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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2017 18:27:40 GMT
Last night I was clicking through Netflix trying to find something interesting (a movie) to watch and I came across this documentary called "Pet Fooled". It was very educational and taught what took me 3 weeks of research to learn in a short, interesting film. I encourage all pet owners to watch this important film. It's appalling what pet food manufactures are allowed to put into pet food and get away with. You'll learn what key words mean like "flavor", "dinner", and all kinds of tricks they use to get you to buy what you think is healthy food when it's the farthest thing from it. And you'll learn how to feed your dog or cat the healthiest food she/he needs. Highly recommended.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 22, 2017 18:37:01 GMT
Pass! I don't have pets and there's some things I'd rather not have stuck in my memory.  |
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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2017 19:47:48 GMT
Well if you don't have pets I can see where you wouldn't have any interest in seeing this. BTW, it doesn't really show any gross images except a very brief shot of a pile of dead animals that are getting ready for the rendering plant (yes, that's what goes into some pet food) and a shot of a road kill animal (and yes, that's also what goes into some pet food). But I've always believed knowledge is power. If as an adult you can't bring yourself to view a documentary showing the truth about what really goes into your pet's food (and I'm not talking about you RefugeePea since you don't have any pets) because it's just too sickening to your sensitive nature imagine how your pet feels eating it day after day? Luckily this isn't the case in all pet foods and that's the point of this documentary. It teaches you how to tell from reading the ingredients and learning the terminology they use to hide certain horrible things within the food what to look out for.
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 22, 2017 19:55:56 GMT
I'll check this out, thanks for the heads up.
I know more than I'd like to know about rendering plants already, thanks to a Dirty Jobs episode years ago. My horse that passed away a couple of weeks ago likely ended up in one so if it's too graphic I may have to pass.
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Post by Zee on Apr 22, 2017 19:58:13 GMT
Well if you don't have pets I can see where you wouldn't have any interest in seeing this. BTW, it doesn't really show any gross images except a very brief shot of a pile of dead animals that are getting ready for the rendering plant (yes, that's what goes into some pet food) and a shot of a road kill animal (and yes, that's also what goes into some pet food). But I've always believed knowledge is power. If as an adult you can't bring yourself to view a documentary showing the truth about what really goes into your pet's food (and I'm not talking about you RefugeePea since you don't have any pets) because it's just too sickening to your sensitive nature imagine how your pet feels eating it day after day? Luckily this isn't the case in all pet foods and that's the point of this documentary. It teaches you how to tell from reading the ingredients and learning the terminology they use to hide certain horrible things within the food what to look out for. Where would companies obtain road kill to make pet food out of? Doesn't seem very practical when animal by-products are easily obtainable from slaughter houses. Even pet food manufacturers have safety standards, if they want to stay in business in particular. Dead animals scraped off the roads in varying states of decay wouldn't make a safe product. And who collects all this road kill? Now I want to watch this just to see how much is fact vs scare tactics. I'm sorry I'm such a natural skeptic! 😩 |
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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2017 20:15:16 GMT
I'll check this out, thanks for the heads up. I know more than I'd like to know about rendering plants already, thanks to a Dirty Jobs episode years ago. My horse that passed away a couple of weeks ago likely ended up in one so if it's too graphic I may have to pass. It's not that graphic as I said up post. Just those two shots and that's it as far as the rendering parts go. There is one shot of an animal carcass hanging (like in a butchering plant) with pieces being carved off and that for me was difficult being a vegan. Oh, in that one shot of the shot I mentioned up post of the pile of dead animals getting ready for the rendering plant there is a shot of a dead horse-for you that might be very difficult. Just remembered that since you mentioned your situation. I'm so very sorry for your loss. In your case I would wait to view this until you have finished grieving. You will know when the time is right. Again I am so very sorry for your loss. |
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Post by Skellinton on Apr 22, 2017 20:20:15 GMT
I would rather just research what food is good for my pet and which pet foods have a posittive recall status. I do not need to see what goes on in food I have no intention of feeding my pet! Those two scenes you described sound way to graphic for me! Just reading them made my stomach turn.
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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2017 20:24:19 GMT
Well if you don't have pets I can see where you wouldn't have any interest in seeing this. BTW, it doesn't really show any gross images except a very brief shot of a pile of dead animals that are getting ready for the rendering plant (yes, that's what goes into some pet food) and a shot of a road kill animal (and yes, that's also what goes into some pet food). But I've always believed knowledge is power. If as an adult you can't bring yourself to view a documentary showing the truth about what really goes into your pet's food (and I'm not talking about you RefugeePea since you don't have any pets) because it's just too sickening to your sensitive nature imagine how your pet feels eating it day after day? Luckily this isn't the case in all pet foods and that's the point of this documentary. It teaches you how to tell from reading the ingredients and learning the terminology they use to hide certain horrible things within the food what to look out for. Where would companies obtain road kill to make pet food out of? Doesn't seem very practical when animal by-products are easily obtainable from slaughter houses. Even pet food manufacturers have safety standards, if they want to stay in business in particular. Dead animals scraped off the roads in varying states of decay wouldn't make a safe product. And who collects all this road kill? Now I want to watch this just to see how much is fact vs scare tactics. I'm sorry I'm such a natural skeptic! 😩 Yes, they have safety standards but according to this documentary because of the way the law is written regarding pet food there are lots of loopholes that let them get away with what they can put in pet food. Bottom line the pet food industry is a huge multi million profit base owned by just a few corporations. Recently more and more small companies with superior pet nutrition have started up. That's the good news. I don't blame you for being a natural skeptic. I'm not saying you have to believe any of this. All I'm doing is sharing a documentary I saw that I thought had a lot of very good information. I personally believe what I saw last night. Partially because a lot of what I saw is information I found on my own 5 years ago after my cat Biru came down with kidney disease at the age of 15. I spent 3 solid weeks doing research on the internet to find a better diet for him than the prescription diet the vet recommended. That diet was causing him to lose even more weight and he was down to skin and bones. I was desperate. What I found saved his life. The documentary last night reaffirmed what I learned and had lots more information in addition to it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 20:25:22 GMT
Thank you I'm going to watch it! Here is a very helpful site that I like to refer to for my dog food. Dog Food Advisor |
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Post by mmmom on Apr 22, 2017 20:29:28 GMT
Did the film mention particular brands to avoid or recommend nutritious ones? I'm not sure I could stomach watching it either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 20:33:15 GMT
Thank you for your recommendation. I'm pretty picky about what I feed my doxies. I appreciate your review including scenes I might not want to watch.
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Post by mmmom on Apr 22, 2017 20:35:50 GMT
Scrappymom, thanks for the link to that very thorough site. My brand is 4 star rated and seems to have served my dog well last 4 years but good to have info on other types.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Apr 22, 2017 20:40:52 GMT
Did the film mention particular brands to avoid or recommend nutritious ones? I'm not sure I could stomach watching it either.  My Puppy is dying form lymphoma. Nothing we can do but wait. I researched all the food and the only thing we can think of is my housekeeper fed her a ham sandwich. She ate the same sandwich and had food poisoning. Otherwise the dog has only eaten Taste of the Wild and Fromm and as far as I can tell those are good food brands. |
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Post by paget on Apr 22, 2017 21:40:09 GMT
Thank you- I will check it out
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Post by birukitty on Apr 22, 2017 23:42:38 GMT
Thank you I'm going to watch it! Here is a very helpful site that I like to refer to for my dog food. Dog Food Advisor That is a great sight to learn about pet food, and I spent a lot of time there when I did my 3 weeks of research for alternative food for Biru's kidney disease. There wasn't a similar site for cat food (not like this) at the time, but a lot of the companies that make cat food also make dog food so I researched those companies. I learned a lot about what ingredients go into pet food and what need to be there and won't don't. It takes a lot of time and study to learn this which is why I was recommending this film. It is very well done, and boils this research down to 90 minutes for less (forgot how long the actual film is). Honestly I'm surprised how many pet parents are too squeamish to watch this film (it really isn't that bad) and yet don't think it important enough to learn this (what I think of as very necessary) information. We feed our pets the same food every day. To me if you are feeding the brands of what is considered poor quality food it's like feeding them McDonald's every day. This is what one of the vets said last night in the film. Are we then surprised when so many pets today have problems with allergies, or skin problems, or one of the many things that current pets are plagued with today including obesity. |
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Post by compwalla on Apr 23, 2017 0:27:58 GMT
Did the film mention particular brands to avoid or recommend nutritious ones? I'm not sure I could stomach watching it either. My Puppy is dying form lymphoma. Nothing we can do but wait. I researched all the food and the only thing we can think of is my housekeeper fed her a ham sandwich. She ate the same sandwich and had food poisoning. Otherwise the dog has only eaten Taste of the Wild and Fromm and as far as I can tell those are good food brands. Lymphoma is cancer. I am so sorry your pup is ill but I'm not sure how a ham sandwich could cause cancer. Did the vet explain it? I'm curious. |
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Post by scrappinghappy on Apr 23, 2017 3:58:44 GMT
My Puppy is dying form lymphoma. Nothing we can do but wait. I researched all the food and the only thing we can think of is my housekeeper fed her a ham sandwich. She ate the same sandwich and had food poisoning. Otherwise the dog has only eaten Taste of the Wild and Fromm and as far as I can tell those are good food brands. Lymphoma is cancer. I am so sorry your pup is ill but I'm not sure how a ham sandwich could cause cancer. Did the vet explain it? I'm curious. Probably not the ham sandwich at all. She is young though and the vet tells us that lymphoma in dogs is not common and practically unheard of in her breed. They dont know what causes it, could be bactarial, virus, chemical or toxin exposure. Its been a pretty rapid decline. We arent trying to find blame |
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Post by pjaye on Apr 23, 2017 4:26:16 GMT
They dont know what causes it, could be bactarial, virus, chemical or toxin exposure That vet is talking rubbish. Cancers are not cause by bacteria. Put plainly a cancer is just a bunch of cells that replicate in in uncontrolled way. All cells replicate, that's how we stay alive but in a cancer it just does it in a rapid and unorganised way that becomes harmful to the body. At this point we don't really understand what causes most cancers. Lymphomas are VERY common cancers in both dogs and cats and are not breed specific. Around 20% of all cancers in dogs are lymphomas. A lymphoma left untreated will be fatal in around 12 weeks - that's rapid, but it's also "normal" for that type of cancer and the vet shouldn't be surprised by this, or be telling you that this is somehow unusual. Just like children who get cancer for no known reason, young animals can get cancer too. I'm very sorry your dog is dying, I lost my 8yo cat to lymphoma a few years ago and I know how hard it is, but it doesn't sound like your vet is explaining things well or guiding you through this in a realistic way. There is nothing to blame, it's just unlucky biology. |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 23, 2017 4:37:45 GMT
I'll check this out, thanks for the heads up. I know more than I'd like to know about rendering plants already, thanks to a Dirty Jobs episode years ago. My horse that passed away a couple of weeks ago likely ended up in one so if it's too graphic I may have to pass. It's not that graphic as I said up post. Just those two shots and that's it as far as the rendering parts go. There is one shot of an animal carcass hanging (like in a butchering plant) with pieces being carved off and that for me was difficult being a vegan. Oh, in that one shot of the shot I mentioned up post of the pile of dead animals getting ready for the rendering plant there is a shot of a dead horse-for you that might be very difficult. Just remembered that since you mentioned your situation. I'm so very sorry for your loss. In your case I would wait to view this until you have finished grieving. You will know when the time is right. Again I am so very sorry for your loss. Thank you. It's a topic I find interesting but I think I am going to wait to watch it. |
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