Thursday, December 11, 2008

DatFood: One Pet Food Bag Feeds Both Dogs & Cats

As Matt noted earlier in posting about the frustration I encountered trying to purchase (and finally doing so) a new Herman Miller Embody chair online earlier this week, Herman Miller has launched a site dedicated to the Embody office chair product, the site is called ThoughtPile. Each week Herman Miller is giving away an Embody chair to the best idea of the week and today I submitted my idea. It probably sounds a bit ludicrous at first but I'd love to know what you guys think.

Question of the Day: How Can We Become Better Consumers?
My Answer: Become smarter producers!
DatFood: Why do we buy separate pet food for our cats and dogs? A formula that meets the nutritional needs of cats and dogs and saves the environment, money and time. "Is that dog or cat food?" "Neither, it's DatFood!"

Shannon and I (my better half) came up with the idea a couple of years ago because we were so frustrated with having to purchase two completely different kinds of food, getting a tiny bag for Wingnut (our orange tabby cat) and a huge bag for our dog (Zoe - a liver colored English Springer Spaniel) and then just have Wingnut eat Zoe's food when he would get hungry. Then we started ranting about how the entire pet food industry tells you that you must buy this super special food for your cat and yet a completely different one for your dog and it's all hogwash! I mean all of my animals have eaten cheap dry food since I was a toddler and none have died of malnourishment yet. So we said to ourselves, why not combine the two into a single product and... having a passion for combining old words to make catchy new ones, our minds started racing and we came up with the name... DatFood. I'll let you guys think about the environmental implications of it but there are a ton.

What do you guys think about DatFood?

Posted By Jason Dowdell at 04:38 PM
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(1) Comments on DatFood: One Pet Food Bag Feeds Both Dogs & Cats

Cats should not eat dry food at all as they are obligate carnivores. Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins has written about this quite a bit. Cats should not eat dog food as they are far more sensitive to vitamin/mineral levels than dogs and specifically the inadequate levels of taurine.
What you propose sounds dangerous. Feeding healthy table scraps and freshly prepared food from your kitchen would be more environmentally sound, cost effective and deliver far better nutrition than feeding kibble. Just because a pet doesn't die from malnutrition does not mean he is thriving in good health due to optimum nutrition. There is a lot of daylight in between.
You also might like to review past "dog & cat food" products and see the results (cats going blind, etc.) to learn why companies no longer market products like these.

Comments by YesBiscuit! : Friday, December 12, 2008 at 07:15 AM

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