Did you know that it is important to read and understand the ingredients labeled on pet’s food. The ingredients are listed in order of their volume percentages. For example, if Soybean is the first ingredient listed on the label - then Soybean is the major ingredient in the food.

Do you know what “BY-PRODUCTS” are? – Simply they are the parts of the animal not fit for human consumption. They can include intestines, chicken heads, duckbills, chicken and turkey feet, feathers and bone.

In the wild your pets ancestors and relatives do not eat these parts (except for the occasional bone which is used for something to gnaw or chew). Additonally the ingredients listed as beef, chicken and poultry by-products are not required to include “actual meat”. (hmmm think your pet would like a nice big ground up bowl of hooves and feathers?)

Here is a bonus, did you know that Pet Food can also contain “Rendered Meat” What is “Rendered Meat” to simply define it “Rendering -is processing (the carcass of an animal) in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts” Basically Certain Pet food Manufactuers throw all the leftovers from a animal processing plant and “salvage” anything they consider edible. And that anything can just about be “anything” including rendered mammal meat From dogs and cats and roadkill (yes Dogs, Cats and RoadKill). And according to the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser “Although leading American manufacturers promise never to put rendered pets into their pet food, it is still legal to do so. A Canadian company, Sanimal Inc., was putting 40,000 pounds of dead dogs and dead cats into its dog and cat food every week, until discontinuing the practice in June 2001. "This food is healthy and good," said the company's vice president of procurement, responding to critics, ''but some people don't like to see meat meal that contains any pets."

If that wasn’t bad enough try some of the more popular chemical additives used to “preserve” some commercial Dog Foods ETHOXYQUIN, BRA and BHT – These chemical additives are used as preservatives. Ethoxyquin is regulated as a pesticide and cannot be added to human food. But it’s great for Fido or Fifi (trust me it’s not)

Many pet food Manufactuers use fillers that have little or no nutritional value. Products like feathers, soy, cottonseed hulls, corncobs, peanut hulls, citrus pulp, screenings, weeds, straw and cereal by-products.

So why do we sell Flint River Ranch Dog and Puppy Kibble?

Simply there are NO CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES, NO ETHOXYQUIN, BRA or BHT. And the Best Part there are NO BY-PRODUCTS. Flint River Ranch is naturally preserved with Vitamins E and C using human quality ingredients only. And it’s sold nationally. Delivered by UPS to your home (with the option to automatically have it shipped every month). Which means no more special trips or carrying heavy bags from the store.

People often wonder why there pet has dry skin, allergic reactions, dental disease, poor health and degenerative organ dysfunction In most cases that I have found- once the owner switched from feeding foods that used artificial chemical preservatives and low quality fillers, there was a substantial turn around for the better in the health of their pets.

WELL WHAT MAKES FLINT RIVER RANCH CANINE FOOD UNIQUE?

The Chicken, Rice and Lamb formula is an OVEN-BAKED Kibble - resulting in better nutrition, palatability and digestibility. Oven-baking changes hard to digest starches into easy to digest dextrins, which are readily absorbed into your dog's system. The good value is baked-in, not sprayed on (which a lot of manufacters do after the their “Pet Food” has been made to make up for the lack of nutrients). There is simply no additives or greasy coatings to make the taste of Flint River Ranch Dog/Puppy Kibble acceptable.

The manufactuers of FLINT RIVER RANCH, Super Premium Health Food for Pets, Have realized that proper diet is not only important for humans, it is the most basic aspect of a pet's lifestyle. Flint River Ranch food is structured to help the animal's body to holistically heal itself through proper nutrition. Benefits are noticeable in the pet's shiny coat, healthy skin and energy level.

Also Flint River Ranch has taken a considerable amount of time to locate their chicken meat source, a specialty supplier that has the ability to process to their specific requirements. Their chicken is not from rendering plants where by-products are rendered at high temperature. There are no bones, by-products or indigestible parts in their Chicken Meal. It is strictly human quality chicken flesh with some edible skin. The same as you would cook for your family.

Flint River Ranch “Twice Bakes” their kibble and has been baking pet food for over 30 years. The temperature is regulated and monitored, along with the mixing process, every 10 minutes with a computer printout for control and regulatory agency reporting. It is always within standards or it must be destroyed. Like I mentioned earlier their process includes "twice-baking" of a "cookie" or “Kibble” for uniformity of product before the cookie is broken into bite size pieces. The palatability and digestibility is baked in – so they do not have to spray their product with substances like, liver, fats or sugar to encourage the pet to eat.

Additionally the baking process converts harmful starches into dextrins. The good taste is baked-in, not sprayed on. In all reality Flint River Ranch could reduce the costs of there Pet Food considerably by using an extrusion process, as do most pet food manufacturers. However, steam cooking in the extrusion process will not produce the premium quality that they feel all pets deserve and desire.

Now that we have all the benefiets that Flint River Ranch Pet Food Can provide to your pets It’s time to ask yourself what is in it for me as their owner? Besides the Most obvious, A Healthy, Happy life companion. This puppy/ dog kibble is made and shipped fresh. It is concentrated so it costs less to feed. It is also recommended by Vets and Breeders (and yours truly). So with all the Horrors that are running rampant throught the Pet Food industry now, Do your pet a favor and feed it Flint River Ranch Premium Pet Food it really is a matter of Life and Death