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NATURAL CHOICE HOLISTIC DOG FOOD

The Story So Far ....

Natural Choice Holistic Health Meal, or Wholebake as it is known, is a dog food with a difference. It is growing in popularity as people report upon the remarkable benefits that they have seen in their dogs. Natural Choice does not boast of rocket science technology for its results, but a sensible, common sense rethink of the way in which dogs are fed. Enter Wholebake’s developer, Neil Garrod, whose family run Natural Choice.

Like many breeders and trainers, Neil wants his dogs to be the best and he passionately believes that “a dog is what it eats" in just the same way humans are. The quality and type of food that is being fed is going to have as much effect upon the dog as environment, breeding and management.

But how do you know what you are feeding your dog? Read the label on many brands of proprietary dog food and it may list ingredients, which are unknown to the lay-person, and when it does refer to one that we may understand, we have no idea of the quality or the form which it may take. For example, one such ingredient would be “Meat derivatives”.
Neil sought to get to grips with what foods should truly be fed to dogs that would be safe, healthy, and effective both nutritionally and also cost wise.

This, along with having read a book that opened his eyes to the benefits of doing things in a completely natural way, was a turning point. Convinced that what was being offered en masse to dogs was not the best for their health, Neil began what was to be years of reading, questioning, research and development to find foods that would meet both his expectations and be good for the health, wholeness and well-being of his dogs.

After feeding his dogs in what can best be described as a “home-mix” method for some years, and an opportune meeting with a biscuit manufacturer, Neil was encouraged to take it further. ‘Wholebake’ was in the making.

At this point Neil was also told about The British Assodation of Holistic Nutrition Medicine, so he went to see them and discuss his food. Showing great interest and after a serious look at the product, BAHNM granted a licence to the food.

‘Wholebake Original’ came into being, closely followed by Natural Choice Ltd.

Neil has handled, trained and occasionally bred dogs for over twenty years.
He has studied his own and many other people’s dogs for at least as long. He has read a great many books on the subject of dogs and all types of related issues. The one thing that was clear from early on is that no one food can supply the complete and whole needs of a dog. They are by nature, creatures that would quite happily survive and thrive by sourcing their diet from a great variety of areas. The fact is that by nature the dog is a scavenger.

These would include all forms of raw meat including bones and offal, the stomach of their prey and its contents (vegetation such as herbage, cereals, grasses, vegetables and fruit). This enormously varied diet would suit the ‘evolved physiology’ of the dog completely, being that ‘best’ that Neil was after.

Being loyal to this truth, Natural Choice seeks to encourage owners to feed a diversity of food sources to their dogs (very different from all complete dog food manufacturers who suggest using only their product) with ‘Wholebake’ providing about one-third to a half of the diet. This represents the carbohydrate or energy part, also having an extremely broad spectrum, nutrient rich herbage.

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