Well I said I’d do it and now I’m doing it. My very first blog, yeah I was on Dogster but nobody goes there anymore, you know how the internet is. It was only a matter of time before I started branchiing out into bigger and bigger digs. As I started writing, didn’t you know it, I had writer’s block. Blog blocked. It seems that the idea of having a blog is better than actually writing a blog but I promised. To get unblocked I had to go to my sanctuary to get centered so I went straight into the kitchen, smelt the garbage, licked the floor and licked on my empty bowl one last time and an idea came to me. Let’s talk about food. My favorite subject of all time. Write about what you know! Well I know food.
Not one to be picky, I love all food but some food comes out better than others. Once when I was on vacation in California and we ran out of my usual food so we went out and got some food from the grocery store. What was it called? Oh yes, Beneful – I was trying to forget the name and the whole incident all the same. At the time I was eating Avodern which gave my coat an amazing feel and the other chihuahua girls really love it (and you have no idea what a confidence booster that is). But the Beneful I had for about a week and my master threw that away. It was okay and I eat it but by reading the ingredient it seems that very little natural ingredients in it. After my master did some research on the internet, he found out that most of the dog food are made with byproducts, flavoring and all the stuff that dropped on the floor in the parent company’s human food division. That’s not it. The main ingredient in these food are grains which doggies really can’t digest that well. The nutritional value is very low so they recommend eating more to just to meet the standards of USDA pet food standards.
After coming back to New York we went to the local health food pet store and found a smorgasbord of great tasting natural, holistic and organic food. There are different grades of organic pet food.
- Organic – which follows the USDA Organic standards for pet food.
- Organic Human Grade – which follows the USDA Organic standards for humans
- Raw, Frozen Fresh and Freeze-dried.
Stella and Chewy’s make some fantastic tasting food from free range animals inspected by USDA. I honestly don’t know what that means but it’s better than that Beneful stuff. This is what I get regularly as a treat. They have the best duck gooze treats. The chicken is actually freeze dried from real chicken. Grandma Lucy’s is another great brand, I love their liver and chicken treats. The only ingredient in the list is: liver or chicken. Nothing else.
Those two brands come at a premium price, it’s rather pricey but if you can afford, it is just the best food you can get for your pets. Both of those brands make food for dog and cats. There are two great everyday food that are just as good. Evo By Natura and Canidae.
Evo is made by a company called By Natura which makes a whole family of organic pet foods and I can guarantee you 
that I love it all. Evo has more meaty ingredients than any other ingredients which replicate the actual diets of our ancestor dogs. Yeah yeah, whatever. But it’s good food. Canidae is also a great choice as well but I have made Evo my main choice of food. Both Canidae and Evo comes in different flavors and also in wet food form and it’s okay to alternate because they are basically made out of the same ingredients.
Okay, all this talk is making me so hungry. Now where in the world did he keep that Grandma Lucy’s liver treats. Until next time, bye to all my chi bitches!
Love and Good Eatin’
Ziggy
Great pet food links:
http://www.stellaandchewys.com/
http://www.grandmalucys.com/diner.html
http://www.canidae.com/
http://www.naturapet.com/
