hi Karen, I came across this article posted on my ALD Facebook group. This does concern me because champion foods does not have this in their foods. Lily Grace has been eating acana duck and pear for the last five years and done really well on it. I hate to be reactionary but this Makes me pause and think about things again. Thank you.
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Sue, this whole thing is the result of a lot of misunderstanding of a study done by the Morris Foundation, and it has nothing at all to do with either grain free diets or with any Acana formula. Dr. Stern is being misquoted, and it's a shame that this cardiologist has not done her own research.
We had a discussion here about this when the hysteria in the FB groups first started. Please read through it, for accurate information including Dr. Stern's actual remarks. it will make you feel better. http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/thefoodgroup/forum/topics/taurine...
Also, regarding Champion foods "not having Taurine in their food", Taurine is a non-essential amino acid that dogs (and people) make themselves and do not need to get from their food. It is abundant in all animal proteins, so it is "in" every dog food that contains meat, fish or poultry.
I knew I could depend on you to have the right answer. Thank you once again. Lily Grace is almost six and has not had any problems since we finally found the Acana solution. She, unlike a lot of others, had no problem switching to the food once it was made it in Kentucky. I use the kibble for her ”cookies” all day and She will do just about anything for them.
I feel the same way. Sometimes I just have to step away before I say something rude and get myself kicked out of the group. Right now it is the ones that try to sway you to the "natural" flea and tick prevention. The other day someone actually said she just rubs her dog down with coconut oil and it works just as well as the meds with chemicals. People were just willing to believe that nonsense and jump on that bandwagon no questions asked.
Just reading this here makes me feel like screaming.
Even when a dog has been diagnosed by specialists with a serious disease, and is being treated for it, you see people telling them to ignore the specialists' advice and use something "natural". I honestly can't understand it. I've seen cases where I know for an absolute fact that the dog would die if the owner took the advice. I'm sure the person making the suggestion doesn;t really want to be responsible for killing someone's dog, but what on earth makes them think they know more about how to treat a genetic, immune-immediated disease than a professor of veterinary medicine at Duke University, lol?
One of my well-intentioned neighbors suggested that Luna's lymphoma could be cured with flaxseed oil -_-
I wish we had emoji's here.
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