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MANUFACTURED EDIBLES ARE NOT DOG FOOD!

The best chew-treat or canine pacifier is a RAW beef bone or chicken wing, both are natural and nutritional dog food!

The Greenies digestible dog chews lawsuit which is said to have killed or injured dogs, was settled out of court but it made a lot of people think about how to protect our pets and families from fake food. Greenies are now considered safe but the tragic events were a lesson in manufacturing mistakes.

The fact is that your dog's nutritional needs are not necessarily what your veterinarian was taught in vet school (course materials are often provided by dog food manufacturers) or what you see advertised on television.

The same is true for human nutrition so for your family's safety and health, here are disturbing facts about food processing, labels, and marketing.

Successful dog breeders become canine nutrition experts through years of first-hand "clinical trials."  They suggest caution and research on what you are led to believe by dog food manufacturers.  Premium dog foods are a big convenience but are best used as a supplement to fresh meat, poultry, and fish. Dog owners should rely on common sense and remembering that dogs are carnivores, i.e. primarily meat eaters.

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The 2005 "Greenies" lawsuit was filed in New York State by the owners of a dog named "Burt" that died from swallowing a Greenie. He did not die because he bit off a big piece of the chew treat and choked as was reported.  The dog died because the Greenies were NOT, as was advertised, digestible. They can swell in the intestine and cause a blockage such as resulted in Burt's death. The dog's owners created the Burt's Cause website to provide information on the Greenies lawsuit and as a pet treat warning.

TheDogPlace.org agrees with a warning on manufactured treats and pet foods.  As with anything that you don’t grow, slaughter, or peel yourself (good rules to live by) there is risk in commercially prepared foodstuffs.  There was a time when the “hippie generation” and “health food nuts” were considered "far out." Not so in 2025.  More people are opting for organic, raw, or unprocessed foods because we recognize the risks in unnatural “natural" foods.

But we should add a word of caution: "natural" does not necessarily mean healthy nor does it mean safe.  Example: monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a natural substance and today it is in most prepared food products - meaning manufactured edibles. Many people are or will become allergic to MSG which can cause serious reactions requiring hospitalization or doctor visits.

So how do you avoid flavor enhancers and risky ingredients in "prepared foods"?  First, don't be taken in by the convenience of manufactured (fake foods) for which you will pay dearly!  Second, shop the perimeter aisles of a grocery store.  That is where you will find fresh produce.

The center of the store contains frozen, canned and manufactured items masquerading as food. Packaged convenience edibles are laden with chemicals, preservatives, and "spices", which is often a catch-all, nice sounding term for MSG and other troubling ingredients.

Back to your dog's food. Much has been written about our eating habits but Americans are still among the most overweight societies in the world! The same thing is happening to our pets and even more staggering, to our children!

Think about your new rule on how to shop the super market and new rules for the way you feed your dog.  No more packaged treats. Save him a piece of dinner meat. Give him slices of fresh apple, bananas, and other fruits. Fresh, raw veggies such as tomatoes, green beans, snow peas, or asparagus may develop your dog’s natural instinct for fresh vegetation. There's a reason dogs eat grass!

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Toys?  Has man ever manufactured anything better than a suitable size ball, stick or wait – a BONE!!??

Give your dog a real, raw bone! Not one of those baked, dried, bleached things in shrink wrap.  Better a bull’s you-know-what to chew on than a denatured piece of plastic.  The preservatives in the bullstick are safer than any petroleum-chemicalized toy.

 But best of all, try giving your dog a raw beef knuckle bone usually sold as "soup bones". Most hams are chemically cured nowadays and a lot of what you think is fresh in the meat case has been dyed, preserved, or chemically tenderized but a hambone once in a while won't hurt your dog nearly as much as de-natured fake bones and edibles.

The next time you pick up a shrink-wrapped package of steak or hamburger, read the label!  It should say nothing other than t-bone, round steak, or the fat content of hamburger which should be less than 20%. If meat, fish or other foods lists “ingredients” or seasonings, use at your own risk and for goodness sake, don’t give it to your dog!

As you begin to think outside the box and the deluge of marketing magic, you'll appreciate having that extra knowledge to protect your family and your pets. Don't be misled into giving your pet fake foods and rubber chews instead of nutritious real food. Learn from this Dalmatian owner's veterinary experience when she was told her dog was Poisoned By Grapes.  Lastly, here is the internetnet's first detailed list of Inappropriate Dog Food Ingredients.

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