Guest guest Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 > Thursday, June 1, 2006 > > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green > > =============================================== > Today's Daily Tip: Kibbles ‘N What? > =============================================== > > What ISN’T in your best friend’s chow dish? > > The Bite: > With descriptive names like “Homestyle,” “Select > Bites,” and “Gourmet > Gold,” you’d think that most pet foods were fit for > human consumption. > But unless you like eating chicken butts and > antibiotics, we wouldn’t > recommend it. Fortunately, there are plenty that > aren’t composed of > factory farm byproducts. > > > The Benefits: > - Healthier, longer-living pets. The #1 killer of > cats, after car > accidents, is kidney failure, which may have > something to do with the > nasty stuff from which many commercial pet foods are > produced. > - Support pet food companies that don’t conduct > animal lab tests for > their products (which includes force-feeding). > - In the US, labels on pet food containers aren’t > regulated like their > human equivalents. Choose natural and avoid the > trouble of navigating > confusing ingredients labels. > > > Personally Speaking > Cricket worships Pet Promise’s all-natural food, as > does Froggy, > Cricket’s cat-brother. Jen noticed that Froggy lost > needed weight > after a month on the product, and Cricket’s coat got > even shinier. > (http://idealbite.blogs.com/photos/the_cricket/index.html, > http://idealbite.blogs.com/photos/the_cricket/pict0008.html) > > > Wanna Try? > - Newman’s Own Organics Adult Dog Food - food almost > fit for a human - > but please keep it in the dog’s dish ($13/5 lbs). > (http://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=6187 & userID=139513 & productID=4534\ 83248) > - Wellness Super5Mix Salmon Dry Cat Food - also made > with “human > grade” ingredients ($11/3 lbs). > (http://www.shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantID=6187 & userID=139513 & productID=4534\ 83364) > - Pet Promise - offering pet food that’s hormone-, > antibiotic-, and > rendered fat-free, they also support eco-friendly > farms. > (http://www.petpromiseinc.com/) > - Only Natural Pet Store - check out their “holistic > approach” to > pup/kit health. > (http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=25070 & U=139513 & M=6187) > - The Dog Food Project - for dog owners, find out > what exactly is in > your best friend’s food. > (http://www.dogfoodproject.com/) > - Understanding Cat Food Labels - feline-focused > tips to figuring out > the hieroglyphics on the label. > (http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/reading_labels.htm) > > > Bang for the Bite Rating: 5 Apples (out of 5) > Starting your cat or dog on a natural diet is the > better, healthier > option - truly chicken soup for the pet lover’s > soul. > > > Cocktail Tip > Singer Dusty Springfield specified in her will that > her cat be fed > only imported baby food. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Visit Ideal Bite on the web at > http://www.idealbite.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Blog about it at the Ideal Bite blog! > http://idealbite.blogs.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > hugg. Feeding the Green Revolution. User Generated > Green News. And > lots of it. (http://www.hugg.com/) > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > > © 2006 Ideal Bite, Inc. > > > All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result > of testing and a > preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid > to have its > company referenced in the tip. Advertising on the > Ideal Bite can be > found as separate and distinct units, namely the > skyscraper banner > along the side and/or a small image with text along > the bottom of the > email. From time to time, if we know that a certain > company is going > to be mentioned or featured, we inform them in > advance and allow them > to purchase paid advertising space if they would > like to do so. But we > promise -- we won't recommend anything we didn't try > and didn't like > -- and no one can pay to be featured in the tip. > > > > This email was sent to info, by > dailytip > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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