Sign in or Register
Search Forums
Recent Topics
-
FREEZE DRIED RAW AND ZERO REASONABLE STORE BOUGHT OPTIONS
by Sara Smith
3 weeks ago
-
Homemade dog food questions
by Melissa Francis
2 weeks, 6 days ago
-
Second opinion
by Erik Burgher
3 weeks, 2 days ago
-
What’s the Best Food Option?
by Mobassir Ahmed
3 weeks, 2 days ago
-
FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
by Prime 100
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Recent Replies
- Jose Swain on Brand Name Term Prejudice Or Truth and Request New Brand Review
- Don Campbell on My Dog Hasn't Been the Same Ever Since Dental Cleaning
- Sandra Senger on Ross Wells Titan Premade Raw opinions?
- David Carter on best multivitamin?
- Erik Burgher on Search for Great Quality, Small sized dry kibble.
- Odie Kessler on Search for Great Quality, Small sized dry kibble.
- Jose Swain on can’t view Next level food Review
- Jez Doh on Treat reviews/ratings?
- Jez Doh on Small breed for a cocker
- Jez Doh on FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
- Jez Doh on What’s the Best Food Option?
- Dominic Cormier on Supplement recommendations for Cushing’s Disease?
- nathaniel reid on Orijen Senior
- nathaniel reid on FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
- nathaniel reid on Something’s Wrong at Wellness or Amazon
Hi Patricia,
Taxonomically dogs are in the order carnivora. The taxonomic order is made up of carnivores, omnivores and herbivores. Dogs are classified as omnivores because of metabolic pathways like the one you mentioned, being able to synthesize taurine. But they have a carnivorous slant, they cannot synthesize Vit D.
Grain free, grain inclusive etc is all marketing to me. And while some ingredients are better sources of what dogs need than others, have better bioavailability etc. the bottom line is that dogs need specific nutrients not specific ingredients.
I can give you my thoughts based on the ingredient line up but cannot tell you if one diet is better than the other or if either diet is well formulated.
Diet one starts with” cage free chicken” why “cage free” chicken and not just “chicken” ?It puts me on alert that the company may be more of a marketing company and puts a bit more spin on their diets compared to another company. This to me is confirmed by all the list of” feel good” ingredients after salt. I tend to think of oatmeal and barley as high fiber carb sources but honestly, I’d have to look each up on a calorie basis to see if that is true and there can be a lot of variation depending on processing. Ditto for coconut flour.
Diet 2 Like diet 1, a lot of grain type ingredients that I don’t think have been as well researched in regard to dog food inclusion as more traditional grains. Cinnamon and Tumeric look to be fairy dust and the list of ingredients after natural flavor I suspect are also there more for consumer appeal
Bottom line. My impression is that both of these options appear to be diets made in response to the announcement of the possible association between diets high in legumes/potatoes and DCM. The concern I’d have is that these options seem to be formulated with ingredients whose dietary impact isn’t fully known
If the reason you are considering a move to grain inclusive is because of the association of certain diets with DCM I’d suggest that you move to a “traditional” diet known to reverse the condition. Consider options by Purina Royal Canin Hill’s Pet Food Iams/ Eukanuba.
Sign in or Register
Search Forums
Recent Topics
-
FREEZE DRIED RAW AND ZERO REASONABLE STORE BOUGHT OPTIONS
by Sara Smith
3 weeks ago
-
Homemade dog food questions
by Melissa Francis
2 weeks, 6 days ago
-
Second opinion
by Erik Burgher
3 weeks, 2 days ago
-
What’s the Best Food Option?
by Mobassir Ahmed
3 weeks, 2 days ago
-
FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
by Prime 100
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Recent Replies
- Jose Swain on Brand Name Term Prejudice Or Truth and Request New Brand Review
- Don Campbell on My Dog Hasn't Been the Same Ever Since Dental Cleaning
- Sandra Senger on Ross Wells Titan Premade Raw opinions?
- David Carter on best multivitamin?
- Erik Burgher on Search for Great Quality, Small sized dry kibble.
- Odie Kessler on Search for Great Quality, Small sized dry kibble.
- Jose Swain on can’t view Next level food Review
- Jez Doh on Treat reviews/ratings?
- Jez Doh on Small breed for a cocker
- Jez Doh on FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
- Jez Doh on What’s the Best Food Option?
- Dominic Cormier on Supplement recommendations for Cushing’s Disease?
- nathaniel reid on Orijen Senior
- nathaniel reid on FREE 1lb Prime100 SPD Fresh Roll
- nathaniel reid on Something’s Wrong at Wellness or Amazon