Dry dog food has been recommended as the best diet for dogs, however this is
quite untrue. While dry dog food can be included in your dog's diet in a limited
way, most products are very high in simple carbohydrates, relatively low in
protein and of inferior nutritional quality. Furthermore, it is very bad for
dogs to eat food that doesn't contain natural moisture. The heavy use of
commercially prepared dry dog food by dog owners is a leading cause of rising
incidence of canine diabetes and associated pancreatitis. Doing a search on "dry
dog food" on the internet will lead to a lot of websites and articles
encouraging the use of this product, yet the purpose behind these articles is to
sell dry dog food. So how reliable is this information really? The only safe and
healthy dry dog food is likely to also be organic and contain high levels of
protein and include complex carbohydrates in the form of whole grains. It will
also contain dried vegetables and be very low in sodium and not have chemical
additives. Even so, organic dry dog food should still be used sparingly. It
should not be all that you feed your dog. To maintain good health, dogs need a
largely natural diet. The best diet is a raw diet that also incorporates healthy
scraps from the family and raw dog bones. If this isn't possible, feeding your
dog commercially prepared organic food from a reputable company can provide most
of your dog's nutritional needs. Organic dry dog food can be added to this diet
or given your dog as a treat, but should not be the only thing you feed your
dog. We have become a very convenience oriented society. We are busy and often
stressed by the demands of earning a living and raising children. It is so much
easier to pour food out of a box or open a can (and even then we'd rather have
ring-pull cans) and we can fall into the trap of living on autopilot and feeding
our animals and our families food that is of poor nutritional value and that can
actually be a health hazard. Let's switch back to manual control and pay
attention to what we are doing. Our family - both four legged and two legged
members - will look and feel better and even if they don't thank us, we'll know
who they have to thank.About the Author: Lee Dobbins writes for Dog Breeds 123
where you can learn more about dog breeds, dog care and the best dog food for
your dog.
- It's true: Nibbling field mice do more damage to young trees than deer
and rabbits combined. Yes, combined! It's true: Mice inhabit just about every
single structure that surrounds us here in Doylestown in Bucks County. Mice live
in practically everybody's house, most definitely including yours! We just don't
realize it. The little house mouse eats only 3 grams per day, like a hundredth,
1/100, of a pound total. It requires even less water. Any real estate agent will
tell you how commonly sellers of houses who dearly loved their homes, kept 'em
spotlessly clean, kept 'em perfectly maintained, and honestly told the buyers
there were, of course, no mice at all, when large heavy pieces of furniture are
moved from the corners of dead-end rooms, especially rarely used storage areas,
often in the basement, mouse droppings, even dead mice, are found. This can be
considered "not fun with not-endangered species." But it's true. It happens all
the time. Black rats, also known as roof rats, are incredible when it comes to
being vertically adept. As the moniker "roof rat" implies, these guys are well
known for inhabiting the insides of roofs, but even moreso, the uppermost floors
of skyscrapers. No foolin' around here, the fleas on the fur of black rats were
responsible for the spread of the Black Plagues, the Bubonic Plagues in Europe.
Forget for the moment what's in the saliva of the rats. The Black Death first
struck in 1347-1352, and has reoccurred occasionally every century since. There
was a notable pandemic in 1855 affecting India and China. Today, rats with
infected fleas are found throughout the entire United States. Wanna have one
climb on you while you're sleeping? Do ya, huh? The point of the information
presented above is that we all must accept how mice live with us; always have,
probably always will, and they're not at all welcome. They obviously come in to
houses through open doors and unscreened windows, but any little gap in the
foundation, floors and exterior walls, etc. is "Mouse Highway 101." There are
good reasons why we at Highland Hill Farm advocate the use of baits and poisons
for mice and rats. We don't take the matter of killing lightly. It's true: There
are proven examples of Black Rats and moreso, the larger, meaner, Norway Rats,
the other main specie of "rodentus rattus," that come up through septic field
discharge pipes and sewage pipes, swimming through the waste water in the
"P-trap," and then through the water in toilet bowls to leap out and into
bathrooms. Yikes. These little rodents are "commensual," as biological
scientists describe them. Therefore, we all have to give in and do battle. When
the weather turns noticeably frigid in winter, the mice and rats seek warmth as
well as food, and that means they seek the "inside." Having housecats does help
keep 'em away, or remove the successful intruders. There are some repellents,
natural/organic, chemical, or ultra-frequency sonic soundwave generators, that
will help. But nothing is 100% effective. Sorry. Nothing. So, we "murder" the
mice and rats that get inside our homes, or ravage the precious trees and crops
we work so hard to plant and nurture outside. Just be sure you don't commit
negligent "animalcide," or, "animalslaughter" in the second degree. Seriously,
placing traps and baits outdoors has be so much more selectively designed, ya
gotta think about it's consequences so much more carefully, than placement in a
storage room in your house. It can be a felony to kill endangered species.
Wouldn't that be a fun way to get yourself into prison? "Hi, I beat up and
robbed four different people, what are you in for?" Then, you'll be able to
answer, "Oh, well, I um, accidentally poisoned an endangered species animal." Be
sure that you kill the right critters. Then, in Pennsylvania, enjoy watching the
Small-footed Myotis Bat, a superb insect eater, or the fuzzy feathered Least
Shrew, or the magnificent Horn-Rimmed Owl, for instance. Have fun, knowing the
members of such endangered species you are watching are not further endangered
by you. Bill likes to dumpster diver and is Americas most sucessful Urban miner
- farmer. His web sites include http://www.seedlingsrus.com
http://www.highlandhillfarm.com and http://www.zone5trees.com About the Author
Bill Has been raising and selling trees for 45 years near Doylestown Pa. and has
two web sites http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.zone5trees.com
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