South Florida Organic Pet Food Market Benefits from Pet Food Recall
South Florida's Organic Pet Food Market Benefits from Pet Food Recall
Boca Raton, FL - (May 1, 2007) - South Florida's organic and holistic pet food makers and retailers seem to be the winners in the aftermath of the pet food recall. With consumers scrambling to find safe alternatives, local businesses are thriving, but Jamie Wolf of http://www.healthydogsusa.com/ thinks the real winners in the end will be the consumers.
"I can only hope that people are finally getting the message that the ‘high-end' foods on the supermarket shelves that they are duped into buying are, generally speaking, the same stuff on the bottom shelves," says Wolf. "This stuff is massed produced and loaded with preservatives, artificial flavors and colors, and animal by-products. None of these ingredients contribute to the health of your pet."
Jamie Wolf has been operating http://www.healthydogsusa.com/ for almost a decade. The site provides dog, cat and horse owners information on holistic pet foods, pet nutrition and product comparisons. Wolf also direct ships a holistic brand of pet food called Life's Abundance from the website.
"We've seen a 200% increase in sales since the recall began, so, yeah, we are doing well, but I really think it's the pet owners who will ultimately benefit from the recall," says Wolf. "These foods that so many people have been feeding their pets for so long are actually detrimental to the pet's health. It's been an uphill battle trying to get people to change foods, but the recall has sort of called out the big name brands' lack of integrity for us."
Erin Sembler of Boca Raton echoes that sentiment. Erin's Doberman Pincher, Bradley, had suffered skin problems for years, especially at the change of the seasons. She had been feeding Bradley a store bought brand that promised "natural ingredients", but saw no change in Bradley's health despite both her gut feeling and her vet's opinion that at least part of the problem was food related.
"It was about 3 years ago that I came in contact with Jamie Wolf and she urged me to check out her website. I still remember the slogan at the top her home page that now seems eerily foreshadowing, ‘Why would you feed your pet something that you wouldn't eat?'" says Sembler. "I ended up purchasing the holistic pet food she offers on HealthyDogsUSA.com hoping that it would be part of the solution for Bradley's rashes."
Sembler says that she has been feeding Bradley Life's Abundance, the holistic pet food offered at HealthyDogsUSA.com, for three years now and that his coat is noticeably healthier and that his rash now only effects him when it gets really hot in the summer and even then, not nearly to the extent that it previously had.
"So, I was spending about $8 more for a 40 lbs. bag of food which I could completely justify because I don't want to lose Bradley at 12 or 13 just because I wasn't feeding him the right dog food," says Sembler. "I'd go hungry before I let my dog have bad food."
Jamie Wolf doesn't want anyone to go hungry, nor does she want any pets getting the wrong food. To that end, Wolf's website, http://www.healthydogsusa.com/, offers tips for minimizing digestive problems when switching pet foods, ingredient comparison charts, direct shipped holistic dog, cat and horse foods and tips for living a holistic life style with your pet.
