[Jane]

Definitely got the same no grain-free advice from both vets we saw and both were quite adamant about it. We wanted to switch him to a better quality kibble but none seems to have grain. I was also going to give him rice or oatmeal maybe twice a week as part of his dinner, which I give him in a kong. I was going to run this by our vet at his 3rd vaccine appt. I’ll let you know the feedback we get!

[Jane]

The vet cleared up our understanding of this last week as well. It is not a matter of adding grain to the diet but rather if grain is missing from the dog food, it is typically replaced w legumes and peas, which prohibits the absorption of taurine, which then leads to heart problems in dogs. However, even the research is not conclusive yet.

We already bought two huge bags of grain free dog food…so probably will just switch things up in between with a grain inclusive dog food.

[Jane]

Thanks Ed! I’ll try the things you mentioned and check out the resource guarding video.