Comments on: Friday Focus: When Pet Food Switching is a Problem

By: Chums Dog Walking

Chums Dog Walking — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:19:27 +0000

I fully agree self-fulfilling prophesy theory. Kids who are fed sloppy fatty junk food like it and have troulle coping with healthy “normal food” dogs are the same they can be programmed into any single food type. Our dogs have allways had a mixed diet of canned and dry food along with leftover meat. Our two labradors also show individual preferences, Daisy will not leave the kitchen if you are cooking Duck, Barney loves Seafood. Both dogs enjoy their food and do not just consume it as fuel.

By: Carol Bryant

Carol Bryant — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:06:12 +0000

Great post. I think it’s an individual thing. Having had a dog with irritable bowel disease, I wish I had done this more in her life. With a new cocker to share my life with, I am of the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” school right now. But I am always open to rotation, and having a love for a breed prone to food allergies, one never knows.
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By: Mary Haight

Mary Haight — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:03:24 +0000

As I noted in your previous post, I’ve been rotating proteins and oils, grains, vegetables, and fruits for Tashi, and did it very carefully at first. Now I have no trouble switching him out each week. I have no diarrhea, anecdotally his anal sac issue seems to be gone and he’s one happy little pup.

Loved your reference to the Lundehund. I vaguely remember the post I did on the
“back from the brink of extinction” – it’s got to be a razor’s edge they walk in breeding that tiny population, and more inbred illnesses will no doubt rear their uglyheads.
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By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:03:58 +0000

Always glad to provide ammunition to anyone who would be foolish enough to doubt you

By: Clare

Clare — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:42:54 +0000

Anthony’s commentary completely comports with my experience, and now I have evidence to give to all my critics who said I was nuts for rotating Archie’s meals…woo hoo!

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:06:31 +0000

I think I ate a tuna fish sandwich every day for lunch for an entire year when I was a kid, but I’m way over that now! And yes, eating the same thing every day would be boring.

By: Peggy Frezon

Peggy Frezon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:57:24 +0000

What an interesting concept about rotating the food. If the priority is maintaining high quality ingredients and proper nutrition, I’m guessing our dogs will benefit from the variety. I know I would get bored eating the same thing every day!
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By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:35:49 +0000

Rod, no reason to apologize for not rotating your dogs’ diet; most of us don’t have the time or inclination. Now that I have the knowledge that it’s desirable, I might consider it — but I was completely in the dark about the desirability until now. Something to put into the next edition of my book…

By: Rod@GoPetFriendly

Rod@GoPetFriendly — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:45 +0000

I really like Anthony’s answer … there can be problems rotating foods if the rotation does not occur often enough. I will admit that we don’t rotate our dogs’ diet, the main reason being the limited amount of storage space we have in our RV. We take some comfort in knowing that we are providing Ty and Buster a high quality, close to raw, dehydrated food that they really thrive on.