Breaking News: Pets Sick & Dying, Seemingly from These Foods - Learn More
The pet food debacle devastating pet parents since November of last year (’23), continues with reports coming in each day of dogs and cats sickened or dying, seemingly after eating dry or wet food from a short list of major brand manufacturers. At the top of that list is Purina, a brand who unfortunately has a track record of recalls and sick and deceased pets. Today’s episode features pet food industry watchdog, Susan Thixton and fellow pet health coach, Jessica Fisher, giving us the most current information on this developing story and what you, as concerned pet parents, can do about it.
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BIO:
Susan Thixton, founder of the Association for Truth in Pet Food. She is a consumer advocate fighting to hold the pet food industry accountable to existing food safety regulations. Susan Thixton, TruthaboutPetFood.com and AssociationforTruthinPetFood.com. They have been battling with the FDA, AAFCO and State pet food regulatory authorities. Fighting on behalf of pet food consumers for more than 10 years. Just like so many pet owners, Susan learned the ‘truth’ about pet foods the hard way. Her four legged best friend, Sam, died from bone cancer. From that day forward, Susan studied the pet food industry. She now provides pet food consumers with a voice at pet food regulatory meetings. TruthaboutPetFood.com began in 2004. Pet food consumers can visit and access thousands of free educational articles. Including resources on pet food safety and regulations, ingredients, testing, recalls, laws, and more.
Jessica L. Fisher, Pet Parent Coach, R+ Dog Trainer, Host of The Pet Parenting Reset As a positive reinforcement dog trainer, she works with the whole dog, addressing nutrition, enrichment, and environment, as well as behavior to help pets and their parents thrive. Jessica has authored a book to help pet parents find perspective in training their dogs called "7 Miracle Steps To Get Your Dog To Obey Even If They've Failed Before: All Intelligence Levels And Breeds" which you can find on Amazon or get a signed copy from her by clicking here. As a podcast host, bringing you thoughtful and educational information to better help you raise happy and healthy pets is her passion. Jessica has helped hundreds of dogs and dog owners, and some cats too, achieve better health through nutrition, and better behavior through positive reinforcement and cooperation between humans and animals.