So in the last post where i wrote that i was changing Cheddie’s diet from human food to Pedigree, i received many many comments saying that Pedigree is horrible for pets and some accused me for not doing research.
Honestly i have had her for 5 years, and as an owner of a first pet (before i got Koyuki later on), i was so clueless and confused. I did so much research until i gave up. No matter which brand you choose there will be comments on forum that say that it’s horrible and will kill your pet.
Actually i noticed that people are just harsher and super self-righteous when it comes to pets, i have no idea why. Like Xiaxue’s Pumpkin incident. Or me joking about sixteen-eared raccoons. Even when i lost Koyuki somebody commented that i deserved it because i don’t love her, etc. No matter what you do there will be people who think you are wrong. “If you love her don’t do this”, “do that only if you wish your dog dead”.
Please lo so then if you smoke also you are slowing killing everyone around you, and if you treat your friend oily nasi lemak also you wish your friend dead meh? Human food is SO MUCH MORE EVIL than most of the pet food anyway. Just think about what you eat.
I just don’t get why people become so much more judgmental to what other people do to their own pets. Unless we actually saw our dog’s ears off la. Why do you think i stopped blogging about pets altogether?
So the reason why i still continue feeding Cheddie Pedigree (not completely, i am still introducing it slowly to her diet as she seems to enjoy fresh food more) is that:
1. Dogs required complete and balanced nutrition
A dog requires about 40 essential nutrients, each in the right form and in the right amount balanced to deliver complete nutrition.
Each essential nutrient has a recommended minimum daily requirement that has been defined through many years of research. Where appropriate, a maximum daily intake has also been defined. To deliver a complete and balanced nutrition each essential nutrient should fall within the minimum and maximum levels required by dogs.
2. Why a dog needs balanced diet?
Apart from baby formula industry, the pet food industry is the only manufacturer that needs to make diets that are complete and balanced. For each nutrient there is a minimum level that is needed and for some nutrients there are maximum levels above which the nutrient can become toxic.
3. Human food VS pet food
Diets that are suitable for humans rarely deliver enough nutrients for dogs without excessive overfeeding. It is very hard to make a complete and balanced pet food at home. Most home prepared foods are incomplete and may impair the health and vitality of dogs. They have been linked to increased risk of obesity and other health issues.
Even though home cook food is safe, fresh, and well savored by Cheddie, it doesn’t mean that it is the best diet for her. Most of the time my mom feed her boiled chicken and carrot, or mostly what is convenient when she prepares dinner for the human family.
It is sweet and lovely but that doesn’t mean it’s best for her health.
But Cheddie is still taking half human food and half kibbles from Pedigree. Of course we won’t see a magical change in a short couple of weeks, but so far all her stools are very pretty lol and she seems happier and more active these days, maybe because i have also been spending more time with her.
Happy mommy and happy doggy!
Of course you care about animals! Everyone is horribly self righteous about pets. You are a good pet owner and a good person. Keep it up!
Some people just treat their pets if they were their babies… I don’t think it’s wrong loving your pet, but dogs are dogs and should be treated as such!
Human food is for humans and dog food is for dogs, simple as that! In my opinion, though, the best thing to do is to ask the vet what’s the best diet for your dog, also because different breeds have different needs! (sorry, it rhymes lol)
I agree with you completely about research! It’s so confusing and discouraging! at the end you come to nothing! like everything is too bad! I believe I know better for your dog, it’s your responsibility and you’re smart enough to deal with it. So… other people can keep their advices to themselves
People are just as judgemental when it comes to new parents with their child. People like that have the need to feel superior to other people, and that normally means they have to step down and be all high-and-mighty just to feel a little bit better about themselves (and possibly to convince themselves that what they are doing to their child/pet is the right thing). All the best with the whole new diet thingy with Cheddie 🙂 🙂
Of course there will be accusers everywhere 🙁 But you believe that you are doing your best for cheddie so as long as you do that, who cares about the loads of people who say otherwise!
YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Happy to see cheddie!!!!!!!!!!!
happy that you can spend more time with her lately!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy that cheddie is happy!!!!!!!!!
Happy cheddie, happy cheesie, happy reader, happy comments and even happier cheesieeeeee!!!!!!!
awww Cheddie!! Y U So cute ><
People get really judgmental with these kind of subjects. It seems as though any kind of treatment you give to your animals is abuse O_O it comes to my mind seeing silly YouTube videos of, for example, a person feeding their bunny a carrot, and everyone comments “OMG DON’T YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU GIVE IT TOO MANY CARROTS IT’S BAD FOR THEM OMG”
Instead of focusing on the real problem -er, namely, people that deliberately have animals and mistreat them, torture them, or stop feeding them- they focus on owners that love their animals and are not doing anything wrong, at least not on purpose! We aren’t perfect and we also do a lot of things that end up harming the people we love without knowing. Like for example children or animals. They can’t decide for themselves so we take the decisions for them. Sometimes not the best. But what matters most is that we take them with love!!!
So I completely agree with you Cheesie. It’s your dog and I’m sure you love it very much. You decide what’s best for Cheddie!
Cute mummy cute doggy <3
Cheddie looks so happy when with you.
Long time reader, 1st time comment. Don’t let the judgemental people get to you. They are probably miserable themselves therefore feel a need to pick and judge others. I love your blog and your mode style. I’ve always been wearing mode style and had no idea there was a name for it, now I know thanks to you ^.^
Your dog looks perfectly healthy and beautiful. People always try to make themselves look better and smarter by accusing others of doing something wrong. Ignore them ^-^
I have a dog too and it loves to eat durian. I have seen other people giving their dogs the best but the dog is not necessary always all healthy. As long as what you did is the best for your dog and always love it, I don’t see any problem. People who talk trash are most probably those that do not own any pets cause if they do, they would have understand.
Your dog is cuteeee!
Ugh people are so annoying… my dog has been on dog food for a long time and when you pet him you can feel his bones. People always tell me that I need to feed him more, that I don’t feed my dog wtf. My dog is hyperactive, my vet says it’s normal that he’s skinny because he’s always running around which is super good for a 10 years old dog! Like you could leave him outside for 5 hours and he would spend the whole 5 hours running back and forth in the backward… don’t need to walk him so of course he has no fat… even if I fed him more, he would still be somewhat skinny lol Anyway, every dog is different and require different types of diet and as a pet owner, you’re the only judge of that (well with guidance from your vet too haha) because no one knows your pet like you do!
Also my dog loves carrots, cheese… well pretty much any human food. Sometimes I give him a little bit and people are right there to judge me about it wtf, it’s only a little bit and it makes him happy >>
cheddie gave me RM 600, so cheddie is forever the best dog ever!
Cheddie is just too cute!!! Love your pictures together♥
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Millions of people around the world feed their pets with Pedigree and they are perfectly healthy.
Doggies need companionship and walks because they are very social.
I bet Cheddie likes to have her mistress back. That is a good reason why she is getting more cheerful.
Cheesie, did you even read what I wrote. I wasn’t critical because you do not know, but joking about killing an animal real or fake is trivialising abusing animals. That was the contention.
It is like how every time you want to emphasis a point, its so nice I could strangle the child, I could slap the child, I could kick her to death. Same thing.
Since you dont know what to find, here it is.
INGREDIENTS
ground whole corn, meat and bone meal, corn gluten meal, chicken by-product meal, animal fat (preserved with bha/bht), wheat flour, chicken, rice, dried whole peas, dried beet pulp, wheat mill run, natural flavor, salt, potassium chloride, carrot powder, caramel color, vegetable oil (source of linoleic acid), vitamins (choline chloride, dl-alpha tocopherol acetate [source of vitamin e], l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate [source of vitamin c*], vitamin a supplement, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement [vitamin b2], vitamin d3 supplement, vitamin b12 supplement), minerals (zinc sulfate, zinc proteinate, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, potassium iodide), added fd&c and lake colors (yellow 6, blue 2, red 40, yellow 5)
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein (min.) —26.0%
Calcium (min.) —1.0%
Crude Fat (min.)—12.0%
Phosphorus (min.) —0.8%
Crude Fiber (max) —4.0%
Vitamin E (min.) —225 iu/kg
Moisture (max.) —12.0%
Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C*) (min.)—70 mg/kg
Linoleic Acid (Omega-6 Fatty Acid) (min.)—1.7%
The primary ingredient in this food is corn. Corn is a difficult to digest grain of limited value in dog food, and which is also commonly associated with food allergies. Even if this had been a good quality grain, we would still note that grains are an unnatural foodstuff for canines, and that dog food products should be based on meat rather than grain. Corn gluten meal is also low quality. This is defined as that part of the commercial shelled corn that remains after the extraction of the larger portion of the starch, gluten, and term by the processes employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup. In plain English, the remains of corn after most of the nutritious bits have been removed.
Meat and bone meal is an extremely low quality ingredient. It is the rendered product from mammal tissues, including bone, exclusive of blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices. We would have greater confidence in this ingredient as fertilizer than as a dog food ingredient.
The next ingredient is byproducts. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. The AAFCO definition of chicken by-product meal is “consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.”
Animal fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine species, source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this asobtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words “used as a preservative”.
This product uses chemical preservatives. BHA and BHT are allowed in dog food products but are banned or heavily regulated in human food production due to the belief that they are carcinogenic.
The next ingredient is wheat flour. In dog food products, this is commonly a byproduct (think floorsweepings) of human food production and is a grain fragment we consider primarily filler. Wheat is believed by many to be the leading cause of food allergy problems in dog foods. Wheat mill run is a further grain byproduct.
Beet pulp is a controversial filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
There is no excuse for adding artificial colorings to dog food products.
Overall, this is one of the lowest quality products reviewed on this site. It receives a 1* rating due to the unavailability of anything lower.
My only contention is dog are not obligate carnivore. They can survive on a plain vegetarian diet as well as they are omnivores like us.
And meat by-products means roadkill, disease animals not fit for human consumption.
source from
http://naturaldogfood.info/whats-wrong-with-pedigree-dog-food/
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=1886&cat=all
so annoying lah really got to comment 3 times to prove you think you are right?
was the comment all about one point? is that all you can say or see? do you really have a brain? there, 3 points in 1 comment. whats this then? LOLLL
I also have a dog and from my point of view I would that your dog is lucky to have you as it’s owner ;D
I don’t really comment on Cheesie’s blog, but when I do…
It’s ridiculously annoying to have people you haven’t really met in real life or know each other well is nagging, criticizing, lecturing about how you should do things.
Like, “Shut up. I’m trying my best here. Can’t you see? Like as if you can do a better job, sincerely.”
Don’t let them get to you, honestly. Do what you think is the best for you & Cheddie.
Hi Cheesie,
Being an animal lover, i did a whole lot of research before on commercial dog food vs holistic dog food & raw food (people’s food).
so let me share with you something that i have booked mark on commercial dog food.
appreciate that if you read it =)
http://www.bornfreeusa.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1
http://www.herbalist.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=116&sid=49b1c138f89558d6e14539feefc51ca2
i believe people got a little harsh (although i didnt read their comments but u did mention in your blog post) because we who did our research know how terrible commercial dog food are.. so we care and only want you to know so.
i’ll end with some key paragraphs in those links incase you dont have time to read the long explanation
” your dog is also eating euthanized animals from zoos, animal control and putrid, decaying road kill. All of these dead animals and other ghastly materials are processed until the portion left over for dog food production is a brown powder, which consists of …25% fecal matter – yes, 25% animal —-!” Howard F. Lyman, Author ”
btw, commercial dog food killed my last dog.
that was the push for me to do the research.
thanks CL.
you are all free to go back to read the comments I have for cheesie. At point to me at ANY point in time I was harsh. And Cheesie seriously shame on you for perpetuating this train of thought. You think this is harsh?
I have a maltese too and she is seriously the princess in my neighbourhood. The neighbours love her and would borrow her for a few hours everyday 🙂
I think all dogs have different needs. I was concerned when I read about the bad stories about dog food and the ingredients so I tried giving my dogs boiled/raw meat. However my collie mix can’t take the cooked food and vomit whenever she eats something new. So my philosophy now is why change things that are already working well?
I am sure you love cheddie a lot and that’s what matter the most :))
I don’t think most people were being critical about feeding her pet food… it was about the pet food itself (the Pedigree brand). If you look at the ingredients in Pedigree (and research what those ingredients mean)… you will find it is definitely not what it claims to be.
awww..loving the pics in japan! I miss japan but next time i go maybe i can meet you there haha!
great blog and keep up the good work! 😉
cheddie is so cute here ^^ (sorry just had to say it again xD) no wonder i don’t see you blogging about cheddie anymore 🙁 I miss your cheddie posts!
back to the topic.. i usually get the idea that people who are so judgmental are mostly the ones who NEVER owned a pet in their lives -_- at least from my experiences, those who made really snide remarks are often the ones who know nothing about taking care of a pet.. they treat a pet like an animal, and not one that has a heart like us. But that’s not to say that people who did owned pets before are innocent of such (since there’s so many cases of people abandoning / abusing pets) -_-
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