My very first experience with “super premium” dog food was about two months after I graduated vet school. My sweet coonhound Nuke had just been diagnosed with metastasized splenic hemangiosarcoma- or in English, “There’s nothing we can do.” Always a thin dog, he had begun to show the signs of cancer cachexia and was getting bonier by the day.
In a haze, I went into the local boutique pet food store and tried to find a good food to tempt him with in his last few weeks. That is how I ended up with cans of Wellness food. He had turned his nose up at every other brand, but this was one he welcomed. It was my first foray into the world of non-big-company nutrition, and I haven’t looked back. Needless to say, this brand has always held a special place in my heart.
Wellness has joined the ranks of many other civic-minded companies in making generous contributions to pet related causes. This year, they have joined forces with the people at Mambo Sprouts, a site dedicated to green living, with a fun contest that will benefit lots of pets.
The contest is simple and free to enter:
Go to their contest site, and share a great picture of your pet along with your tips for healthy living. I know you guys have great pictures- I’ve been compiling 12 of them for the past week! 😀
For every entry, Wellness will donate $1 up to $1000.
In addition to lots of great prizes, the winner gets to designate the recipient of the donation! How cool is that?
I’m thinking about entering the Brody with a wreath on his head, even though he is looking mildly disgruntled. If nothing else, it’s another dollar in the pot, right? So go forth and enter!
The one with his puppy tongue sticking out is just melting heart territory…
Fun! I will find a worthy pic of Clyde and enter. I am quite fond of Wellness as well, among several other premium foods.
A premium pet food I’m intersted in switching to for my cats (Instinct from Nature’s Variety) has a flavor that is 50% protein. That’s the highest I’ve ever heard of. What is an acceptable upper limit for protein for healthy cats (no kidney problems)? Do you know of any reliable, neutral websites with details on pet nutritional requirements? (I can read veterinary journal articles, but of course I can’t access anything that requires a subscription.)
Let me think on that one. There is a real paucity of literature on that topic as the majority of research is funded by food manufacturers- not exactly unbiased. I refer people to http://www.catinfo.org/ as my favorite site on cat nutrition. Aside from that I haven’t seen many specifics on nutritional requirements outside of nutrition textbooks.
I submitted 2 pics of Xander.
Yay!