Grain Free For Dogs Bad

When they looked into what these dogs were eating they found that 90 were on a grain free food and 93 were on diets that contained peas and or lentils.

Grain free for dogs bad. Grain free diets don t contain the cereal grains we like to avoid like corn rice and barley but they contain large amounts of peas potatoes lentils and legumes. In most cases the answer is likely yes. So is grain free food bad for dogs. The fda received 515 reports of dcm in dogs between january 1 2014 and april 30 2019.

Often you ll see an alternative to grains such as peas listed as the first ingredient rather than meat in a grain free dog food recipe. It is important to recognize however that very few dogs have allergies to the grains in dog foods. Nevertheless i feed her only grain free dog food. Why is this significant.

And 93 of the grain free diets contained peas and or lentils. Grain free equals high protein. It didn t come from the. The fda is investigating a potential dietary link between canine dilated cardiomyopathy dcm and dogs eating certain grain free dog foods.

One study found that 24 golden retrievers with dcm had low taurine and most of the dogs were fed grain free diets prior to diagnosis. Gelzer doesn t know exactly how the grain free pet food trend started but suspects it had to do with consumer demand for what seemed like a healthier alternative. Of the dogs that developed dcm the fda found that 91 were eating a grain free diet. For example in dogs suspected of having food allergies also known as an adverse food reaction a grain free diet might be recommended on a trial basis to see if symptoms improve.

The foods were tested for minerals metals and amino acids and no significant abnormalities were found. The kind i give her costs about 100 a month for a 12 pound dog and it s made of an organic grass fed non gmo mix of beef organ meat. In large majority of instances. The foods of concern are those containing legumes.