| Is holistic dry dog food that much better than regular | | | | What is NOT in Holistic Dog Food? – |
| dog food? Is it worth paying the extra money to | | | | First, holistic dog food gets rid of all animal by-products. |
| purchase the holistic brand, not to mention the extra | | | | If you look at the ingredients, you will find a lack of |
| trouble it takes to order online and then have it shipped | | | | by-products on the packaging. Instead, you will find in its |
| to your house? In order to answer these questions, | | | | place 100% USDA approved meat. That alone is |
| you have to compare holistic dog foods to the | | | | worth the price difference, if you ask me. |
| commercial brands that are readily available at the | | | | Next, you will find a lack of hormones in that meat. |
| local grocery store. | | | | Holistic products tend to be organic as well. This |
| What is in Dog Food? – | | | | means their meat will be hormone free. |
| When it comes to dog food, you need to think about | | | | Keep reading the package labeling and you will find no |
| what goes into it. Now, all dog food meets certain | | | | pesticides and no herbicides. Again, this goes to the |
| nutritional and safety requirements. This means your | | | | organic nature of holistic dog foods. Since they like to |
| dog will get the minimal daily requirements for food. | | | | be known as "all natural", they do not like to add nasty |
| However, these requirements are not as strict as they | | | | toxins to their dog food. |
| are for human consumption. | | | | What This Means for Your Dog – |
| As a matter of fact, any time you see the words | | | | When you start taking unhealthy things out of the dog |
| “by-product” on an ingredient label, you know | | | | food, you will see that dogs start feeling better. Other |
| this means it is a product the USDA thought was not | | | | dogs that had allergies start not having allergy |
| fit for human consumption. It was a by-product. It was | | | | symptoms. Dogs stop scratching and their coats start |
| waste that that someone deemed fit to put in your | | | | looking shinier. |
| dog food. | | | | Of course, only you can make the decision if it is |
| This leads us to ask not so much what is in dog food, | | | | worth the price difference. Your dog might think it is |
| but really, what is not in holistic dog food? It is the | | | | worth the difference. Your dog's immune system will |
| differences between holistic dry dog food and | | | | definitely think it is worth the difference. The only way |
| commercial brands that really makes holistic dog food | | | | you will know if it is worth the difference is if you try it |
| stand out. | | | | for yourself. |