McKibble: Junk Pet Food & the Damage Done

by Jim McBean on September 3, 2010 · View Comments

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pup-mckibbles I don’t remember exactly when I read Dr. Tom Lonsdale’s article Junk Pet Food and the Damage Done (PDF here), but it was sometime towards the end of 2009.

The article set Doggy Bytes on a path providing dog owners with  information about how to feed their pet carnivore a diet of raw meaty bones.

The original article is 13 pages long. I’ve chopped it up here into several more easily consumed shorter posts, but have kept the original content completely in tact.

After reading Junk Pet Food and the Damage Done, I can almost guarantee that (if you’re feeding your dog kibble), you’ll never look at another bag of dog “food” the same way again.

by Dr. Tom Lonsdale. Complete text. Abridged article published in Nexus Vol 14 No 6 October – November 2007 Continue reading >>

trubble-true-carnivores For some people the notion of feeding raw meaty bones to their domestic carnivores seems very complex and daunting. In reality though, once the basic principles are understood it’s ridiculously simple. Last week I used a piece from Dr. Tom Lonsdale’s website www.rawmeatybones.com, and am again here today. Nobody says it better or clearer than Tom. Continue reading >>

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