It's funny . . . I've had my dog for a little over a year, and I have always refused to feed her any "human food," because I didn't want her to learn to beg, and because we are told that it is not good for them. What a laugh. It's really not good for us either a lot of the time, but that's beside the point. I had not really thought to wonder what was in dog food until I read "Against The Grain" by Richard Manning, where he discusses the origins of the dog food industry as being just another way that large corporations are able to transform their scraps and undesirables into profit. A little more digging, and I found that many of the brands whose commercials feature bouncing happy puppies next to savory dishes of lamb and beef are in fact helping us feed our dogs rotted grain and corn, grease, cow brains, sheep guts, and even EUTHANIZED ANIMALS. Are you kidding me?!
I've since switched Zola to Life's Abundance. I don't know if this is where I'll keep her, but initially I was just looking for ANYTHING better. I don't know an incredible amount about what I should be looking for, but the ingredient list is full of things like chicken, brown rice, oat groats, dried beet pulp, flaxseed, lettuce, blueberries, broccoli, etc. And their website maintains that their products have No artificial flavors, No artificial colors, No corn or corn gluten, and No wheat or wheat gluten. I also love that the products have a shelf life and actually expire, as opposed to the stuff you buy at Walmart that is probably already as old as I am and could outlive me.
The food is manufactured at three different sites in Illinois, California, and Florida, and ships directly to your house via UPS. I don't know enough to know if this is necessarily a good thing, but it sounds good . . . I just have it shipped to my work, where I handle all the inventory and we get UPS shipments several times a week anyway.
So yeah, here's to Zola going green . . . She loves the food, and is able to eat about 1/3 less than she did when I had her on Science Diet.
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