We offer a great variety of food for your pets.

TESTIMONIALS

Diane Mayer, owner of Happy Dog Healthy Dog, teaches Dog Food 101. Please see the event calendar at the bottom of the page for dates and more information for this class, and other classes. You can sign up online from the event calendar for any class. The cost is $25.00 per person. The class generally lasts 1 ½ hours. We have found that it is best if only Humans attend the class. Dogs are always welcome during our normal business hours! You are encouraged to come with questions. The classes are limited to 6 people.

She will discuss the history of the commercial pet food industry, the teachings of Juliette de Bairacli Levy, a brief explanation of oriental food theory, what dogs would naturally eat, and explain why Happy Dog Healthy Dog carries the foods we do and why they provide better nutrition and are more beneficial for the health and well being of your pet.

We have included some research and articles regarding pet food to give you a jump start on the class. Information will be added to the site as it becomes available to us; we are always on the look out for articles and stories that may be beneficial to you.

If you have information you think others would find useful regarding pet food or a particular brand that you have had success with, please let us know. The more information and knowledge that pet owners can share the better life we can all give our companions.

The commercial pet food industry came about for the convenience of people, not the health of your pet. Prior to commercial dog food, dogs were living much longer lives, with less disease and obesity. What most consumers don't know is that the pet food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet food provides a market for the waste from slaughterhouses, grains that are considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste products to be turned into profit.

The waste includes intestines, udders, esophagi, and possible even diseased and cancerous animal parts. Most of the commercial pet food available in large stores and chains is produced by very large corporate entities. Nestle owns; Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog and Ralston Purina, with products such as Pro Plan and Purina One. Procter & Gamble owns; Iams and Eukanuba . Colgate-Palmolive owns; Hill's Science Diet. Mars owns; Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba, and Waltham's.

From a business standpoint, multinational companies owning pet food manufacturing companies is an ideal relationship, they have a captive market in which to profit on their waste products. Like most big corporations the primary focus is on the bottom line.

Millions of dollars are spent each year on marketing and advertising a particular brand and creating an image. What tends to get lost is what is actually in the bag. Catchy names, vibrant colors, tag lines such as "vet recommended", "with real beef", are all aimed at drawing you into choosing a brand of food for your dog, and then feeding that same food to your pet for the remainder of their life.

While most people have the best intentions when choosing a food, the force and power of the marketing of commercial pet food is so strong and creates such a feel good image, you can't blame anyone for believing the hype.

Our focus is on providing you an outlet for food that is produced by large and small companies alike, but with one difference, the main focus is on the contents, not the image. While many of the brands we carry do have a "good look", what is important to them and to us is the quality of the ingredients and how they are processed.