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.
Some very expensive dog food in that list. Paying more makes the owners feel better about themselves, doesn’t seem to do much for the dogs.
I agree nut.
Dogs live best on flesh
About the same time grain companies discovered dry cereal for humans to expand the market for grains
I assume they also thought of dogs and cats too around then
Before that opportunism dogs and cats ate what humans had left over or tossed their way
Our 13 year old Shih Tzu Maxie was recently diagnosed with cutaneous Lymphoma(He had an inflamed left side of his lip, went to the vet 4 times was told his constant licking was mental, we had no idea til biopsy) so we have no idea how long he has left..his issue is external, NOT internal, it doesnt go in the body but causes pain over time and instead of the dog suffering they let the dog go..how the heck did he get this, what was he exposed to, we only gave him good food, nothing on the list..only made in the USA, but we noticed in the past year his fur would become more darker he would lick more, changed his food thinking that would fix it..so now we have this to deal with..its so hard, having a healthy dog one minute who never had a problem to now dealing with something that will eventually kill him who knows when, breaks my heart
Why is the FDA analyzing dog food?
My dog won’t eat dog food anyway - he just lets it sit, even risking starvation (although my wife always blinks and later feeds him human food).
I suspect he was tipped off by other dogs.
A good article on the problem:
DCM in Dogs: Taurine’s Role in the Canine Diet
https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/food/dog_food/dcm-in-dogs-taurines-role-in-the-canine-diet/