Re: [pyrnet] Barf diet?

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@attbi.com>]

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From: "Mary Delmage" <mary@ericnagler.com>

I'm researching BARF like mad and I can see I will be trying this very
soon.  I'm reading about how commercial dog foods encourage too much growth
too quickly and fast growth seems to have been a factor in Bear developing
OCD.  I wish I'd known about BARF before.>>

I'm not interesting in debating BARF diets.  I will say that I am not and
have never been, and never intend to be,  a BARFer but that's beside the
point.  Commerical dog foods are not in and of themselves responsible for
too much growth.  The use of the "wrong" dog food can be.  That, however, is
a matter of lack of knowledge and incorrect choices.  That can also be an
issue with BARF if you don't understand dietary balance.  OCD is probably
not brought on by fast growth. (although pano may well be) OCD is a complex
business.  Probably beginning with some form of genetic tendency and then
precipitated by some sort of trauma.  Jumping down or over, for example.
Which is why many breeders warn puppy buyers strongly about letting their
pups jump down from cars, vans, trucks, couches etc.  OCD can also be
precitpitated by a puppy running, slipping and crashing.  Which is why one
has to be careful with slick floors.  I've had two dogs with OCD out of
many, many, many dogs.  Yes, they were fed kibble but so were the many, many
who never did have it.

I guess what I am "arguing" here (and not pointed at Mary) is that one needs
to be careful of placing the blame for physical and genetic flaws on food.

Linda