If you feel that your dog is not benefiting enough from the dog food you are giving them, there is nothing wrong with switching dog food.

If you have seen symptoms of an allergy in your dog or they seem to be suffering from any type of gastrointestinal illnesses, you may need to switch their dog food. Signs of difficulties that may be caused by dog food can include diarrhea, excessive gas, bloating, or vomiting. To determine if it is the dog food causing your dogs health problems, you can switch your dog food type and watch your dog for improvements in these areas.

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For a long time now, we had been feeding our dogs Beneful thinking that we were giving our dogs good, healthy food.  While it is not the worst food out there, I was surprised when I actually read the label and saw the number of ingredients I couldn’t identify, let alone pronounce!

We recently started feeding them a rice and lamb formula made by Nature’s Recipe.  A complete ingredient list and nutritional analysis for this food can be found at their website too.  I was afraid my dogs wouldn’t eat this because they never liked science diet and I was concerned that this food would be too bland for them. To my surprise, however, they love it.  They eat it all whether it’s dry or if I add a little canned food to it.

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I found a list at the FDA’s website of all the recalled dog and cat foods. It was overwhelming, and scary. It seems like every pet food manufacturer is listed there. Each manufacturer only lists certain foods as contaminated, but due to the potential for cross-contamination, which I discussed in a previous post on the recall, none of the foods made by the listed manufacturers may be safe. The FDA stated that it could not confirm the number of dead dogs and cats due to the contaminated pet food, but as of early May it had over 10,000 complaints. If this gets any worse, the commercial pet food industry will have to be shut down for the next year while it sorts this mess out. All pet owners may be cooking for their pets at this rate. Its unfortunate, but it may be a good thing - our pets will be healthier because of it, because a diet of raw, natural foods is best for them.

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