By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:33:53 +0000

I had a full blood German shepherd puppy that I bought when he was 3 months old. The breeder told me the names of two brands of dog food that I should use. I chose the cheaper one because my grocery store carried it.
Within a few weeks of feeding him this food, he developed scabs on every part of his body: from the top of his head to his belly and legs. The vet gave him shots and said it was an allergy.
I could find nothing in the house or in the backyard that he might be getting into that would cause this kind of reaction. There was nothing else to explain it, so I switched his food.
Slowly but surely, the scabs disappeared and went away completely. But I still could not believe that a major brand of dog food could be the cause of this. I still thought it could be something else in his environment.
Until one day I ran out of his new brand of food. I still had some of the first brand, so I filled up his bowl and within an hour, he was dead. Anaphylactic shock – his lungs had filled up with foam and he couldn’t breathe. He died in my arms.
And I still couldn’t believe it was the food. Six months later, it was announced on the nightly news that products from this major brand of dog food were tainted from Chinese ingredients. And I finally figured it out.
Change your dog’s food.

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By: Lynn