I just got a call from the vet on Buddy's blood panel results and all looks good. I'm going to continue with the diet I'm feeding him since it seems to be working. His thyroid test last June from Dr Dodds also looked good. If your Basenji is experiencing any skin, coat or digestion problems try eliminating all grains including rice and see how it goes.
Overall Eco-Friendly Pet Food Ratings
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Interesting pet food rating chart from Greenopia, "Experts on Green Living." Ranking criteria based on 1) ingredient and environmental reporting, 2) quality of ingredients, 3) animal testing 4) eco-friendliness of packaging 5) supply chain (how the products are transported and whether locally or internationally-sourced ingredients are used), and 6) green building design at the company.
"It is worth noting that, as a whole, the pet food industry has very poor environmental reporting. Thus we could not assign weights based off the product's life cycle impacts (there was not enough data), but instead focused on the product itself and considered the impacts from the rest of the life cycle as supplementary information."
