Reddit wants me to believe that Pedigree and other mainstream WSAVA compliant brands are the only possible foods to feed your dog.
All other foods will kill your dog. Raw will kill your dog. Homemade will kill your dog.
My shiba’s been on dehydrated turkey barley for 5 years and in the prime of her health. The problem is that the company that makes her food suddenly shut down and she refuses to eat kibble.
Anyone have any recommendations for non-kibble dog food for a picky dog?
i’ve had various health red flags pop up over the last few years, and not one single physician i’ve talked to has said any word about diet, other than “cut back on the saturated fat. get more exercise,” which, come on–this “advice” is not only a single leaf on the planet sized tree of nutrition science, but it’s also been drilled into our heads for our entire lives. mention “gut health,” and most of them get a blank look on their face, because they’re trying to avoid saying “huwhaaaaa…??”
to be fair, a lot of doctors are perpetually exhausted, burnt out, fed up with noncompliant dickhead patients who are just looking for a pill or injection to magically fix all their problems, with very few of them willing to put in a quantum of effort for their own benefit–“i’m paying you. fix me.” so yea. healthcare professionals are not exactly spending their free time reading up on the latest scientific literature