Food, Food, and
More Healthy Food!
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Many people never stop to think about what they put in Fluffy or Fido's bowl
every day. They assume, and believe, they are giving their pet the best nutrition
available. The pet food companies put pretty pictures of chickens, turkeys,
happy dogs and cats, fruits, and vegetables on their bags. This would lead us,
the consumers, to believe the bag contains what they show in those pretty
pictures and our pet will look like the one on the bag if we feed them that food.
Sadly though, all it takes is a look at the label to see we are being fooled, taken
advantage of even.



What makes a food "Low-Quality"?
The ingredient labels of most low-quality foods on the market are packed with
fillers (like corn, soy, peanut hulls, or worse) and carcinogenic chemical
preservatives (BHA, BHT, Ethoxyquin), artificial colors, by-products (feet, organs,
feathers, beaks, anything but meat), sugars, and empty calories. What makes
these ingredients even more appalling is where they come from. Most
low-quality pet food is not made from human grade food. This means they can
use diseased, cancerous, chemical laden, even spoiled food sources. There
have even been rumors of euthanized pets being used for "meat-by-product
meal" but that is a rumor, and unverifiable. Pets eating a low-quality food tend to
have more allergy, skin, ear, gastric, and other medical problems. The reason for
this is the body is lacking nutrients, and a lack of nutrients makes for a host of
problems. Sure, some pets do well and live long, happy, lives on a low-quality
food. The question is, why feed them the bare minimum when higher standards
are out there?

What makes a food "High-Quality"?
A polar opposite from the above, high quality foods, it would seem, are a whole
different world of pet food. The ingredient label of a high quality food would
contain identifiable meat sources (chicken, turkey, beef) or identifiable meat
meals (chicken meal, turkey meal), no fillers (corn, soy, cellulose), good
wholesome veggies, and fruits, grain sources that are readily used by the body
(rice, oatmeal, barley) or no grain at all (even better), no artificial colors and all
natural preservatives (Mixed tocopherals, vitamin A or E). The ingredients
should be all human grade, and made in the USA. Pets who eat a high-quality
food are getting the maximum nutrition like nature intended, therefore they have
less health problems and they just seem to flourish.

What is Raw Diet? and how can it be safe?
Feeding a raw diet means feeding your dog or cat raw meat and bones. The idea
behind the raw diet is to give dogs and cats what their ancestors ate. After all, a
wolf is more likely to go catch a rabbit than gnaw on an ear of corn. Raw diet is
not for every pet though, some animals have difficulty processing the raw meat,
just like some people can't handle certain foods. Many people ask "how can it be
safe? What about E.Coli or Salmonella?" Simply put, they are not small humans.
Their stomach acid composition is much different, and more powerful than ours.
E. Coli and Salmonella are usually killed. The only exception is if there were to be
massive amounts of the bacteria (like spoiled meat). The body could not kill off
all of it and the animal would get ill. However, if the meat is handled, prepared,
and stored correctly there are very little problems.
Cat Foods
Dog Foods
-California Natural
*Herring & Sweet Potato 5lb, 15lb
*Chicken & Brown Rice 5lb, 15lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz
-Chicken Soup
*Kitten 5lb
*Adult 5lb
*Adult Cat Light 5lb
*Senior Cat Hairball 5lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz
-Felidae
*Four-Meat 4lb, 8lb, 15lb
*Platinum 4lb, 8lb, 15lb
*Chicken & Rice 4lb, 8lb, 15lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz, 13oz
-Wellness
*Indoor Cat 5lb
*Canned Flavors 3oz & pouches
-Innova
*Adult 5lb
*Reduced Fat 5lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz
-Innova EVO (Grain Free)
*Turkey/Chicken 6.6lb, 15lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz
-Natural Balance
*Ultra 5lb,16lb
*Reduced Cal 5lb, 16lb
*Green Pea & Duck 5lb, 10lb
*Canned Flavors 3oz, 5oz
-Taste of the Wild (grain Free)
*Rocky Mountain 5lb
-Eagle Pack
*Fish Formula 8lb
-Evolve Canned Only: 3oz, 5oz
-Wysong
*Uretic 4lb
*Canned Flavors
-Nature's Variety Canned Only
*95% Meat 5oz
Below is a list of all Cat & Dog food brands, and sizes that Scraps
carries. More information is available by clicking the brand name.

Read on for more information about quality foods.
-Canidae
*Four-Meat 5lb, 15lb, 35lb, 44lb
*Chicken & Rice 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Lamb & Rice 5lb, 15lb, 35lb
*Platinum 5lb, 15lb, 35lb
*Canned Flavors 5oz, 13oz
-California Natural
*Lamb & Rice (Adult & Puppy) 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Chicken & Rice(Adult & Puppy) 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Sweet Potato & Herring 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz
-Innova
*Puppy 6.6lb, 16lb, 30lb
*Adult 6.6lb, 16lb, 30lb
*Reduced Fat 6.6lb, 16lb, 30lb
*Senior Plus 6.6lb, 16lb, 30lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz
-Innova EVO (Grain Free)
*Turkey/Chicken 6.6lb, 13.2lb, 28.6lb
*Red Meat 6.6lb, 13.2lb, 28.6lb
*Reduced Fat 6.6lb, 13.2lb, 28.6lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz (5.5oz in Turkey/Chick)
-Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul
*Puppy 5lb, 18lb, 35lb
*Adult 5lb, 18lb, 35lb
*Adult Lite 18lb, 35lb
*Senior 5lb, 18lb, 35lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz
-Natural Balance
*Ultra 5lb, 17lb, 35lb
*Ultra Reduced Cal. 5lb, 17lb, 30lb
*Potato & Duck 5lb, 17lb, 30lb
*Venison & Sweet Potato 5lb, 17lb, 28lb
*Sweet potato & Fish 5lb, 17lb, 28lb
*Lamb & Rice 15lb, 35lb
*Organic Chicken 5lb, 13lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz
-Wysong
*Senior 4lb
-Natures Variety Kibble
*Instinct Chicken (grain free) 5lb
*Prarie Chicken (has grain) 5lb
*Canned Flavors 13oz
-Natures Variety Raw Frozen
*Chicken, Beef, Lamb 3lb, 6.6lb
*Organic Chicken, Rabbit, Venison 3lb, 6.6lb
-Natures Variety Freeze Dried
*Beef, Lamb, Venison, Chicken/Turkey
-Taste of the Wild (Grain Free)
*High Prarie 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Pacific Stream 5lb, 15lb, 30lb
*Highlands 5lb, 15lb, 30lb