A: Most treats on the market are filled with chemicals, questionable meats and poor quality ingredients. If you wouldn't eat food of this quality, why would you feed it to your dog? Dogs who regularly eat a chemical laden diet can potentially experience many illnesses, allergies, skin problems, etc. This can also shorten your 4-legged family members life span. Switching to an organic diet can greatly improve the health of you and your dog.
Think about it...there are pesticides, agribusiness and conventional food producers that spray their crops. In return making your dogs food/treats a highly processed product. In theory, that is a lot of the nutritional value in conventional food that is lost in the process of the product! To ensure that your dog gets the nutritional vitamins and minerals s/he needs, fresh organic and natural foods added to your dogs daily diet can greatly benefit them. Thus, treats not only being a reward for your pet, but additional nutrients for your dog!
On another note, I volunteer at The Spokane Humane Society (
http://www.spokanehumanesociety.org/). I haven't been able to lately with the starting of Divine Dog Treats and focusing on our new puppy Dexter, but SHS has a wish list of items they need. If you have old, even slighly expired dog food they will take it! Anything helps!
Dry pet food, for all animals and special diet
Non-clumping kitty litter
Towels and washcloths
Kong® dog toys
Large jars of peanut butter
Cat toys
Blankets (no electric blankets or down comforters)
KMR & Esbilac puppy & kitten powdered milk replacer
Pet nursing bottles
Heating pads
Pet shampoos & conditioners
Dog and cat brushes and grooming equipment
Dog crates and cat carriers
Cat beds (fleece or knitted blankets, 18" x 24")
Video baby monitor (for behavior assessments)
Baby scale
Frontline flea control
So happy with my dog treats! And the packaging is adorable. :) Thanks, Beth!! I'm sure we'll be ordering more soon... we go through treats pretty quickly with two dogs (spoiled dogs at that!)
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