New FDA Investigation

Thanks Dr Doug

Have to discuss this with my vet. My corgi of 12 years was diagnosed with a heart condition a couple of months ago. She has a recent history of panting and we had all kinds of tests run, and everything came back negative. They did a echo and discovered the issue. I can't recall exactly what they called it. It wasn't CHF, and I don't think it was DCM. Doc said it was treatable and prescribed ENALAPRIL.

Schatzi has allergies, and the only food we could find that she can eat was Taste of the Wild Sierra Mountain. Just checked the ingredients and it has everything you listed. Lentils, peas, legumes, potatoes....

She has been on that food for years, but only developed this panting within the last year. Maybe this explains why the heck nothing ever came back with all of her tests, until the echo. BTW - meds don't seem to help all that much.

Thanks for the post

Mike

Does this include sweet potatoes?

This blog has a good summary of the investigation including literature references
The Skept Vet

Finally Time wrote:
Never under-estimate what a bored Aussie and a young Chow mix can do when left alone for a few hours.

When our LabChow was a puppy, she had a habit of chomping our Logitech Harmony Remotes, which were a pricey piece of hardware back in the day.............She destroyed at least 3 of them. To this day when she farts the channel sometimes changes.

you should watch your feed

LJAZ wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:

azdryheat wrote:
Left to themselves, dogs will eat anything.

Including poop in some cases.....:)

Not to mention grass, mulch, flowers, potting soil, lizards, bugs, etc.

Our old Lab sure used to keep the lawn clean! DW used to watch her out the window and run out behind to clean up the p**p as it was hitting the ground. Gross!

Our Springer Spaniel loves to munch on freshly cut grass. Problem is, besides barfing it up sometimes, he's allergic to it and ends up with red eyes and coughing and wheezing. He just can't relate the two things for some reason...

Our Springer loves all sorts of raw veggies - potato, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and more (no onions allowed) as well as many types of fresh fruit. Weird!