Although some specifics may vary, nutrition guidelines are very similar for all breeds of dogs, including the American Pit Bull Terrier. Protein should comprise the largest part of the APBT�s diet at 70 of the diet. Fats should fill the remainder of the diet.
This should be very easy to provide for your pet. That is until the ingredient list is examined. The chief ingredient in most dog foods is corn meal. Dogs do not necessarily eat corn in the wild. Unless their prey had recently eaten some. Although dogs, for the most part, do not live in the wild any longer, their nutritional necessities have not significantly changed.
Dog food standards are set by the AAFCO, American Association of Feed Control Officials. Another government subsidized organization that allows for bigger business. The standards are as follows. A dog food with no descriptive terms qualifying the source ingredient must contain at least 70 beef, Chicken dog food 70 of the mentioned ingredient. Think that’s bad? There’s even less in a dog food that qualifies itself using �with�. When this is the case, there is only 3% of the named ingredient required to be contained in the food. The list still has one entry remaining. A dog food that is flavored with an ingredient is only required to contain traceable amounts of that ingredient.
Acting as though they are dog lover’s, dog food conglomerates sell fortified lawn debris as nutritious food. Lawn debris? They show whole vegetables on the labels. That is to trick the consumer into believing they are buying high-quality food, when they are actually buying supplemented floor sweepings. Check the ingredients label to determine what, if any, vegetables are contained therein.
Dog food is a concoction of industrialized nations. In other nations the dogs eat what their owners eat. If you thought the vegetable situation was unjust, just wait. The meat source in dog food is worse. The animal carcasses are trimmed of human grade meat , and the rest is ground for dog food. This is as it should be.
However, one often sees the media hyping a story of sick cows that cannot support their own weight. Farmers crying because they are losing money on diseased cows. What is not mentioned is what happens to that cow. Do they just throw it away? Of course not. It goes into dog food. Why do you think they say, Don’t eat that it is dog food.
