I hope my post will get everyone to just search out all the dog foods, the ingredients and where they come from and learn all the harmful stuff that goes into some dog foods!
This is a very sad time for all of us pet lovers. I lost a dog to Kidney Failure about 3 and a half years ago and I saw how painful it was to her as well as to me so I can feel the pain of others that are going through this and have actually cried over it! With the dog I have now having Kidney Problems for the whole time she was on another dog food (not part of the recall) made me start searching again on dog foods, their ingredients, where the ingredients come from, all those questions I no longer trust any dog food company to tell me! After I switched dog foods my dog had her first normal test results
I am using Newman's Own Organic Dog Food and yes I am aware of Menu Foods having something to do with one of Newman's Foods although I have not found it confirmed which one. I feel when we share a dog food we should share anything negative about it, too, that we know of.
BUT FROM WHAT I READ NEWMAN'S OWN ORGANIC DOG FOOD IS NOT MADE IN THE SAME FACILITY THAT THE RECALL IS COMING OUT OF!!
This is why I like Newman's Own for my dog..........
All ingredients are obtained from the US and No wheat, corn, No GMO's.
No grape seed extract which I believe was hurting my dog because all testing was abnormal while my dog was using another dog food product with that in it. I know some think grape extract is ok and some don't.
There was nothing else in the dog food she was on before that could cause Kidney Problems as it was also ALL natural, no wheat, nothing artificial, etc.
Newman's Own Organic Dog Food is certified organic.
I don't feel 100 percent safe about any pet foods so that is what lead me to do alot of research and I hope you are, too before you decide on one.
I don't sell Newman's Own so I am just sharing what I have learned.
They do have alot of answers and questions about their product where I learned more as well as we can all google search pet food ingredients, companies, etc. and find out alot!
Newman's Own Organic Dog Food is the closest I can find all things considered that I will allow my pet to eat!!
To all of you that have lost a pet or have one sick because of this terrible tragedy with the contaminated dog food, please know my heart goes out to you all.
I encourage you to research and learn about the different ingredients that goes into dog foods.
"Natural" and "Organic" claims. The definition of natural adopted by AAFCO is very broad, and allows for artificially processed ingredients that most of us would consider very unnatural indeed. The term organic, on the other hand, has a very strict legal definition under the USDA National Organic Program. However, some companies are adept at evading the intent of both of these rules. For instance, the name of the company or product may be intentionally misleading. Some companies use terms such as Nature or Natural or even Organic in the brand name, whether or not their products fit the definitions. Consumers should also be aware that the term organic does not imply anything at all about animal welfare; products from cows and chickens can be organic, yet the animals themselves are still just production units in enormous factory farms.
After I posted I got the email about not posting the links! Sorry, I knew some links were prohibited but thought it was ok to post links for information purposes only for others to learn about dog foods and their ingredients as this pet food recall is so tragic for so many I was just trying to share information that I have learned.
My intentions were/are really just to help others realize the need for researching about pet foods, the ingredients, etc.