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I think I read someplace that Dry Dog food was invented during World War II as a result of food scarcity because of the war.
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The Gaines Food Co. started selling dry cat and dog food in the 1930's, mostly because up until then the only real choices was Ken-L Ration which was canned horse meat made from naturally deceased horses. By the 1930's there were too few horses around big cities (there was no real refrigerated transport so they couldn't ship very far) to provide enough material and needed better choices.
Gaines developed a way to make dry kibble using dehydrated meat meal that would keep without refrigeration are canning.
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I guess it has been around even longer than I thought. Here is the article I read that says WWII accelerated the use of not invent it.
Byproducts of WWII: Dry Pet Food and Processed Human Food
During World War II (1939 to 1945), not only was metal rationed, but pet food was categorized as "non-essential" by the U.S. government. The combination spelled death for the canned pet food industry. In addition, food rationing led to fewer table scraps. Pet owners who could afford to bought dry pet food or dog biscuits – the only commercially available products at the time.
Unfortunately, the American pet owner's love of dry pet food has endured well past the end of World War II. The war also sparked the processed food revolution in the U.S. Spam and similar products were developed in the 1930s to feed the troops abroad and to help with food rationing restrictions at home. All the factors that made processed food attractive to humans ultimately had a significant impact on the pet food industry as well.
The period after the end of WWII was a time of enormous economic growth and expansion in the U.S. Jobs were plentiful and more Americans were able to buy their own homes. As more families moved out of cities to suburbia, giant supermarkets replaced small grocery stores. Consumer demand for processed foods, for fast food – for food in general – kept pace with increases in educational and employment opportunities, individual wealth, and ever-expanding lifestyle options.
In responding to the tremendous increase in U.S. consumer appetites, the human food industry created vast quantities of agricultural scraps from slaughterhouses, grain mills, and processing plants. Pet food manufacturers immediately understood the unlimited opportunity of human food waste to their industry.
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I have been using Purina Pro Plan for years, has corn and all but as long as the the dog has bones to chew does not seem to be a problem.
Dry Dog probably is not all or even close to perfect, but the the convenience is what makes it so appealing to the human side of the equation.
My wife was telling me at breakfast there was a headline "Organic Dog Food contaminated with euthanasia drug recalled". So companies with QA is important to our canine friends.
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We use to do Pedigree dry dog food for our dog. Every moth he kept biting himself scratching skin issues and vet told us it was allergy to fleas etc. , well every fur sample they took and blood work -no sign of fleas but heres a shot and meds.... we wound up going to another vet ... told us to dump the all grain based food, dogs skin cleared up much happier dog. Plus as ''bonus'' his droppings reduced in size . Switched to Fromm's dry and Call of the Wild dry plus grain free canned
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Itching and scratching are sure signs of possible food allergy.
I switched to Merrick Grain Free Duck and Sweet Potato. A bit pricey for a larger dog like my lab. Much less droppings... used to pick them up in my tractor tires real bad, almost not at all now, well formed stools.
Merrick was a small outfit that did their own quality manufacturing originally. Bought out by Purina owned by Nestle. Supposedly Purina was going to let Merrick keep doing their own thing... time will tell.
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We also used Merricks when on sale , we use to shop at Pet Supplies Plus, always had a good selection. Fromm's is out of Wisconsin if i remember and you could collection 10 UPC and get coupon for free bag. Our dog Kurly was German Shepard Boxer mix, so yeah a bit of a hungry one. But now he's over the rainbow chasing rabbits -oh squirrel... We had to let him go last fall as he was in pain with his hips.
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The other part is a guy like me who inherited bad gas from my dad and there are days where I'm dropping but bombs all day and end up with baboon ass or others call it monkey butt so we do suffer as well . F.Y.I. diaper rash ointment (desiten) works really well in eliminating baboon ass
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Theres a product a motorcyclist friend of mine recommened for irritation in the neather regions, especially long rides on the bike. Product is called MONKEY BUTT , it a powder, comes in a yellow plastic container. I use it especially during summer months...sure reduces redness and clammy feel and all around irritation.
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