Wallie again //

I still have yet to catch him, he's very good at evading me and now I can't even find him again. I've been up at walmart 2x every day this week, once when i get off work and again between 2-3am.

If I don't get him tonight I have to reschedule everything.

Pet Food

Time to throw out all the cat and dog kibble. Or at least take a new look at what you're feeding your pets.

In order to thrive our cats and dogs need a carnivorous diet. Sure, for the last couple decades they have survived on the garbage the pet food companies push out and the vets get paid to suggest (..*..cough*..sciencediet!..*cough*), but these foods aren't worth the money we spend on them.

When you look at the ingredients on your pets food you want to pay attention to the first FOUR ingredients. You dont want corn or any grain fillers (a LOT of our cats and dogs are allergic to grains!). You want it to list a meat. Not just "Animal by-rpoducts". You want a real meat CHICKEN,LAMB, VENISON, ETC they need to tell you exactly what they're using!

Some good quality dry foods are WELLNESS and NATURAL BALANCE. I'm a big fan of NB because it's a good quality but it's not horribly expensive.

Popular belief has people believing that dry food helps clean pets teeth. This is far from the truth and dry food can lead to many health problems. Cats in particular don't drink a lot and get most of their water from the food they eat. That's why it's important to feed wet or canned food. The brands I listed before Wellness, NB, etc are great wet foods as well.

Personally, I feed a raw/RMB diet (rmb = raw meaty bone). Everything ranging from chicken to mice is served. ProRodent.com is a good source of prey food for your cats and dogs. Some of our older pets do take longer to transition to the diet. The younger they are (or if they were stray, barn, or feral cats at some point) seem to be easier to switch.

My dog Holly, took to it easily. I was pretty shocked considering she's 6yrs old. She isn't able to handle dry food or any of the commerical chew bones, it makes her gums bleed and if she's forced to eat it she'll just go hungry. She easily eats the RMBs though.

For more information on Raw/RMB or Prey model diets check out these links!

rawmeatybones.com
dogster.com