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@jd79 I do want to add that the number of cited DCM cases for the time period of the FDA report, when taking account the amount of pets who were probably fed these sort of diets, while probably not small when compared to the average and possibly actually under-reported, is (I believe) not THAT...

@thoks I thought about that, but as I mentioned earlier the vet said his teeth look fine.

@servadac OK, another weird information that kind of contradicts itself or the supposed recommendations is that reading through the WVASA website says this about some of the common diets occurring in the DCM cases: "...such as lamb, rice bran, high fiber diets, and very low protein diets". And...

@servadac Also, I did read earlier that they mostly found low levels of taurine in the reported cases, but now looking at the FDA website I didn't find such a specific deceleration. But I will say that they did seem to connect between the prevalent products and several keywords such as peas...

@servadac So TotW don't hire any nutritional veterinarians? Anyway, I called the shop and told them I decided to return the TotW bag and try the Hill's Science Plan Lamb & Rice instead. I did see Hill's mentioned a couple of times in the diet information inside the detailed FDA report PDF, but...

@servadac I was referring to the grain-free Purina. That one can't be meeting the WSAVA guidelines. If it sells at all you'd expect it to show up on the FDA report.

@servadac But here's the thing. You mentioned Purina more than once, and apparently it's a very popular brand (owned by Nestlé), and they also have a grain-free line of dog food as their online catalog shows. Wouldn't it be likely their grain-free varieties also sell plenty if they're a strong...

@servadac About ethoxyquin, as I said, I read earlier it only needs to be labeled as present if it was added by the manufacturer of the dog food product. Supposedly, if the ingredients include fish meal produced by another factory (which is probably always the case when there's fish meal), that...

@servadac I understood that x-meal is more concentrated, but at least specifically with fish meal there seems to be the issue of possible ethoxyquin presence, as it is traditionally required for the preservation of this type of meal but not for others. I didn't read that it's required by...

Hello. My almost-4 year old chocolate labrador has been eating Pro Pac food for most of his life. Frankly, he had rather frequent bouts of diarrhea and vomiting when he was younger, but he still ate the food easily (he's an ever-hungry lab). Though he doesn't really have diarrhea nowadays and...