| If you're like most dog owners, you
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| | population subsets. How do these 10 dogs
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| probably assume that commercial dog foods
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| | fare in their lifetimes when they eat
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| with brand names that are easily
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| | cheap kibble every day? How about those
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| identifiable - Purina, Iams, Pedigree,
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| | 12 dogs who are getting a vegetarian diet
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| etc. - must be good for your pets, right?
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| | all the time? And what happens to those
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| After all, millions of pet owners buy
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| | 25 dogs who are being given a raw meat
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| them and feed them to their beloved pets,
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| | and bones diet? These are the types of
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| and surely they wouldn't all give their
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| | questions I've asked as I've dealt with
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| dogs something harmful. Unfortunately,
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| | large numbers of dogs and their owners or
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| this may just be the case.Now, before I
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| | keepers over the years.These have in no
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| get any further along, let me make it
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| | way been controlled experiments, and I
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| clear that I am not a veterinarian. I do,
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| | would never attempt to pass them off as
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| however, have a science background and
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| | authoritative or as adhering to any
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| education, and I've had more dogs in my
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| | strict interpretation of the scientific
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| care in one year than most people will
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| | method. In other words, take my
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| have in a lifetime. As an observant and
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| | conclusions with a large grain of salt.
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| naturally curious person, I've paid close
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| | I'm really just out to get the wheels
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| attention in the past 20 years to the
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| | turning in the minds of all dog lovers
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| general health of my pets and those I've
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| | who read these words.
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| had in my care through a rescue shelter I
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| | After all of this careful observation
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| was involved with for several of those
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| | and tracking, clear patterns have emerged
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| years. I've also picked the brains of
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| | time and time again...Using Commercial or
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| several top vets in my state in my quest
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| | Wet FoodDogs that eat commercial kibble
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| to get to the heart of the matter
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| | or wet food have lots of health problems
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| concerning the best dog diet.What has
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| | later in life and tend to die youngest.
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| become abundantly clear is that one type
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| | This is even true when they've been fed
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| of diet stands well above all others in
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| | "premium" dog foods, sadly.Using
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| terms of fostering good health and long
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| | Vegetarian DietDogs that are fed
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| life. More on that later...I've seen dogs
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| | vegetarian diets do better, but must be
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| fed commercial foods, both wet and dry,
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| | given large amounts of alternative
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| from the cheapest brands to the so-called
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| | protein sources to make up for the lack
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| "premium" brands. I've also seen dogs who
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| | of it in standard vegetarian fare. A
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| were fed vegan or vegetarian diets, as
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| | purely vegetarian diet is difficult to
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| well as those fed raw meat and bones
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| | provide that will satisfy a canine's
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| (known popularly as the BARF Diet). While
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| | basic nutritional needs, but it is
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| individual dogs will do just fine on any
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| | healthier and leads to slightly longer
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| of these widely divergent diets, what
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| | life spans than any commercial brand
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| I've looked for are general trends in
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| | diet.
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