Holistic Pet Foods: Canidae Dog Food And Cat Food

There has been a big push over the past few years for people to start living healthy, holistic lifestyle. Of course, as concerned as pet owners are about themselves, they are even more concerned about their pets. As a result, holistic pet foods have started gaining a lot of popularity in the U.S. Holistic pet foods are a great, healthy natural alternative to standard store-bought dry food, and if used properly, can help pets become happier, healthier, and more active.

Holistic eating involves providing the body with exactly the nutrients that it requires to function at the highest level, with only the necessary healthy foods and no outside chemicals or unnatural additives. The same thing applies to holistic pet foods. For example, a dog's holistic pet food would include easily digestible lean meats, with enzymes to help in digestion, and easily digestible grains like rice. Eating these holistic pet foods helps a pet's energy, digestion as they grow older, helps them lose weight and gives them a nicer, shinier coat.

One of the top brands of holistic pet foods is Canidae dog food. Canidae dog food comes in several different sizes and varieties depending on the dog's needs and stage of life. Canidae's pet foods are made from all natural chicken and lamb meal, which contains up to 65% meat protein.  Another benefit to this is that there are no added chemicals or harmful processes in the creation of Canidae holistic pet foods. This helped them avoid the recent pet food health scare. A 35 pound bag of Canidae dog food retails for $44 or $1.59 for a 13 oz can.

That's not to say that dogs are the only pets that can benefit from diet of holistic pet foods. Holistic cat food is another popular brand of holistic pet foods. There have been studies suggesting that healthy cats should eat a diet of raw meats to get the most benefit from the proteins in the meat. This is not true, however, of pets who have trouble digesting the foods, who should eat holistic pet foods that have digestive enzymes and prepared meats. A good rule of thumb for picking out holistic pet foods for a cat is to make sure that the food is human grade. If it is not prepared in a manner that is safe for a human to eat, it will not make good cat food either. Canidae's Felidae brand holistic cat food is $30 for a 20 pound bag and $1.20 for a 12 oz can.

Holistic pet foods provide all the nutrients, proteins, and carbohydrates that dogs and cats need in lean meats and whole grains that are easy for them to digest. In the long run, this helps pets live longer, healthier lives. Holistic pet foods tend to be a little more expensive than the standard big brand dry and wet foods, but what pet owners are paying in premium for holistic pet foods is made up for in the health these foods provide. So much has been made over the past few years about how humans need to have a healthier more natural diet, but the same things apply to pets. Holistic pet foods like Canidae help bring that to a pet's diet.


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