Gourmet Cat Treats

Have you been on the hunt for gourmet cat treats?  Not only gourmet, but ones that are corn and wheat free and are also all natural.  You usually won't find those sort of treats in the grocery store, that's for sure!

Have you heard of Zuke's?  Zuke's Premium Treats is a company out of Durango, Colorado.

They make healthy and natural treats for cats and dogs that are made in the USA.  Zuke's has two different kinds of cat treats:

• Cat Hip Action
• Natural Purrz

The Cat Hip Action Treats are made with glucosamine and chondroitin and each treat contains 50mg glucosamine and 15mg chondroitin.  They are easy to feed – no messy pills or powders and contain essential cofactor vitamins and minerals.

The Natural Purrz treats are healthy, natural, semi-moist cat treats and are only 2 calories each, so you can end up rewarding your cat more frequently than with other treats.  They are made with high quality proteins and grains and are enriched with vitamins and minerals.

Has you kitty tried Zuke's?  How does she or he like them?  Please leave a comment below and share your thoughts with our readers.

You might recall that we received the Dog Spinny in the mail - it's an interactive cat toy for training cats.

Charlie is slowing learning on how to master this thing and I am really enjoying the process because I feel like he has to work for his dry food. 

I honestly need to get him off of dry food altogether, but I cannot see the harm in it when it is used as gourmet cat treats for him.

If your cat or dog is food motivated, then it is easy to train them on the Dog Spinny - basically you just wait until they are hungry and then place three pieces of food in each of the compartments - and show them how to get to the next compartment.  Once they have mastered that, then you place the white plastic bone that comes with the Dog Spinny as an extra challenge to get it out. 



Here are two videos I captured of Charlie getting the bone out:
Honestly, I don't know if Charlie is entertained by this or more just annoyed that the bone is in his way for eating.  He sorta looks at me like, "I never had to work this hard for food before!  What the hell!"

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Pet Talker, Kate Solisti, has done a lot of research when it comes to quality foods for your kitty. 

Kate stresses that it is important to note that these foods are recommended from her friends and colleagues that have done a lot of research in this area - and if they are bought out by a larger cat food company, then the quality and effectiveness of the ingredients could most certainly change.

Solisti recommends that you buy cat food from a locally owned store - rather than from Petco or Petsmart - and definitely not the grocery store.  Solisti says that if you go to the grocery store for your kitty's food then the food is already highly processed.  I would imagine that Whole Foods or another natural food store might be an exception in this situation.

Below are a list of recommendations from Solisti:

Grain-free Dry Food for Cats**:

Pure Vita                 www.nutrisourcedogfood.com
Mulligan Stew        www.mulliganstewpetfood.com
Orijen & Acana      www.orijen.com
Great Life                 www.doctorsfinest.com
Taste of the Wild   www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com

Canned for Cats:

Weruva                      www.weruva.com
Mulligan Stew

Treats for Dogs & Cats:

Boulder Dog Food Company www.boulderdogfoodcompany.com
Great Life freeze-dried liver treats & "Irresistibles" toppings
Stella & Chewy's "Carnivore Crunch" and "Carnivore Kisses"

Frozen Raw:
Stella & Chewy's         www.stellaandchewys.com
Rawthentic                   www.rawthentic.com

Shop owners who keep up on the pet foods they sell:

Lori Leigh Moreland      
Pet Empawrium & Spaw     
(303) 467-7777                                                 
www.petempawrium.com

Danielle Jarock                  
Quality Paws Natural Pet  
(303) 778-7297
www.qualitypaws.com

Shannon Senft                    
Paws & Claws                           
(970) 547-9633                                                  
www.pawsandclawsbreck.com

Although Kate recommends that no cat should ever be eating dry food alone - she says that she included the list of dry foods, so that the kitty could transition to a grain free food.  It is best to only feed kitties wet food.

What is your favorite cat food for your kitty?  What are your favorite treats for cats?  Please send us a photo of your kitty with his favorite food or gourmet cat treats!

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