Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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For those of you who still feed kibble, I found some interesting research (I'll post it as soon as I find it again). It said that if you're going to feed dry, to switch brands between a few HIGH QUALITY brands every time you buy food.......
Yes -- every serious book (and by that I mean written by a canine nutrition scientist) I've read about canine nutrition emphasizes variety. A single processed food is really no more likely to supply every nutrient and micronutrient that a dog needs than a single people-kibble would for humans.
The one thing to keep in mind there is, since we're talking kibble, and dogs fed kibble have a pretty good chance of facing allergies eventually, it's wise to keep a couple of protein sources in reserve just in case. Allergies develop after repeated exposure, so an owner feeding kibble would want to have an elimination diet up his sleeve for just in case.
That's just my own opinion, after seeing the increase in numbers and the earlier ages all the time of dogs with food allergies.
From Dr. Billinghurst: "Feed as wide a variety of foods as possible that reflect the types and quantities of foods our pet's wild counterparts would eat."
Connie, do you think they'd be less likely to develop allergies if the proteins came from several sources? For example, rather than 2-3 chicken-based formulas, what if one was chicken, one lamb, one venison, buffalo, fish, etc?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Connie, do you think they'd be less likely to develop allergies if the proteins came from several sources? For example, rather than 2-3 chicken-based formulas, what if one was chicken, one lamb, one venison, buffalo, fish, etc?
Yes, I do. BUT, that's just me, and I'm not a health professional. I'm extrapolating that from the books and articles I've read. I personally would hold the venison and buffalo in reserve as my ace-in-the-hole in case of allergies, because the dog would be less likely to sample those more exotic proteins by "mistake," such as in cat food or other dogs' bowls. There are turkey, chicken, fish, beef, and lamb commercial foods, and probably others I'm not remembering right now, to provide the variety you mentioned. Great point!
Also, we have to remember that protein grains (corn, wheat, etc.) are also capable, like animal proteins and soy protein, of being allergy problems.
I have a dog that was diagnosed with severe food allergies after about 5K in vet bills and biopsies of his GI tract and Kidneys. Through process of elimination I am pretty sure that it is pork that is his allergen. However, he gets Nature's Recipes' Venison kibble and/or their Rabbit kibble.
All the rest of my dogs are on Canidae and thrive on that :-)
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