National Holistic Pet Day Raises Awareness of Pet’s Diet, Lifestyle, & Environment

This year, National Holistic Pet Day falls on August 30^th and the holiday provides a good opportunity to think about your pet’s daily lifestyle. The definition of holistic reads, “Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts.”¹ This special day has an interesting background and helps pet parents understand what holistic truly means and how whole food nutrition is key to your Holistic Pet.

Is Your Dog or Cat’s Raw Pet Food Really Raw?

With increased desire to feed the most biologically-appropriate diet, many pet parents are selecting raw foods. Feeding a properly-formulated raw diet to a carnivore is giving your pet what is most appropriate for him. Raw meat and poultry, along with proper percentages of bone and organ meat, supply a naturally correct profile of amino acids and most vitamins and minerals. Also, inherent in the raw food are enzymes and bacteria that aid in digestion and play a key role in a healthy immune system.

But a number of raw food companies have begun pasteurizing their raw pet foods. This came in response to recalls after their foods tested positive for salmonella, a bacterium

8 MORE Whole Food Ingredients in Nature's Logic Pet Food Explained

Recently on our blog, we highlighted ten of the whole food ingredients in our 100% natural pet food. The article revealed the nutritional contributions of pumpkin, kelp, alfalfa, chicory, almonds, apricots, blueberries, cranberries, parsley, and rosemary.¹ In this second installment, we'll be revealing the benefits of eight of the lesser known whole food ingredients in Nature's Logic's pet food. Whole food ingredients provide quality nutrition that a pet’s body can utilize for optimal health and strength.

10 Whole Food Ingredients in Nature's Logic Pet Food Explained

In this part one of two post, we thought we would take a look at some of the lesser discussed yet amazing ingredients in our food. Nature’s Logic is the pioneer in developing truly 100% natural pet foods derived from nature…not chemistry. We have formulated truly natural pet foods substantiated for all the life stages of dogs and cats. Whole foods provide pets with an abundance of naturally occurring nutrients: Proteins, vitamins, minerals, fiber, probiotics, enzymes, antioxidants, co-factors, phytonutrients, and more. The natural synergies and increased bioavailability of these extra nutrients ensure the best possible nutrition for your pet.

Minor Changes Make Nature’s Logic Even Better

As our new packaging continues to roll out, we are receiving a few questions from customers about some changes they have noticed.  We’d like to answer those questions here, so everyone can benefit from the information. The changes may be grouped into three categories:
·        New Packaging
·        Manufacturing Improvements
·        Minor Ingredient Adjustments
 

New Packaging

In early 2011, Nature’s Logic began introducing our new packaging. The first product sporting the updated look was the new Sardine Canine Canned formula. We followed that new product introduction with new labels on the other canned flavors.

Why “Less is More” When Feeding Your Pet Dry Kibble

How much to feed your cat or dog can sometimes be confusing, but it’s important to get it right. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, 45% of dogs in the US are overweight, making them more likely to suffer from health problems. In fact, we believe that 95% of the time that pets on dry food have chronic loose stool, diarrhea and gas, they are just being fed too much. Our first recommendation is to cut back on the amount of food fed and also to add some water to the diet.

There are many variables that contribute to the amount of food your pet needs, including his size and activity level, the quality of the pet food, and the type of food you are feeding. Understanding how dry kibble differs from canned or raw pet food will help you feed the appropriate amount to your pet.

3 Questions to Ask the Company that Makes Your Pet’s Food

Yet another pet food recall, this time from Nestlé Purina PetCare, has pet owners once again reviewing what they feed their animal companions. Recently the company announced the voluntary recall of its Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food because some bags of the product have been found to be contaminated with Salmonella.¹ Most pet food recalls that have occurred over the past ten years have been due to either pathogenic bacteria contamination, like salmonella or e. coli, or due to synthetic additives, such as melamine (synthetic protein) or a man-made vitamin or mineral.  

So how are we to protect our pets from possible sickness or death? Researching and understanding pet food