So my kid emails all worried about the recent news articles on Grain Free dog foods and larger breed heart disease ...
I noted that I've always rotated food brands, types and amend with human leftovers (well, beef, chicken, eggs, soup, etc .. not human remains but heck, when I die I don't care if they did, toss my carcass out to the wolves and bears) which she does rotate too, but never the less she expressed concern.
You folks worry greatly, rotate brands or make your own? I generally go by ingredients and their order .. don't really avoid much but lean towards beef, venison, lamb, some fish but not greatly into the chicken. With Basenjis I understand they eat in there old habitat a good amount of plants, so carrots and such thrill them to no end.
I can note too, I actually turn my back on how it may be mass produced, highly processed food processors get everything out of ingredients. Some years back ABC tanked a processor of human food with their "pink slime" story .. and while l didn't agree with how they hyped the story .. still have a hard time believing that retrieving every shred of meat using chemical/mechanical blast and cook (can't recall exact method but thought it involved a form of ammonia) to kill bacteria, know the company ended up nearly going bankrupt and resorted selling lost sales product to dog food producers. (I think they closed 2 of 3 plants)
This a whole other thread but my general comment is ... understanding and accepting what processed dog food is .. do you do anything different for your pooches or worry greatly?
As noted, I don't greatly worry as long as I rotate brands, types and supplement with other food sources I know (eg: foods I'd eat - not chips and dip though) to try and ensure my pooches get a wide variety.
here's the story my kid was concerned about, below it a follow up story I read last year out of Tufts that may of precipitated the current stories .. they appear to have a good group that I like to follow:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1025466
https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/11/dcm-update/
I noted that I've always rotated food brands, types and amend with human leftovers (well, beef, chicken, eggs, soup, etc .. not human remains but heck, when I die I don't care if they did, toss my carcass out to the wolves and bears) which she does rotate too, but never the less she expressed concern.
You folks worry greatly, rotate brands or make your own? I generally go by ingredients and their order .. don't really avoid much but lean towards beef, venison, lamb, some fish but not greatly into the chicken. With Basenjis I understand they eat in there old habitat a good amount of plants, so carrots and such thrill them to no end.
I can note too, I actually turn my back on how it may be mass produced, highly processed food processors get everything out of ingredients. Some years back ABC tanked a processor of human food with their "pink slime" story .. and while l didn't agree with how they hyped the story .. still have a hard time believing that retrieving every shred of meat using chemical/mechanical blast and cook (can't recall exact method but thought it involved a form of ammonia) to kill bacteria, know the company ended up nearly going bankrupt and resorted selling lost sales product to dog food producers. (I think they closed 2 of 3 plants)
This a whole other thread but my general comment is ... understanding and accepting what processed dog food is .. do you do anything different for your pooches or worry greatly?
As noted, I don't greatly worry as long as I rotate brands, types and supplement with other food sources I know (eg: foods I'd eat - not chips and dip though) to try and ensure my pooches get a wide variety.
here's the story my kid was concerned about, below it a follow up story I read last year out of Tufts that may of precipitated the current stories .. they appear to have a good group that I like to follow:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1025466
https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/11/dcm-update/