Bison and chickpeas. Wild boar and sweet potatoes. Kangaroo and lentils.These are just a few of the spectacularly popular selections of “grain-free” dog food that have deluged the pet food market in recent years. Dense with exotic proteins, teeming with legumes favored by health-conscious humans, they are promoted as delicious as well as nutritious — better for gluten-sensitive bellies, closer to the ancestral, protein-rich diets of the Yorkie’s savage forebears.
But earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it is investigating a link between these diets and a common type of canine heart disease.
Source: Popular Grain-Free Dog Foods May Be Linked to Heart Disease – The New York Times
Host and Producer at KSCO Pet Radio
David Coursey is the host and producer of KSCO Pet Radio, heard Noon-2pm Sundays on KSCO 1080/104.1 and KOMY 1340 Santa Cruz/San Jose/Monterey, CA as well as live online and as an always-available podcast. He is the founder of two large Facebook lost-and-found groups for missing pets in and around Tracy, CA. His family includes his wife, Elionora Bjur, and multiple dogs and cats.
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