Fish Stix

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• Sabrina

  January 2009 edited November -1

  Those should be fine, I think they are made by Canine Caviar which is a great company. They should be shark cartilage and stingray tail! I had their rep come into my store not to long ago and he gave Boo a sample and he really liked them. They should be great for Tsuki plus they are LOADED with chondroiton for her joints.
  
  Here is the products homepage
  
  http://caninecaviar.com/Fish%20Stix.aspx
  
  Oh and they also have really good raw food Boo really likes the Beaver flavor
  
  http://caninecaviar.com/Frozen%20Gourmet%20Beaver.aspx
• tsukitsune

  January 2009 edited November -1

  interesting, thanks for the info!
  
  we've actually tried to steer away as much as we could from shark cartilage, I wasn't sure how eco-sound it was to keep buying joint supplements made from shark cartilage. These say they are made from skate (rays). I wonder how eco-friendly that is?
  http://quamut.com/quamut/saltwater_fish/page/skate.html
  
  But thanks for the info, we'll probably order one for each of them and see how they like it.
  
  
  Also, the Canine Caviar Beaver - that was a food OK'd by Whole Dog Journal! But I was afraid to try it, I feel really bad for the beavers!
• Sabrina

  January 2009 edited January 2009

  I was told that they are it is a byproduct from the human consumption. Like bully sticks, pig ears, rawhide are all byproducts from human consumption. They are all parts that would typically be thrown away. Or so I was told by a salesman :-)
  
  Shark cartilage is one of the main sources of chondroitin so any chondroitin that is anything you purchase probably comes from shark cartilage.
  
  Oh and I was also told that the beaver meat is a "byproduct" from the fur industry. Beaver meat isn't in high demand so canine caviar decided to use it s a novel protein in there raw food.
• dlroberts

  January 2009 edited November -1

  Every time I see the title of this thread I think of an old guy, frustrated by something, saying "fiddle sticks", and I giggle a little bit. Don't ask me why....
• Sangmort

  January 2009 edited November -1

  Dave, YOU just made me "giggle" lol ~
• Nekopan

  January 2009 edited November -1

  I also giggle at the thought of Dave giggling.
• StaticNfuzz

  January 2009 edited November -1

  Here is some info. on the matter
  http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/fish3.html
  Yes it may be considered a bi-product but that does not stop it from being endangered.
  Ok question.....has the sales person been on the boat that pulls up the catch and monitors the harvest?
  
  I am not trying to sway anyone one way or the other but it pays to have a healthy knowledge of the resources and not brush aside the issues at hand. I do think it is important to consider sustainable products even for our pets.
  
  Snf
• santuzza

  January 2009 edited January 2009

  Hmmm... surely something to think about. I'll have to read up on these things more, but I'm optimistic that there may be a less odorous alternative to those pizzle sticks that won't threaten any species with extinction.
• lindsayt

  January 2009 edited January 2009

  I asked Canine Cavier where the beaver came from after one of our clients was feeding it as a the only food source to her dogs wanting to know why they weren't gaining weight (they were skinny, let me tell you, and starving). It's a biproduct of the fur industry, so based on moral objections, I refused to use it or recomend it. Who wears beaver now anyways? I thought they were endangered or something. I guess I shouldn't feel bad about the little animals my dogs eat. I can see why they don't have a "Ground Mouse for Dogs", "Chipmunk Diet for Picky Eaters", or "Teddy Bear Hampster K9 Cuisine", nobody would buy it based on moral objections.
  
  I would buy Fish Stix though, those sound cool.
• tsukitsune

  January 2009 edited November -1

  "Teddy Bear Hampster K9 Cuisine"
  omg, can you imagine?? :O
  But thats the initial vibe I got when I saw Beaver food, like, why is that necessary!??!
  
  This is my main hang up, even feeding my dogs wellness core ocean - I realize that our oceans are in serious peril and I feel like I'm speeding up the barren-ness by purchasing such products. But, Tsuki can't eat beef or chicken based/flavored products so its single [protein] source lamb or multi source fish formulas. We're going to hold off on the Fish Stix until the company emails me back with the info I requested (source, sustainability of source, etc).
  
  I appreciate ALL of the insight, thanks!!