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bhennessy wrote:I didn’t realize that dog food was under the FDA’s purview. The industry sort of seems like the Wild West in terms of brands, testing/no testing, different formulas and formulations, you name it and it seems that there is a company that churns it out to satisfy the latest fad.
Dakotazeb wrote:Here the statement. https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Ne ... 613305.htm
Very inconclusive to me and put out well before there is any solid information. I really don't put much stock in the report at this point. I've never been one to think much of grain-free dog food but now since I have an allergy dog that is what I've been feeding. Not sure grains are the issue with my dog as the protein source can be as big a allergy causing source. From what the report indicates, it appears to be a bigger issue mainly in larger dogs. I would think that there are a lot of other factors that could contribute to canine heart disease than potatoes and legumes. How about canine obesity?
Misskiwi67 wrote:Dakotazeb wrote:Here the statement. https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Ne ... 613305.htm
Very inconclusive to me and put out well before there is any solid information. I really don't put much stock in the report at this point. I've never been one to think much of grain-free dog food but now since I have an allergy dog that is what I've been feeding. Not sure grains are the issue with my dog as the protein source can be as big a allergy causing source. From what the report indicates, it appears to be a bigger issue mainly in larger dogs. I would think that there are a lot of other factors that could contribute to canine heart disease than potatoes and legumes. How about canine obesity?
This is a very specific heart disease type caused by taurine deficiency. It’s absolutely dietary.
Obesity doesn’t cause heart disease in dogs - they don’t have the arterial thickening and other secondary cardiovascular side effects that people do.
Misskiwi67 wrote:This is a very specific heart disease type caused by taurine deficiency. It’s absolutely dietary.
Dakotazeb wrote:Misskiwi67 wrote:This is a very specific heart disease type caused by taurine deficiency. It’s absolutely dietary.
In reading about taurine deficiency I don't see where potatoes and legumes have anything to do with taurine deficiency. Can you explain? Taurine deficiency appears to be caused by the lack of an amino acid critical to a dogs health.
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