Good Dog Goods history

With this may be joined farinaceous and vegetable articles – oat-meal, fine-pollard, dog-biscuit, potatoes, carrots, parsnips – soups made from the above, or with sheeps’ heads and trotters.’ (The American Farmer, 1826, p.374)

In 1870, Spratt brought his biscuits over to the United States and the American pet food industry was born.

A British public company took over Spratt’s formula and production began at a United States operation in about 1890.

Even before 1895--when the first American veterinarians graduated--‘experts’ were telling pet owners to avoid giving their dogs raw meat.

In 1907, another company started competing, and they introduced Milk-Bones.

First known as the Association of Feed Control Officials, AAFCO was founded more than 100 years ago in 1909.

In preparing the dough and in baking, care must be taken to keep it light and porous.’ (Henley’s Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes And Processes, 1916)

AAFCO first included language for pet food in their model bills in 1917.

Canned dog food, “Ken-L Ration,” was introduced in 1922.

In 1940, there were only 10 vet schools in the USA, but today there are over 30 schools pushing out thousands of veterinarians sponsored by big kibble companies.

By 1941, canned food was so successful that producers were breeding horses just for dog food and slaughtering 50,000 of them per year.

In 1956, the first dry kibble was produced through a process called extrusion.

In 1959, they acquired the American Crab Meat Company, who made the pet food called 3 Little Kittens.

In 1964, The Pet Food Institute (a group of pet food industry lobbyists) launched a series of ad campaigns to convince consumers that commercially prepared dog food was the only option to feed.

In 2007, an outbreak of sickness and death began to occur.