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Why vets push Science Diet
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Hi Rich,
Your dog is beautiful. I have read that G. shepherds are problem solvers. I once saw a story about a family who went camping with their shepherd. When the campfire got out of control and began to spread, the dog walked over, lifted his leg, and tried to put out the fire!
My Rusty developed an autoimmune problem when he was 7 (primary hypoparathyroidism) and I did a lot of research at that time and became convinced that commercial grain-containing dog food was contributing to the increase of AI diseases in dogs. I decided that the raw food diet was best (no grains at all). So he was on the BARF (bones and raw food) diet for the last half of his life, and I am convinced that it gave him quality and longevity. Plus he LOVED it. The rationale behind this diet is that all dogs are descended from the wolf, who has no grains in his natural diet, other than what is in the stomachs of prey and has aleady been partially digested by that prey. I am a believer that dogs should eat no grain at all, just like me!!!
Love,
Polly
P.S. I know a poodle that got MC and was put on Entocort. When the owner eliminated grains from the diet, the dog improved dramatically.
Your dog is beautiful. I have read that G. shepherds are problem solvers. I once saw a story about a family who went camping with their shepherd. When the campfire got out of control and began to spread, the dog walked over, lifted his leg, and tried to put out the fire!
My Rusty developed an autoimmune problem when he was 7 (primary hypoparathyroidism) and I did a lot of research at that time and became convinced that commercial grain-containing dog food was contributing to the increase of AI diseases in dogs. I decided that the raw food diet was best (no grains at all). So he was on the BARF (bones and raw food) diet for the last half of his life, and I am convinced that it gave him quality and longevity. Plus he LOVED it. The rationale behind this diet is that all dogs are descended from the wolf, who has no grains in his natural diet, other than what is in the stomachs of prey and has aleady been partially digested by that prey. I am a believer that dogs should eat no grain at all, just like me!!!
Love,
Polly
P.S. I know a poodle that got MC and was put on Entocort. When the owner eliminated grains from the diet, the dog improved dramatically.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
I recently switched my 2 aging cats to low gluten food. I now buy Authority Sensitive Stomach kibble, PetSmart's premium line of pet food, and the cats love it. Their old food was good (Trader Joe's) but had corn as one of the first 3 ingredients, and some wheat gluten. The new food has:
Ingredients: Turkey, Turkey Meal, Brewers Rice, Oat Groats, Salmon Meal, Poultry Fat (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Rice Flour, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Fructooligosaccharides, and all the Vitamins.
Aging pets should also get a good amount of wet food for extra protein and liquid.
Ingredients: Turkey, Turkey Meal, Brewers Rice, Oat Groats, Salmon Meal, Poultry Fat (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Rice Flour, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Egg Product, Fructooligosaccharides, and all the Vitamins.
Aging pets should also get a good amount of wet food for extra protein and liquid.
1987 Mononucleosis (EBV)
2004 Hypomyopathic Dermatomyositis
2009 Lymphocytic Colitis
2010 GF/DF/SF Diet
2014 Low Dose Naltrexone
2004 Hypomyopathic Dermatomyositis
2009 Lymphocytic Colitis
2010 GF/DF/SF Diet
2014 Low Dose Naltrexone
Rich,
Joan and Polly are right on target, of course. When I was a kid, the pet food industry was still in it's infancy, and most dogs still ate bones, meat scraps, table scraps, and an occasional rabbit, when they could catch one. Most dogs died from either "old age", or accidents, not from disease. The pet food industry realized that dogs would eat grains when they were starving, and since grain is the cheapest source of protein and fat that they could possibly use, that's what they used in their products. For decades they've been spending a fortune on advertising propaganda to convince pet owners how "healthy" their grain-based products are, but it's all
. These days, most dogs die from disease, and often at an early age, despite their owners spending a small fortune on their vet care.
Dog owners have proven to be pretty gullible over they years, but the dogs themselves, have never been convinced. If you doubt this, do as Polly suggests, and offer your dog some "real" dog food, and watch his reaction. If he doesn't have a heart attack from the shock of seeing some real food, he will vote with his stomach, and you will see the difference in his health, his appearance, and his activity level. If you think he's good at solving problems now, wait until his brain fog is gone.
So why do vets promote grain-based dog food? I'll be charitable, and say that it's due to ignorance, but if I were the suspicious type, I might imply that it's a form of job assurance - it guarantees plenty of future business. Of course, the same suspicions might be raised about why the human medical industry promotes a dairy and grain-based diet.
Tex
Joan and Polly are right on target, of course. When I was a kid, the pet food industry was still in it's infancy, and most dogs still ate bones, meat scraps, table scraps, and an occasional rabbit, when they could catch one. Most dogs died from either "old age", or accidents, not from disease. The pet food industry realized that dogs would eat grains when they were starving, and since grain is the cheapest source of protein and fat that they could possibly use, that's what they used in their products. For decades they've been spending a fortune on advertising propaganda to convince pet owners how "healthy" their grain-based products are, but it's all
. These days, most dogs die from disease, and often at an early age, despite their owners spending a small fortune on their vet care. Dog owners have proven to be pretty gullible over they years, but the dogs themselves, have never been convinced. If you doubt this, do as Polly suggests, and offer your dog some "real" dog food, and watch his reaction. If he doesn't have a heart attack from the shock of seeing some real food, he will vote with his stomach, and you will see the difference in his health, his appearance, and his activity level. If you think he's good at solving problems now, wait until his brain fog is gone.
So why do vets promote grain-based dog food? I'll be charitable, and say that it's due to ignorance, but if I were the suspicious type, I might imply that it's a form of job assurance - it guarantees plenty of future business. Of course, the same suspicions might be raised about why the human medical industry promotes a dairy and grain-based diet.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.