Dog and Cat Owners Try Homemade Recipes After Pet Food Recall, Deaths

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Source: AP

Dog and Cat Owners Try Homemade Recipes After Pet Food Recall, Deaths

04-04-2007 6:58 AM
By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA (Associated Press) -- Some dog and cat owners frightened by a contamination scare are forsaking the pet-food aisle and grinding up meat in their own kitchens instead.

Sales of pet food recipe books have also shot up since the nationwide pet-food recall began two weeks ago.

Amy Parish, 40, stopped giving her two aging chow chows canned food. Instead, Parish mixes dry food with a mash of chicken, rice, oatmeal and cottage cheese that she prepares twice a week.


Cloie Harnois, a worker at the Polka Dog Bakery, in Boston's South End neighborhood, holds out a treat for Sadie, a customers dog, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. The boutique dog-bakery sells organic doggy treats as well as dried grains, herbs, and vegetables for dog owners to blend in the raw meat of their choice. Tammy Norris, of Newton, Mass., holds Fergie, an eight-week-old yellow lab puppy, above right. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)


"I'm very suspicious of any large-brand manufactured dog food," said Parish, who lives in the Atlanta suburb of Tucker.

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[Buzz Clik]

1. Oh, please. Just take them out for dinner.