The Consumer's Guide to Dog Food: What's in Dog Food, Why It's There and How to Choose the Best Food for Your Dog

By Liz Palika

All about what's in your dog's food, why it's there, and how to choose the best food for young dogFor anyone who's wondered what the differences are in the huge variety of dog foods out there, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087605467X
• ISBN13: 9780876054673
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

THE book to read

I like to buy good quality and know what I am buying for the most part. (Research) I avoid buying based on sales pitches and looks. For example costly Science Diet dog food's #1 ingredient is CORN. CORN ends up in the yard. A waste of money and the dog was nutritionally robbed. Read the book concerning the ranking of ingredient quality etc. and you will understand my comments. How many dogs would choose Corn over Meat? It is hard to find explanations about pet food ingredients. For very good reason. The inferior pet foods are not going to tell you that their ingredients are inferior. And most people buy on lowest price anyway, but I cringe when I see someone pay top dollar for CORN! Read this book if you are paying a lot for food so you don't waste your money. Read this book if you love Fido and maybe you can avoid the worst ingredients and still save a few bucks. This is the only book I have found that lacks nothing on the subject between the 2 covers. And the only one that actually covers the subject extensively. You need to have this book right alongside the home veterinary care book. I have reached for this food book for others to read far more often than I have referred to the home veterinary care book.

A concise summary of all good and bad things in dog foods.

Liz Palika succinctly summarizes the in's and out's of dog food. Everything you want or need to know about dog food. From de-cyphering the label, the ingredients, the different types of foods available ( and what the different major companies have to offer) to analysing the ingredients, both good and bad. She also explains why some of the major food companies make pet food, (to use their own 'by-products' profittably. A Good read, and what every concerned pet owner should know.