Hereditary Diseases

[~Anne~]

My personal opinion is that the 'BARF' diet is a money spinner for some.

While I agree wholeheartedly with the fact that a dog should be fed a raw diet that meets the canine's specific needs I do not believe that the pre-purchased 'barf' patties and similar are warranted.

I prefer to follow the RAW principle when feeding my dogs.

Naturally this is just my opinion and quite truthfully I have nothing but gut instinct and personal knowledge to back up my thoughts on BARF but it works for me and my dawgs and that is the most important thing.

[Sheridan]

Sheridan:

The US specialist thinks it's genetic. The advice given is that unless the dog has a food intolerance there is no need to put it on any type of hypoallergenic diet.

Heart breaking for you. :D What breed was he? Are you a Soft Coated Wheaten person or is my memory completely crap??

Yeah, that's right, Poodlefan. He was my heart dog. I now have his older half-brother who is still going strong at 11 thankfully. There's a genetic research fund and some hopeful news out of the UK about an early warning test. It might well have an environmental trigger but we just don't know.