Canine Grain Free Food
Wondering if anyone has a grain free dog food that is fabulous. Currently have my Aussie on Petsmart Authority grainfree. All is well except that she seems to be putting on a few extra pounds. Then...
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dturm wrote:
Why are you concerned with grain free??? Absent a true allergy to corn, wheat or soy there is no proven benefit to grain free in dogs (or cats for that matter). Apparently Blue Buffalo has done a good job marketing.
The grains do add calories, but adjusting amounts is usually all that is needed.
I agree with Dr Doug - as a matter of fact, my late Aussie seemed to do VERY well on oatmeal as part of his diet :-) The higher carbs in his diet seemed to stave off dementia a bit?
Don't forget that fat has 9 calories per gram; carbs have 4 calories per gram. Currently, I have my aussie-mix adult dogs on a lower-fat "maintenance" dog food (Diamond Naturals lamb and rice) and they are at a good weight.
I'm not sure how the theory got started that dogs only eat meat - the first thing a wild dog eats is the entrails - which contain carbs.
