Paws2Dine - natural pet foods

O&M™ is 100% balanced food to meet your pet’s nutritional needs.

Dogs and cats instinctively crave meat and are best fed as carnivores. They easily digest and utilize meat protein and animal fat.

The foundation for O&M™’s great taste is nutritious whole white chicken and turkey meat, plus top quality whole grains.

Our Process

Our optimum methodology ensures complete nutritional quality, significantly reducing nutrient losses during the cooking process.

Garlic oil and natural cold-pressed sunflower oil, along with chicken fat, provides the fatty acids needed for healthy skin and a shiny coat.

Our Ingredients

Proteins
Protein is an integral part of your pet’s diet. Chicken and turkey white meat and our low ash fish meal and eggs, bring more to the dish than just good flavour—they are lean, excellent sources of protein. High quality meat protein provides all the essential amino acids dogs and cats need. Minerals like calcium and phosphorous are present in the chicken, too.

Grains
Whole brown rice, brewer’s rice, whole oats and barley are healthful grains. They’re important sources of B vitamins, carbohydrate, iron, fiber and selenium. They aid in the function of the enzyme system.

Fats
Chicken fat, natural cold-pressed sunflower oil and garlic oil are top quality sources of fat. They’re chosen for their skin and coat properties. They’re rich in linoleic acid and Omega 6 fatty acids.

Kelp
Kelp is known as the “vegetable” of the sea. It’s one of nature’s richest sources of organic chelated minerals, vitamins and amino acids. It contains more than 12 vitamins, 60 minerals and trace minerals, and 18 key amino acids, all in a natural, balanced form. Improved utilization of food consumed by your pet, is one of the many benefits that kelp can offer.

Chelated Minerals
Minerals are directly and indirectly involved with almost all physiological functions within any living organism. Unfortunately, most minerals in their natural inorganic state cannot be absorbed. To increase utilization, minerals can be surrounded by certain substances such as amino acids to fool the body into absorbing the mineral...this process is called chelation. In this form, unnecessary deficiencies are less likely to occur.

Probiotics
Probiotics are microflora preparations of friendly bacteria normally found in a healthy digestive tract. Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus plantarum to name just a few. They provide a source of these friendly bacteria. These microflora not only produce a variety of substances to aid in absorption of nutrients, but also maintain optimum performance during stress.

More Vitamins & Minerals
Vitamins E, C, and A (Beta-Carotene), Selenium, Zinc, and Manganese are antioxidants. They play a vital role in protecting body cells.

We don't use artificial preservatives

O&M™ products are preserved naturally with vitamins C & E, and nothing else. Below is a partial list of popular preservatives used in the pet food industry today. Other companies use these preservatives to stop the fat from going rancid, to give a longer shelf life, and to cut down on costs, O&M™ does not. Here are some reasons why:
BHA & BHT Have been linked to liver and kidney problems, birth defects, slow growth rates, behavioral problems, metabolic stress, increases in cholesterol levels, allergic reactions, baldness and brain defects in laboratory animals. What could it be doing to our pets?
MSG A flavour enhancer and preservative that many Chinese restaurants use. So what's the big deal? Well, ask people who experience migraines after ingesting MSG. Some people experience tingling sensations in their fingers after eating food cooked in MSG.
Sodium Metabisulphite Another preservative used in pet foods. In humans, this chemical has caused weakness, difficulty in swallowing, loss of consciousness and brain damage.
Sugar There can be as much as 25% sugar (sucrose, caramel or corn syrup) in semi-moist dog food to keeps the food moist. Cat foods use about 10% Propylene glycol because cats are not as attracted to sweets as dogs.Dogs actually become addicted to sugar. We are now seeing in record numbers dogs developing diabetes. What else can be attributed to sugar? How about hypoglycemia, obesity, nervousness, cataracts, tooth decay, arthritis and allergies. Sugar can also drain vitamins and minerals from the body. Propylene glycol has caused unexplained irregularities in the red blood cells of cats. For dogs it can cause skin problems, hair loss, dull coats, diarrhea, overweight and even death. Propylene glycol is a chemical that is used in antifreeze, oil and waxes. Cats can actually become addicted to food that contains this preservative.
Ethoxyquin The FDA (USA) and some of the large pet food companies say that Ethoxyquin is safe for pet food. But some would disagree, blaming this preservative on chronic maladies that have been affecting purebred dogs at alarming frequency. There has been a severe increase in immune related diseases among pets, directly related to pet foods preserved with Ethoxyquin. Other problems that are arising are itchy skin, lethargy, hair loss, thyroid problems, reproductive disorders, birth defects and cancer. The chemical was developed by a company as a rubber hardener. It is also used as a herbicide and insecticide (anti-scale agent) for apples and pears.