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Folks, we have got to give up on trying to find some packaged food to give our pets. Perhaps someday safety will return to pet foods, but not soon enough to keep our beloved animals from starving to death! Let’s stop agonizing over which brand of pet food to buy and simply give up on them for awhile.

If you can’t give your pet game meat that you shot, go to the store and buy him cheap cuts of meat and chicken intended for human consumption, and give it to him. It’s not clear that any of the food we buy for ourselves is terrific quality, but it’s certainly better than scrounging around for some form of food that might not kill the animal outright.

No agonizing here. I feed my dogs Canidae. I had tried the Blue Buffalo treats, which is why I had contacted them.

Here is what Canidae has to say about this issue:

http://www.canidae.com/

Industry Recall Update for May 3, 2007

In light of the unfortunate current pet food recall by other respectable pet food manufacturers, our phone lines and emails are tied up with concerned customers. We want you, our valued customer, to feel secure with the continued use of our products. CANIDAE® Pet Foods in no way is affected by the recall, nor are any of our products produced in any of the recalled production facilities.

It appears from the latest news within our industry that all recalls are from Glutens imported from China, a protein source that is extracted from Wheat or Rice. The wheat or rice is not the issue, but the glutens extracted, stored, and then imported from China. Again, CANIDAE does not use Glutens in any form, and we do not import any ingredients from China or overseas.

CANIDAE Pet Foods also does not produce cuts and gravies, pouches, and does not contain corn, wheat, soybeans, or Glutens in any of our products or formulations, and all ingredients are of US origin, meaning proudly raised and grown in the USA.

Our heartfelt concerns go out to all those affected by the recall.

CANIDAE Pet Foods

Let’s stop agonizing over which brand of pet food to buy and simply give up on them for awhile.

That's what we've done.

Our two spoiled dogs are now further spoiled by a simple home-made stew of boiled chicken, peas, broccoli, raw carrots, oatmeal, and pinto beans. I'll probably throw some ground beef in their next batch.

They love it and are doing quite well on it. If you cook it in bulk, it's not terribly time-consuming nor much more expensive than buying bagged dry food.

For anyone on the East Coast — I buy all my meat for my dogs from Hare-today — they are located in Pennsylvania and are a small family farm... check out their website.. I probably pay as much per pound for shipping as for the meat since I’m in Arizona, but it’s worth it to get quality for my three dogs.