What caught my eye was the incredible stupidity shown by the doctor who is president of the “American Veterinary Medical Association.”
He seems to think that when wolves eat an animal that can eat grains, the wolf is actually eating grains. In essence, we have a VIP doctor who thinks carnivores are herbivores.
What a friggin’ idiot.
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Never heard of or seen any of these brands but it must suck to be Rachel Rae/Ray right now
Given that same logic. Cows eat vegetation so if I eat a steak I am actually a vegetarian. Yes, I have used that line many times as a joke, now I have a doctor to back me up.
You can keep your existing dog food if you want to.
In what way are these meat based dog foods made up of meats that come from animals that somehow escaped being fed GRAIN???? That is one of the stupidest conclusions I have ever encountered? Are they only made of carnivore meat who only eat carnivores who also only eat carnivores, thus diluting the grain in the diet to the point of negligibility??? ABSURD conclusion.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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I love vegetarians. Pretty much all I eat are vegetarians, except for the occasional mountain lion steak. Ted Nugent
So, if only eating meat causes heart disease in dogs, how is it that wolves and coyotes don’t die of heart disease?
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I wonder which dog food industry organization funded this study.
ol Roy is not on the list.
Dry dog food is unnatural and it dehydrates. Pet food is a scam.
My cat caught a rabbit. My dog ate it, ears, tail, everything, even cleaned the floor afterwards.
I went into a panic. My dog just ate rabbit-by-products! She’s doomed.
A lot of brands are mentioned. I wonder how big a hit they’re going to take from this?
My pup eats Taste of the Wild.
If you read the study it is not the meat that is the problem. It is the high amount of legumes they use in the food to replace the grain that they used to use to get the protein content up (mostly chick peas and lentils). Apparently some dogs have issues with legumes.
I still agree that it is a small number of dogs and is being overblown in the article. But you knaow the news exists to scare people any more so...
I feed my older dogs the 4health brand from Tractor Supply. I don’t intend to change. They did much worse on a corn based food. Skin issues and odor.
What a friggin’ idiot.
He is not an idiot, he is right.
The wolves eat the whole animal, intestinal content and all.
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I hope he was just mis-quoted. If not he is not very smart and surely mortified by now.
I am happy to know that I am primarily all vegan now and will eat my steak as guilt free as ever.
Our little maltese mix has only eaten Blue Buffalo (lamb and brown rice)since he was 6 moths old and off puppy chow. He turned 15 in April. Up until last year people thought he was a puppy and has never been ill. He has a little arthritis now and deafness and slight cataracts but otherwise OK. We always bought the lamb and when we get Blue Buffalo canned it is always beef or lamb. Always avoided any chicken in his diet.
Why is the FDA spending money evaluating DOG food?
My spaniel/retriever mix eats Taste of the Wild and has developed heart problems (he is old, and had bad heartworm before we adopted him). My vet mentioned to me about a month or so ago that grain free was leading to a lot of heart problems. Sigh.
Not exactly idiocy, just imprecise wording. Wolves don’t eat grains directly or even indirectly. They eat pre-digested vegetable matter.
When they take down a kill, the first thing they go for is the gut, not the tenderloin. And what exactly is in the gut of a deer? If they want to call that grains for laypeople so be it.
Dogs/wolves will also sometimes eat their own crap and they can actually get nutritional value out of seconds.
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On obligate vs scavenging carnivores.
Someone needs to follow the money with regard to the FDA's so-called study, and why these 2 rags are shilling for it.
“Those animals they prey on are typically herbivores, so they are ingesting grains anyway.”
what a total bullshit statement ...