lot of dogs this must be the cheapest way to buy them. Of course people with only one dog can just go down the supermarket.

Which diet are you adding the oats to s c and how often? are you adding it with slightly cooked meat or can you get away with adding a little to raw, i no rice is sometimes ok to add to raw chicken but never used oats, cheers

[skycat 6,173]

As minced meat of any kind is fairly wet, I just stir in the porridge oats: if I'm using big jumbo oats I just pour a bit of boiling water on them to 'cook' them a bit: dogs digest cooked cereal better than raw. Just mix in with the meat and veg etc. Don't cook any meat at all, unless it comes already cooked from our butcher: we've done well out of him this year with left overs from hog roasts

[Mars 42]

It does make you wonder what goes into these complete foods

when ya see what comes out the other end of a dog....!!!

the other day at the super market their was a torn 15kg sack of complete dog food {Wagg} and it didn`t look

like their was much missing from the sack..So at £5 i thought " Bargin".....lol....

Wish i hadn`t bothered though, as their shit stinks and it`s bright Red.....

 

Mars...

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Hi Skycat, if you have a Lidl nearby, they have "Fine Wholegrain Oats" 1kg bags for 48cent. I usually get a box of 20 bags. I eat porridge every morning and give to the dogs every other day.

 

Preservatives are horrible. I think it is best to eat as close to nature as possible with little or no processing.

Right now I am collecting buckets of blackberries and freezing them up. It should save me from buying foreign fruit for a few months.

[dodger 2,765]