One of the most important things you can do for your Westie
is to feed him or her correctly. Most Westies to some degree or
another are allergic to corn and wheat. Please be aware of what
the back of your bag of store bought kibble states as ingredients.
And not all wording on bags of kibble is true. The words
natural and holistic are often misused.
We
have listed just a few of the commercial ARF and kibble dog food
companies that we believe live to a higher standard. Variety is
the spice of life for your dog as well as for you. So give all
of these foods a try and rotate them with your Westies, they will
love you for this!
A website devoted to the feeding of Westies the natural way. This
site has everything you could ever want to know about the feeding
of ARF or Appropriate Raw Food Diet. It has many links to other
informative sites as well as a list of publications of interest
on this way of feeding.
www.westielovers.com/arf4westies/
A really good kibble developed by Dr. Burns, a Veterinary Surgeon
in Scotland, now available in the United States and Canada. The
Minibites were specifically developed for Westies and other dogs
that suffer from food allergies as well. Dr. Burns also has a
very informative website where you can write questions to him
and you will get an answer via email.
www.bpn4u.com
This is the United States site where you can order the Minibites
www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk
This is Dr. Burns' main site from Scotland.
Primal Pet Foods is a California company in Northern California
that has an extremely high quality food for ARF feeders who
want
the convenience of plant to door delivery and all the right quantity
of raw meat, vegies, vitamins, minerals, oils, etc. Their beef
is Niman Beef and their chicken is from Fulton Farms - you can
hardly get better hormone free-range free meat. All their ingredients
are 100% hormone and GSA free.
www.primalpetfoods.com
If you give just
one other supplement to your dog this should be the one. All the
benefits can be read on their website, www.petenzymes.com.
Be sure and mention our club for our donation. Type
WHWTCC in the comment field once on their site.
Tigertail
Foods is a Southern California company thats sell their own wholistic
ARF complete pet food in 1lb frozen packages. This company also
sells yummy treats-for dogs-as well as a full line of Emu Oil
products. They are only available in So. California.Please
mention this Rescue when you order as they will make a generous
donation to us with every purchase made!
www.tigertailfoods.com
Another good kibble is Solid Gold HundenFlocken. This food is
generally sold in better pet stores.
www.solidgoldhealth.com
Everyone loves to give their dogs something yummy to chew on.
We recommend that you do not give Westies rawhide. Some products
may be ok but some have manufacturing procedures that are suspect.
One of our very favorite chewy type sticks is the 12 inch BULLY
STICKS, that are not made from hide but are 100% protein, digestible
with no odor or staining. Westies LOVE these!
www.redbarninc.com