Lowering our dog’s cancer risk
Did you know that what you feed your dog can have an effect on lowering your dog’s cancer risk!
Here’s why it is so important to add fresh “human food” to your pet’s kibble!
Today, ninety-six percent of pet owners around the globe are feeding dry commercial pet foods. Of those 96%, there is a large majority that believes dried commercial pet food is really all their pet needs and would never stop to consider the benefits of adding fresh “human food”.
“Human food” definition in this article: clean sources of meat-based proteins and some organic plant matter, not beer and nachos
There are many reasons why some of these pet parents feel this way, however, the most popular reason today seems to be the 50-year-old rumour that is in existence and still spreading.
You know the one: “Giving your animal table scraps is bad!”
How or when did this terrible rumour start?
Well, if we go back in time, research shows that shortly after the invention of processed pet foods, manufacturers were having a hard time convincing pet parents to make the switch from foods in their refrigerators to their commercial pet foods.
So in 1964, the pet food industry, along with the PFI, joined together with a whole bunch of marketing dollars and launched one of the most influential campaigns the pet world had ever seen: the “Ban All Table Scraps from your Pets’ Bowls” campaign!
Through thousands of newspapers, magazines, and news stations, the public was warned about the dangers of table food scraps or “human food” and the importance of feeding “processed” commercial pet food. From there, the giant smear campaign took off!
Not only did this clever campaign work, but it was so impactful that now, 50 years later, folks are still in fear of offering anything that is not labelled pet food.
SO IS IT A GOOD THING TO ONLY OFFER YOUR PET DRIED KIBBLE?
Not according to ongoing research it isn’t, especially with today’s cancer rates being 1 in 2 dogs!
In a 2005 study conducted at Purdue University on Scottish Terriers, the results showed that adding fresh vegetables to dry commercial kibble actually prevented and/or slowed down the development of transitional cell carcinoma (aka bladder cancer)!
In the study, dogs ate a diet of dry commercial pet food, while some got an assortment of vegetables added to the mix at least 3 times per week.
When the study was concluded, according to the researchers, they weren’t really shocked by the results.
Here’s what they found:
Dogs that ate any green leafy vegetables, like broccoli, had reduced the risk of developing bladder cancer by 90% and the dogs that consumed any yellow-orange vegetables like carrots reduced the risk by 70%!
We can say with pride that all Good Dog Co. homemade K9 meals contain a wide selection of BOTH green leafy and orange vegetables 😊
Seriously! A lousy carrot helped smash the potential of cancer?
Yes, of course, cats are obligate carnivores (must have meat to survive) and our dogs are facultative carnivores (carnivores with omnivorous potential if circumstances demand) so offering clean meat-based protein sources should always be a top priority and essential.
Again we can proudly say that all Good Dog Co. homemade K9 meals contain human-grade organic beef and chicken as well! Talk about the best of both worlds!
However, because today’s world is ever-so changing due to factory-farmed livestock being fed genetically modified grains and our planet being contaminated with every type of pesticide, fungicide and larvicide, the importance of fresh, organic plant matter to help detox the body couldn’t be more crucial.
So if the “cancer reducing benefit” doesn’t tickle your fancy enough to convince you to add any “human fresh foods” to your pet’s bowl, then maybe think of it this way:
How bad would it suck if someone forced you to eat dry processed foods your whole life?!
By: Rodney Habib
“An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!”
So if there has ever been a time to make the switch over to Good Dog Co’s homemade K9 meals, now is that time!
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At the Good Dog Co. we have partnered with local farmers who supply fresh meat & vegetables for our canine meals. Using only human-grade ingredients we cook in small batches in our family-run kitchen. Cooked at a low temperature to minimise caramelisation and carcinogens. We lightly steam our vegetables to retain maximum flavour and nutritional content within every tasty dish!
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Medical journal stats/source: http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/1/100.full (Raghavan, Knapp, Bonney, 2005) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16013542/