Have you heard the customer testimonials about Dynamite® pet food on the radio? They would make you think that there is nothing better to feed your dogs. Well, the stuff IS awesome, and our own dogs get some daily, but there are better ways, and you should know about them!
I like to believe that most people would like to give their dogs the VERY best pet food there is. If this is true for you, here is some background:
There is a destructive myth that dogs are “carnivores.” Dogs are not carnivores – they are omnivores. To be healthy, they NEED to eat both meat and plants. It is HOW they most often eat plants in nature that has created the confusion.
If you can watch a wild canine make a kill in nature, you will see that they go right for the stomach, and the contents thereof. In a healthy herbivore, the stomach is full of partially digested vegetables. For the canine, this is their “salad” before the meat and bone. Through this, the get needed plant-based vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. To the casual observer, not considering what is in that stomach, it looks like they just eat meat.
If they were to ONLY eat the flesh of animals they would soon become sick and die from either nutritional deficiency or from acidosis. Notice that they eat the flesh AND bones—together, if the animal is small enough. If it is a larger animal, the bone is chewed and swallowed a little later, but it is still critical to the proper utilization of the flesh. The flesh is an ACID ASH food, and it must be neutralized with about four times as much ALKALINIZING bone and vegetables in order to maintain the healthy balance of 20% acid, 80% alkaline.
If you are interested in learning more about all this, pick up a copy of Dr. Ian Billinghurst’s books on the B.A.R.F. diet, or “Give Your Dog A Bone.”
Lately I have heard that, for the “real” Billinghurst raw food diet, you need to be sure to get the original books that he wrote. I have read some reviews of his recent books saying that he has “sold out” to the processed food industry. I don’t necessarily believe this, but I have not read his recent books. My suspicion is that Dr. Billinghurst has come to accept the reality that very few people will take the time to feed their dogs a raw diet. Few would even take the time to feed their FAMILIES a raw diet, even if they understood how much difference it would make to their health. THIS FACT is why the Dynamite® dog food is so relevant to the health of your dog.
The value of the Dynamite® dog food is that it is a fast-feeding kibble that doesn’t contain any of the toxins that are in most ready-to-serve foods. The ingredients are very carefully selected and controlled to assure that the nightmares caused by the mainstream dog food companies are never a factor when feeding any Dynamite product. The food is manufactured in a plant that never allows any preservatives or toxins into the building, let alone into the food.
But, even that was not good enough for the owners of Dynamite. They dreamed of creating a dog food that was a ready-made, easy-to-feed “BARF” diet. This past year that dream became a reality. They are now producing their new “Ultimate Diet for Dogs” — a raw extruded meat and vegetable dog food that is dried into a fine meal. It actually uses fresh-killed whole beef – not “beef by-products.”
The only hooker is that it isn’t ready to just dump out of a bag and walk away from. It is a very dry extruded “meal” that needs to be moistened with about 4 parts water, then stirred and soaked before feeding, and it is BEST when mixed with fresh, raw LIVE vegetables that have been liquefied with water in a Vita-Mix (carrots, spinach, beets, left-over green salad, green beans, etc.). Because of this, most people with busy schedules still prefer to feed the Dynamite® dog food – a kibble that can just be poured and forgotten, but with a clear conscience.
Although Dynamite® pet food might be only third-best, it still beats out all of its commercial competitors! The only commercial food we know of that is better happens to be made by the same company.
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