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What We Feed Our Pets

May 17, 2018

What We Feed Our Pets

Here at Humboldt Pet Supply, we pride ourselves on our very knowledgeable staff and the extensive research we conduct on each product we decide to bring into our stores. That being said, have you ever wondered what we feed our own pets? Here, we each give a quick rundown of the food we feed to our furry loves.

“I feed my pets Vital Essentials raw and freeze-dried. I have definitely noticed a lot changes with them being on it, like better skin and their fur and reduced plaque and tartar on their teeth. Their poop has also smaller, which is been a nice added benefit. I also add supplements to their food, like ultra oil with the sardine, anchovy and hemp seed. My one older dog gets Holistic Hound CBD for joint health, and pain management for mouth cancer. I give them pumpkin once a day for fiber. The older dogs also get hip and joint products, Grizzly [Joint Aid] oils. Also, some wet food. I’ll do Weruva or First Mate for wet food because they’re nice quality.”
—Brooke

“I feed them primarily Vital Essentials frozen raw food. I feed them the turkey and the beef and the rabbit formulas. I chose Vital Essentials because I really appreciate their dedication to “free range and fresh caught”. I supplement with Nummy Tum Tum Pumpkin to keep their fiber up, and I also supplement with green juju to keep greens up every other day for the dogs. And then, I do ultra oil which is sardine and anchovy for the dogs and the cats.” —Jen

“My Saria gets Vital Essentials chicken mini-patties. Before Vital Essentials, she was on the high-end Costco dog food and then Taste of the Wild, but she would scratch and scratch due do something in those foods, so we switched to VE. She was also a little chubby when she started on Vital Essentials and has since slimmed down to the point where she was looking a little gaunt, so I started to sometimes add a little bit of Orijen dry food to balance things out with the veggies and carbohydrates. She gets a scoop of canned sweet potato or pumpkin once a day as well. I don’t give her treats frequently, but when I do, it’s Merrick’s lamb lung or boiled chopped chicken, both of which she goes crazy for.”—Alex

“So, all my cats eat Vital Essentials, either duck or rabbit, and then I mix in Dot’s [Wonder Pet Supplement] and bone broth, some cannagurt and a little bit of fresh pumpkin. The dog is on Orijen puppy food with the same supplements, but only once a day. Just trying to give a well-rounded diet. The cats get the raw food because they are carnivores [and] they don’t need the extra veggies or grains, but I do like to mix in the [Flora4 Sprouted] Seed Food Topper because it’s good for their digestive system, gut biologics and immunity. Also a little bit of fish oil for skin and coat and proper brain function.”—Lyndsy

"I feed Jungle Cat a mixture of kibble and freeze-dried food, just because she loves her kibble, but I do the Vital Essentials mini-nibs for her as well as the mini-patties, and I just rotate flavors depending on what I feel like. I do the nibs mixed with the kibble or just the nibs by themselves. [For kibble] I do Orijen Tundra usually or Regional Red because my cat’s allergic to chicken. And I like to add in pumpkin and cranberry into her food as well as some of the sprouted seed mix from Carna4 to make sure she’s getting of the her vitamins and minerals, as well as the Ultra Oil so she has really soft fur."—Alexa