Tuesday, August 25, 2009

TOP 10 BEST ORGANIC DOG TREATS that Are Good For Your Pet!

We all don't have the time or energy to prepare a homemade meal for ourselves at the end of a busy day, much less homemade organic treats for out pets.

My dogs are undoubtly spoiled rotten, and I willingly give them their treats, but I do insist on healthy organic natural human grade ingredients.

Here are my top 10 picks of certified organic treats, that my dogs have tried and absolutely love.These are available through mail order, conveniently delivered to your doorstep, ready to eat.

Remember, just because they are healthy doesn't mean that they are not tasty.

Yummy!

MY TOP TEN ORGANIC TREATS FOR DOGS ARE:

ONLY NATURAL PET ORGANIC FRESH KISSES BISCUTS
Only Natural Pet Organic Fresh Kisses Biscuits

You and your dog can both breathe easy with our Organic Fresh Kisses Biscuits. The "active" ingredients? Mint flakes, parsley, and ginger! These minty and parsley-flavored treats are made with wholesome organic ingredients, with no corn, soy or wheat. They’re baked hard for a crunchy texture that fights tartar and plaque, promoting healthy gums and strong teeth. Given daily as a treat, these biscuits help freshen your dog’s breath. Give Fresh Kisses to your dog and you’ll get sweeter kisses in return!

95% Organic Ingredients.
Low-Allergen Grains: Rye & Oat Bran.
Free of Wheat, Corn and Soy.
No Preservatives or Fillers - Nothing Artificial.
Only Natural Pet brand products are 100% guaranteed!

CLICK HERE FOR EASY ORDER OF FRESH KISSES AND MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING COMPLETE INGREDIENT LIST AND PERSONAL REVIEWS.


NEWMAN'S OWN ORGANIC DOG TREATS
Newman's Own Organics Dog Treats Chicken Medium 6 Pack

These organic treats are made with nothing but natural, wholesome ingredients like chicken, barley flour, carrots, and apples. No wheat, corn or soy products. And they come in an adorable heart shape - since we do love our dogs! Available in small or medium sizes. Please see below for ingredients.

10 oz. bags come in many flavours such as: Chicken, Peanut Butter, Cheese, Vegetable, Turkey with Sweet Potatoe, and Salmon with Sweet Potatoe.

CLICK HERE FOR NEWMAN'S OWN ORDER PAGE AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT VARITIES AND A FULL LIST OF INGREDIENTS.

WET NOSES ORGANIC DOG TREATS
Wet Noses Herbal Dog Treats Dogranola - 6 Pack

Wet Noses Dog Treats are 100% certified organic! Wholesome, natural ingredients and organic produce make up these delicious treats. Available in six incredible flavors: Dogranola, Dooces, Apple-Thyme, Pumpkin, Cheddar and new Sweet Potato Curry. CLICK HERE AND Save 5% on your first order at Only Natural Pet Store! Coupon code CJ15.

Check this out: The Cheddar treats are loaded with real cheddar cheese, not cheese flavoring or powdered cheese. You can even see it right in the treats!
Ingredients: organic rye flour, organic oat flour, shredded cheddar cheese, molasses, grade AA eggs, olive oil, dill, garlic.
This reads like an ingredient list from a high end product that we would eat. Healthy, organic and delicious.
I personally highly recommend these through my two girls - They both give it paws up.

EASY ORDER WET NOSES HERE AT Only Natural Pet Store


ZUKE'S SUPERFOOD ORGANIC DOG BISCUTS
Zuke's SuperFood Organic Dog Biscuits - Berry Blastz for Canine

Each of Zuke's three Superfood Organic Dog Biscuit formulas is crafted around a specific class of superfoods.

Mean Greenz™ is made with oxidant-rich greens, Health Nutz™ is crafted with omega-3 fatty acid packed nuts and Berry Blastz™ is formulated with antioxidant-rich, dark-skinned berries.

All those healthy superfoods are then packed into a mouth-watering mixture of organic oats, barley and molasses that your dog will devour with delight. So go organic and get these super healthy nutrients into your dog without the fuss of trying to force him to eat broccoli.

Berry Blastz: Exploding with the free-radical scavenging powers of antioxidant-rich blueberries, cranberries and raspberries.

Mean Greenz: A mighty mix of healthy, vitamin-packed greens like spinach, green beans and broccoli. Gives dogs all the benefits of a balanced, whole-food diet ... easier than getting your kids to eat their veggies.

Health Nutz: Loaded with protein-packed peanuts to support strong muscles and omega-3-rich almonds to support strong joints and a healthy coat.

Easy order and find the ingredient lists: Here at Only Natural Pet Store.


NATURE NOSH ORGANIC GOURMET DOG TREATS
Nature Nosh Organic Gourmet Dog Treats Chicken Parmesan 14 oz.

NatureNosh has created a line of ultra premium organic gourmet dog treats that do not have any animal by-products, fillers, hormones, chemical preservatives, pesticides, herbicides or that contain corn, wheat, egg or soy.

NatureNosh treats are the first truly USDA Certified Organic meat based gourmet dog treat.

A portion of the proceeds from the purchase of any NatureNosh product will be donated to Much Love Animal Rescue.

An example of one of the flavours ingredients is:

Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients:
Organic Chicken Liver, Organic Oat Flour, Organic Barley Flour, Organic Blackstrap Molasses, Organic Parmesan Cheese, Organic Carrots, Organic Garlic, Organic Tomatos, Organic Rosemary, Organic Oregano, Organic Parsley, Organic Vegetable Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative)

That is a 100% organic dog treat. A product needs to have 75% organic ingredients to be certified organic so this "treat" goes above and beyond. Talk about spoiling your dog!

CLICK HERE FOR SECURE, EASY ORDERING OF NATURE NOSH ORGANIC GOURMET DOG TREATS, AND ENJOY READING ABOUT THE OTHER FLAVOURS AND INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE.


DR. HARVEY'S BARKOTTI TREATS FOR DOGS
Dr. Harvey's Barkotti Treats For Dogs - Medium to Large Dogs

Barkotti are homemade biscotti for dogs made with organic ingredients.

Delicious and healthy, these unique biscotti treats are made with organic flours, eight vegetables, apples, seven herbs, honey and bee pollen.

Barkotti contain no preservatives, coloring agents, corn, wheat, soy, salt or sugar. All ingredients are human-grade.

These treats promote healthy gums and teeth, and because they are so delicious they make great training treats.

Nothing Artificial
No Preservatives
Wheat, Soy & Corn Free
No Added Sugar or Salt
100% Human Grade Ingredients ONLY

Barkotti are uniquely and beautifully packaged in 100% recycled and recyclable boxes and printed with soy ink. These treats make the perfect gift for your canine companion! Made in the USA.

Easy and secure ordering At Only Natural Pet Store - CLICK HERE FOR DR. HARVEY'S TREATS.


WAGATHA'S ORGANIC DOG BISCUT TREATS
Wagatha's Organic Dog Biscuit Treats - 9 oz. Orginal Flavor

Wagatha's biscuits are made from the finest quality certified organic and kosher ingredients. They have been carefully selected to reflect their discriminating standards for health and nutrition.

All of the ingredients used to make Wagatha's gourmet organic dog biscuits are sourced from carefully monitored organic growing areas primarily within North America. Their extra virgin olive oil is from Italy or Spain.

100% USDA Certified Organic
100% Human Grade Ingredients
Certified Kosher
Organic Ingredients:

Easily Digestible Grains
Whole-Wheat Flour
Brown Flax Seed
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (the only type of organic olive oil)
Sunflower Oil
Eggs
Non-Fat Dry Milk
Honey
Garlic
Sea Salt

A must try: CLICK HERE FOR EASY SECURE ORDERING OF WAGATHA'S ORGANIC DOG BISCUT.


BARKWHEATS ALL NATURAL BUCKWHEAT DOG BISCUTS
Barkwheats Buckwheat Dog Biscuits - Ginger & Parsley

Barkwheats are all-natural buckwheat dog biscuits, hand-crafted in Stockton Springs, Maine. Barkwheats contain no grain (or gluten), corn, soy, sugar, salt or preservatives.

They are baked with the highest quality ingredients, including certified organic dark buckwheat flour, free-range organic eggs, safflower oil, ginger, parsley, sea vegetable and chamomile. Nearly 100% of Barkwheats' ingredients are sourced from neighboring farms.

What is Buckwheat? While treated like a cereal grain, buckwheat is actually a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb and sorrel, making it a suitable substitute for grains for those who are sensitive to wheat or glutens. Buckwheat is high in magnesium, manganese, and flavonoids.

Barkwheats come packaged in a sustainably-harvested, biodegradable bag and sturdy 100% recycled paperboard box.

Order Barkwheat here at: Only Natural Pet Store


DOG WHISPERER ORGANIC DOG TREATS
Organic Dog Treats - Exercise 12 oz. 3 Pack

About Dog Whisperer Treats:
Cesar Millan, the renowned dog behavioral specialist and star of National Geographic's TV show, "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan," has launched his own line of food and treats for dogs in conjunction with Castor & Pollux.

Each product was personally developed by Cesar himself, and they are made from organic ingredients, with eco-friendly packaging and top quality nutrition for your dog.

Order Cesar Milan's Dog Whisperer Organic Biscut Treats here: Only Natural Pet Store


JUSTIN'S ORGANIC NUT BUTTER
Justin's Nut Butter Organic Peanut Butter Squeeze Packs 10 Pack

Made from the highest quality natural and organic ingredients, this might be the most delicious peanut butter you and your pup will ever taste!

No Salt
No Sugar
No Sweeteners
No Hydrogenated Oils
Only Organic Ingredients
Great uses for Justin's Nut Butter:

Smear it all over your dog's nose and mouth (this never gets old)
Stuff it in a Kong
Trick your dog by hiding pills and medicine in it
Squeeze it in your own mouth
Take it on a hike with your pup and share it as a snack

Ingredients:
Organic Dry Roasted Peanuts, Organic Palm Fruit Oil

ORDER JUSTIN'S NUT BUTTER HERE AT Only Natural Pet Store



Also you will find many excellent choices that aren't labelled organic, but are healthy and chemical free:
NATURAL PET TREATS FOR DOGS AT Only Natural Pet Store

OR TRY
NATURAL PET CHEWS AND BONES FOR DOGS AT Only Natural Pet Store

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Organic Dog Food vs. Commercial Grade Dog Food - How to Choose.

All dog lovers want the best for the companion, and starting with proper nutrition will give your pet the basis for a long healthy life. There is no one “best” food on the market today, but many extremely ultra premium or high quality organic dog foods that are excellent choices. Also beware that there are more really bad, low quality, low nutrition, and chemical filled commercial dog foods. The cheaper brands are generally available in the grocery store. The better organic dog foods are usually ordered directly through the company, or offered at high end pet stores.

Increasing your dog’s life span is easily achieved by feeding a properly balanced healthy organic dog food or high premium diet from puppy hood. An all natural healthy diet is as beneficial for your dog as it is for yourself. Improper or poor nutrition can cause diseases, allergies, obesity, and shortened life spans in your dogs.

There are many commercial grade dog food products available at the grocery store, and care must be taken when choosing one. After the recent pet food contamination scares and recalls because of toxicity and disgusting additives being found in the manufacturing process, many pet owners are becoming much more aware of what they feed their pet.

Here are a few general guidelines to follow when looking at the ingredients on a dog food bag:

Choose a food with high meat content. The first ingredient must be a specified meat. Another one or two meats or meat meal listed in the top 5 ingredients is a bonus, but not necessary. (Meat meal is meat with the moisture removed).

If the same grain ingredient is used two or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. “ground brown rice”, brewer’s rice”, “rice flour”, are all the same grain), this is not a well balanced, nutritious product. It is loaded with “filler” and made to look like it is healthy by separating the one ingredient into sub categories, but rice is rice so it should be listed once.

Using high quality grains has become the standard for the premium quality manufacturers, such as barley, brown rice and oatmeal. If the grains are organic, then all the better. Wheat and corn are inferior and useless as a nutritional element in dog food, and used as filler only.

There should be absolutely no by-products listed.

There should not be any fillers.

Carcinogenic preservatives do not need to be used, and if they are don’t buy the product. (They will be listed as BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin) .

Artificial colorings are also cancer causing, and completely unnecessary. You’ll be surprised to see how many products still contain this dangerous ingredient. The dyes will be marked as such – e.g. Red, Blue and Yellow dyes.

No added sugars or corn syrup should be in the ingredient list.

The more organic ingredients listed, the better.

Added glucosamine, chondroitin, pro and prebiotics, flax seed oil, barley, oats or oatmeal, and sunflower oil, are a good thing.

Slowly baked, not extruded, retains the minerals, vitamins and essential goodness of the food.

Hormone free, antibiotic free, pesticide and herbicide free, chemical and preservative free would indicate a high quality premium organic dog food.

And finally, no mystery meats should be in the list. Mystery meat will be listed as simply meat or poultry, rather than chicken or venison. The mystery meat will probably be some horrible rotten road kill, old euthanized animals, and parts of animals that are not edible.

Although the higher quality food might seem more expensive initially, it will work itself out and become cheaper in the long run. The savings in vet bills alone over the life of your pet will pay for the food.

I use the lazy semi-homemade dog food recipe, by using a high end organic dog food, and add just a few ounces of poached chicken, or broiled venison every day. The best of both worlds is then achieved for my dogs.

I realize that most vets are completely sincere in recommending what they believe is the best for your dog. The company Hills, which makes the Science Diet brand dog food that vets usually recommend, actually promotes and helps the veterinary schools financially. See Here. Because of the support, the vets just carry on the message of this being an extremely high quality food. I sure they are sincere in the belief that this is an exceptionally nutritious dog food. Go ahead and check here and see what the first 5 ingredients are in Science Diet. Compare it to this, a high quality organic dog food.
Which would you want your pet to eat?

Always be aware, educate yourself and know that the big business of dog food manufacturing is in it for the profit, not the health and welfare of our pets. That is up to us. Just do the absolute best you can for your pet and it will be returned with more doggie love, which is never a bad thing.

Try this dog food rating scale and see if your dog food passes or fails nutritionally. It’s easy and fun and quite enlightening. Click here for Dog Food Rating Scale.



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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Best Dog Food

Karma Organic Dry Dog Food

The best, ultra premium human grade organic dog food is Karma Organic Dog Food as they use over 95% organic ingredients in their dry dog kibble. Although they do not have a line of canned dog food, and just sell Karma Organic Dry Dog Food, it is the best choice if you want to eliminate chemicals, artificial preservatives, unnecessary additives, meat that is not fit for consumption, unhealthy fillers and in some cheap brands – road kill. Click Here! for a complete explanation of the really horrible foods we have been feeding our pets.

Karma Organic Dry Dog Food is the only dog food manufacturing company that can boast the over 95% organic ingredients. It also contains 18 certified organic ingredients and is made with organic whole fruits and vegetables – not dried. And just to add the perfect touch to their all natural organic environmentally friendly philosophy, they use packaging made with 100% recyclable material. Did you know that 95% organic ingredients are considered human grade food?

They provide 100% complete nutrition, and the ingredients list starts with number one being Organic Free Range Chicken, and continues like a menu in a health food restaurant.
Changing your dog from the cheap grocery store brand to this highly organic dog food can be nothing but good, and will eliminate many of the health problems, allergies and illnesses caused by the food containing fillers, pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, GMO grains and all the nasty artificial preservatives and additives.

Although this is pricier than most, money saved by reducing health problems, and just the fact that you will be extending your dogs life seem to be worth the extra few dollars.

Newman’s Own Organics Pet Food


This pet food has more than 70% of all ingredients being organic. They use human grade all natural chicken and organic brown rice, and it is supplemented with high levels of antioxidants, Ester-C and probiotics.

Newman's Own Organic Dog Food does not use herbicides, pesticides or artificial fertilizers and is not irradiated, and do not contain chemical additives or preservatives. The ingredients are handled according to strict organic standards.

Newman’s Own Organics come in a variety of sizes of dry dog and cat food, and they also offer canned dog and cat food, as well as Newman’s Own Organics Dog Treats.

The 30% of ingredients that are non organic are still high grade ingredients that are completely safe, nutritious and free of unnecessary fillers or harmful additives.

Natural Planet Organics Dry Dog Food

Natural Planet Organics does not list the percentage of organic to non organic ingredients, but its main ingredients are organic, and the rest are all natural.

Natural Planet Organics is categorized as an Ultra Premium certified organic food for your dog. Organic free range chickens are the first ingredient listed.

They also use organic grains, organic vegetables and fruits.

Additionally natural antioxidants are added, along with pre and probiotics, and an excellent combination of important supplemental vitamins and minerals for optimum health. Also glucosamine and chondroitin and high levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids and taurine, which are essential, are also included.

If you read the ingredients list you will not find any of the harmful preservatives and added chemicals found in inferior brand kibble. The ingredient list is easily read, and there are no complex chemically sounding words. I always believe if I can’t pronounce it, I wouldn’t want to eat it. This also goes for my pets, and this organic food meets “my rule.”

This organic food is offered as dry kibble only, for dogs and cats, and well worth the few extra dollars it may cost over less natural dog food.

You can find any of the above three choices here:
Only Natural Pet Store


Peace of mind, and confidence that you are giving your pet the best food available on the market today come when you choose any of the above three all natural, certified organic dog foods. You will not have to worry about compromising your pet’s health, just as you don’t compromise your own family. After all, our pets are a very important part of our family, and giving them the best advantages of health and longer lives is up to us.

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