Does Your Dog Need a Limited Ingredient Dog Food?
What Is a Limited Ingredient Dog Food? Limited-ingredient dog food is a type of dog food that contains fewer ingredients than traditional commercial dog food. A limited-ingredient diet simplifies the dog’s food to reduce the potential for allergies, sensitivities, or digestive issues. Typically, limited-ingredient dog foods are made with a single source of animal protein […]
How to Home-Cook Cooling Ketogenic Dog Food
Why Feed Cooling Ketogenic Dog Food? There are several reasons pet parents choose to feed cooling ketogenic dog food. For example, some people feel feeding a ketogenic diet is more like the “primal diet” for dogs. Accordingly, they feel feeding keto will keeping their dog healthier. Also, some people choose a ketogenic diet to help […]
Why is Copper in Dog Food?
Copper Is a Common Dog Food Ingredient Commercial pet food contains numerous vitamins and minerals. Why are they all in there? Each nutrient has its own function. Why is copper in dog food? Copper is necessary for a number of important bodily functions. Copper helps dogs’ form bones, connective tissue, collagen, and myelin, which coats […]
What’s the Difference Between Grass-fed Beef and Grass-finished Beef?
What does that mean when it’s on a label and why would it cost more? From time to time I get clients asking about grass-fed beef labeling on dog food, so that’s one area that I’m experienced in, but also you used to find this in your local grocers as far as grass-fed beef, and […]
Simple Secrets of Donkey Nutrition
Many people think that the donkey is just a small horse, however, there are quite a few differences in their metabolism, their gastrointestinal system, and how they evolved over time. The feeding and watering of a donkey is completely different than that of a horse. Where Do Donkeys Originate? It was probably in a hot […]
Why is Bentonite Clay Powder in Some Pet Food Products?
PET | TAO is transparent about how we make pet food. We feature ingredients and manufacturing practices regularly on our blog. Some pet food companies leave us wondering,“why do you put that in pet food?” For example, why do companies add bentonite clay powder to their dog food? WE DON’T add bentonite clay powder to […]