With many health problems the Doctors will tell you - "no red meat". For many of us that is taking away a great part of our eating enjoyment and palate pleasure. There are those who would rather give up Chocolate or other Desserts than give up Red Meat. That very seldom includes Venison, especially if you show your Doctor our Bur Oaks information. In fact, all of the people who have taken our information to their Doctors have been told to go ahead and eat our deer meat. We even know one man who has migraine headaches after eating beef and pork, and was told not to eat any meats, except poultry. He was a 3 times a day beef or pork eater. That is especially a hard thing for him, as he raises beef and loves his meat. He can eat it maybe once a week and not have the headaches, but no more than that or the migraines are unbearable for him. We talked him into trying Bur Oaks Venison - no migraines and no other problems. Our bodies are marvelous machines and can tell us many things, if we just listen.
That brings up another subject that is near and dear to my heart, our pets (dogs and cats). Many households have become larger this Holiday season with the addition of a pet. It is extremely important to know how to keep them healthy. I am including a rating system for your dog food at the bottom of this blog. You start with 100 points and see what score your dog food gets. You may be very surprised. I became acutely aware of the numerous dog health problems when I started getting calls about feeding our trim and ground to people's pets.
Their veterinarians were telling them they needed "all natural" and "venison" to feed as their pet was allergic to dog food (many were scratching themselves raw, losing their hair, etc). This can and does happen to many pets because they can not take the grains, because of the added chemicals, added coloring, or the meat, which may come from and usually does, dead animals from rendering companies. These companies pick up animals that have died from sickness. Animals that have been euthanized or given all kinds of medications are included, with nothing left out. All these medications and deadly chemicals are thrown in. Eating it once might not be enough to make a dog sick or die but constantly feeding the animal this will at some point make the body react, the kidneys and liver cannot flush out all these pollutants. We have many happy 4-legged customers. So, before you have problems, please take the dog food-rating test and just make sure you are feeding a highly rated food. Keep them Happy and Healthy.
Let's all make Healthy Resolutions for 2009!
RATE YOUR DOG FOOD:
Start with 100:
1) For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points
2) For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal orfat) reference, subtract 10 points
3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points
5) If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. "ground brown rice", "brewer's rice", "rice flour" are all the same grain), subtract 5 points
6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2 meatsin the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
9) If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points
10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2points
11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points 14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to beef), subtract 1 point
15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5points
3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points
7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points
8) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
11) If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one; count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source but "chicken" and "" as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free add 1 point
94-100+ = A
86-93 = B
78-85 = C
70-77 = D
69 = F
Here are some foods listed alphabetically that have already been scored. Notice the score is the last number in the line. There are plenty of "F" scores.
Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+
Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F
Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+
Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+
Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+
Foundations / Score 106 A+
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 D
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D
Innova Dog / Score 114 A+
Innova Evo / Score 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F
ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+
Purina Beneful / Score 17 F
Purina Dog / Score 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F
Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97A
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F
Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A
If you have ever eaten at one of America's finest Restaurants and ordered Venison, or seen it on the menu, it was I am sure, Red Deer.
If you have ever been to Europe and eaten in one of the finer restaurants, you would have seen Venison, which would have been Red Deer, the Monarch of the Mountain, Red Stag, Stag, or sometimes called Red Elk in Europe. In New Zealand the Red Deer Venison is called "Cervena" their patented name for the meat.
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