Grain-free dog food causing heart disease in dogs

[parkie13]

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I think we all have dogs that we care for very much. This has also been in the news a little while ago. Interesting article,

[RS313]

I am considering making my dogs food but i want to okay it with the vet because i know there are certain nutrition factors for dogs and i know they arent supposed to only eat homemade foods there are some nutritional additives that need to be added. My dogs are everything to me and i want them to be healthy and here for a long time♥Dog food is really garbage and it doesnt have to be regulated by the FDA like human food so they can put anything in it and nobody cares.

[parkie13 in reply to RS313]

Amazon has some neat books on making your own dog food. I know the situation is awful.

[RS313 in reply to parkie13]

Awesome TY! i will look to see what they have and yes it is horrible that they dont care what goes into our dogs food

[MBAnderson]

Thank you for this. We love our dog more than life itself. We make our own dog food, too, although she also gets dry food -- Blue Buffalo which is on the list.

[MBAnderson in reply to MBAnderson]

PS. I'm not quite ready to give up our Blue Buffalo over this article because it is an association, not causal and the percent of dogs affected is tiny.

[KERRINGTON]

I wish the article had further explored what's in the grains that's causing the problems...most non organic grains are GMO, i wonder if that could be the culprit.

[parkie13 in reply to KERRINGTON]

whole-dog-journal.com/blog/...

Here is another article.

[Parkie-]

Parkie 13

Thank you so much for posting. The top suspected brand is what we have been feeding our wonderful dog for two years... it was recommended by the breeder!

I will definitely look into this as the poor thing has been through so much already: a few days ago, she was attacked by a large dog. The vet told us they most likely will have to remove one eye. We are waiting for follow up on Friday.

[parkie13 in reply to Parkie-]

I am so sorry about your dog. That is just awful. Thank goodness that the dogs are very resilient. They are so adaptable. My husband and I are we always ended up with three dogs, of course different dogs at different times because they all pass on. I still remember all my dogs and I miss some of them way more than others however I loved them all the same.

[Parkie-]

Thank you.

I don't know if this is going to work, but here is an attempt to join a picture before and after the attack:

It didn’t work... anyone can explain how to join a picture to this post?

[parkie13 in reply to Parkie-]

Hi, I think you're going to have to hit the WRITE button, and then you will be given a choice of attaching a photo it's going to be on the bottom all the message.

[Parkie-]

Ha! I see. I won't create a new post just for that... thanks for the explanation though.

[parkie13 in reply to Parkie-]

Would love to see the photo though

[Parkie-]

I tried to write a new post but I could only join one photo. I also tried to private message you but I can't join photos in there. If you want to private message me your email address, I will send you the before and after pictures of my lovely little Charlotte! Of course, if someone knows how to post 2 photos, please explain.

[ConnieD]

Love my dogs! A cockapoo and a cavapoo. Thank you for this! Love, Charlie and Bella 🐶💕