Hi all
We’ve had two cavalier king charles spaniels die of cancer. They were both fed on Eukanuba exclusively. We were shattered when our older dog died. Then when our second boy died a year later (23 December), again of cancer, we were not only devastated but starting to ask why us particularly since we’d been be very careful with regular medical checks and diet etc.
We’ve been lucky enough to bring a new cav into the family. Normally they are a bit hard to come by but our new little boy was just meant to be with us I guess.
The breeder gave us a supply of Royal Canine. When we were talking to her about foods and mentioned we normally fed the dogs Eukanuba she nearly choked. Her view is that we should never under any circumstances feed dogs Eukanuba because of the preservatives used. She mentioned the particular additive but I’ve forgotten the name. She also mentioned carcinogenic. I didn’t pursue it because frankly I didn’t want the family feeling any burden of guilt about the possibility that the food we used may have contributed to our loss. I felt bad enough for all of us.
I’m not a vet and I don’t know whether it’s true or if there’s anything to any of this but when a person whose bred and shown dogs for 32 years tells me something like that about dog foods the decision about what to feed the puppy is a pretty easy one.
