"dog food" news and stories

Sticking to more traditional dog foods, avoiding the fattening gourmet products, is probably the best way to keep your dog trim and happy, but getting Fido out for a few extra walks isn't going to hurt anything, either. We don't want our pets to be denied some of the simple pleasures in life, so keeping a treat or two on hand as a reward is a great idea. The Paw-resian Bistro carries a wide variety of edible and inedible treats for your pooch, from cookies to clothes. The most intriguing offering is a play on the classic French madeline, redesigned to be a healthy snack for man's best friend. The Sunny Carrot Madeline dog treat is shaped just like a real madeline, but lacks the butter and sugar they usually have. Instead, it is full of flour, oats, wheat germ and carrots. Perhaps it isn't gourmet by our standards, but I'm guessing that Fido will love it all the same.

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Christine Drummond is a New Zealand business woman with a heart. Her dream: to send food aid to the poor in Kenya. The thing is, she runs a dog food business. The Kenyan government has replied that the offer is in "bad taste."

The founder of Mighty Mix dog biscuits insists, however, that while the same ingredients are used in both the dog food and the nutritional supplement (Raw Dry Nourish), they are not the same. The powder is a natural, high-powered nutrient-rich food combining flax seeds, green-lipped mussels and something called deer velvet (which doesn't sound at all appetizing).  She is also sending 42 tons of maize in addition to the 6000 emergency packs. The food should feed 140 orphans for two months.

TV New Zealand has a video clip on the story.

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