Dinners Ready. The Pet Food Recall Issue.

Ever Since we brought Admiral home we don't need need a clock in the kitchen anymore- at least not to know its 6:00p.m. He has an uncanny ability to know when it is dinner time. He likes to eat promptly at 6. At 5:55 he begins pacing and trying to convince someone to go into the kitchen, by 6:10 he is beside himself. He does that thing where he almost grabs your arm with his mouth and almost drags you to his bowl. By 6:15 he is usually ready to move. This is the witching hour, if Admiral is going to speak, it is now. For a Foxhound he is usually very quiet; when he make the transformation into Kitchen Hound he is not. If we remain on schedule and do what he wants we can go weeks without a peep. However come 6:30 without dinner and he will begin to bay. From somewhere deep inside his barrel chest he release the dinner call. He howls until he gets fed. Needless to say having a firetruck in your living room will get you off the couch and into the kitchen.
We were not too effected by the pet food recall. Admiral is an allergy case and so for that reason his diet is pretty simple. He doesn't tolerate chicken, lamb or venison too well. I only feed him organic brands that promise "human grade ingredients." Our favorite brand is "Wellness by Old Mother Hubbard." He can only eat the fish and potato recipes (Blue Cans). "Eagle " makes a good Tuna & Salmon too. I occasionally sneak him some Beef and Buffalo from "Eagle" and "Merrick." Not too much Beef or he gets a little moody, I notice.
None of the brands I mentioned import ingredients or use fillers. They have all been completely unaffected by the recall. That makes me feel good. I knew there was a reason I overpaid for dog food.
I considered making his food at one point and even bought a really good book about it: Real Dogs Don't Eat Kibble! It is about the Natural Raw Diet for dogs and why it should be fed for optimal health. There are some great tips and information in here. In the end I decided to go with the organic pet foods and see what happened. I cook for my husband every night which Admiral oversees anyway. I just couldn't get going on the whole commitment it would take.
Admiral was pretty beat up when we got him so in the past two years we've watched as he "got younger" His last owner feed him Alpo (yuck, gross) and had no concept of his allergies. I watched him detox and than watched him thrive and I give "Wellness" much of the credit.