Green Your Pet
The biggest choice you can make to Green your pet is to buy high quality American made pet food. Most pet food is made overseas and needs to travel a long way to reach your local pet store. These foreign foods are also very low quality and can even be harmful to your pet. Next time you buy pet food, read the packaging or ask to make sure the food you’re buying is American made or better yet local. Look for food containing all natural ingredients, not meat by products or fillers. It might be a little more expensive but its locality is better for the environment and means better nutrition for your pet.
PET TOYS
One way to offset the costs of high quality food is to stop buying plastic pet toys. Not only do they take their toll on the environment while being produced, but they are also mass produced with harmful ingredients. There is nothing my dog loves more than a plain old tennis ball, which only cost $1 for three pack. Look for more Green pet toys at www.greatgreenpet.com.
THE FACTS
Americans spent over $38.4 billion on our pets in 2007.