I am already feeding my 3yd dauch Royal canine , ate it since we purchased her. but she has developed a very itchy skin. Been on vet prescribed drugs but itx flared up again. Could this be an allergy. Should I swap to advance to see if it make’s a difference.
I am not In. Favour of too many drug intervention even from the vet. Vet has also prescribed a powder to calm her gut.
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Hi Trevor, I think it’s positive that your dog is doing well on Advance, and I also think highlights some of the issues I have mentioned on the Black Hawk, Ivory Coat, and other reviews for certain American brands.

I bag out any high-carb pet foods, grain or grain-free, and emphasise the importance of animal ingredients for a dog as a facultative carnivore. If you believe they’re an omnivore, which is also a very convenient belief for pet food manufacturers, then consider yourself as an omnivore, a cat as a carnivore, and where you would assume a dog sits in that scale – are they more like you, or more like a cat. Then perhaps ask yourself who you trust – a pet food marketing department, or your own conclusion.

Personally I wouldn’t feed a dog a kibble with a high percentage of peas or other legumes and an absence of meat ingredients, especially not daily.

Pet foods america
They didn’t drop the case for legumes,
Peas and beans causing heart condition
They unlike your website which seems to go on and on about grains been bad for you
They actually put out the evidence about heart conditions related to peas and legumes and then let the consumer make up their own minds
Megaoesophagus has caused many cases but again cases of DCM have also caused many cases but many vets are not able or willing to link cases of DCM to grain free diets been fed to those pets
Yea advance dog food is linked to megaesophagus but you seem to bag out every dog food that is grain based
Dogs are OMNIVORES, they are NOT just carnivores – as wild dogs did I’m the wild ate anything and everything that was available and that was also plant material

Hi Maryann,

I would lean to “facultative carnivore” as a more correct term given the bias canines (from the Order Carnivora) have towards meat. Some grain-based foods on this website are rated highly, with the real emphasis on pet foods being meat-based rather than mostly grains or legumes.

You speak of heart problems from grain free foods, yet this stems from an FDA investigation which was dropped due to no conclusive evidence. Many of the dogs in the “study” were taurine deficient, which shortly afterwards was added as a requirement by AAFCO to all complete and balanced dog foods.

I see lack of meat and correct nutrition, and also lack of variety key issues in what you have mentioned.

On the subject of Advance, note the following –

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-13/pet-food-linked-to-megaesophagus-outbreak-in-dogs/10614742

That in itself caused more issues in America then any correlated to DCM.

I’m more than happy to discuss further if you wish – the purpose of this website is to help people and each other, so your opinion is welcome.

I feed sardines to my 3 schnauzers and schnoodle but only about once a week as they are very high in mercury. I know humans store mercury I’m guessing dogs would too and over years to much mercury can be fatal.