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After reading many emails and articles on animal's health improvement after
going gluten free....I decided to try this for my aging dog who had
itching/biting herself for years and very low energy and joint problems inhibiting her
movement. Figured it wouldn't hurt to try GF food AND treats and see if
there was any improvement in her health. Why not?
The result has been a completely different dog. She is not like a young dog
at 13 years, but now doesn't bite herself constantly, scratch all of the
time, and can move around SO much easier and is VERY perky and playful compared
to what she was. It has been amazing actually....at first I wondered if
the early changes were my imagination...but as more time has gone by....it
absolutely is not. I feel badly that I just assumed this was her "old age"
causing these problems.
I have never even implied to anyone that my dog has actual Celiac
disease....(and I don't remember anyone else's emails doing that either) just that
there must be a gluten allergy or intolerance with my dog and all of the other
pets I have read about and the removal of gluten has made a huge difference.
My dog is not on a specific "low allergen"or prescription food. I
researched online to find dry food w/o wheat for senior dogs then also read
ingredients and eliminated the choices that had barley. The one I chose is a known
brand but new formula on the market but there are others too. The label claims
"Begin to see a visible difference in 2 WEEKS.....Money Back Guarantee".
I wondered if by that statement on the bag if the pet food market had indeed
researched and seen that removing gluten may actually improve the health of
some pets but since wheat is a cheap filler it doesn't want to make a general
statement or they would need to remove it from all of their food! It took
longer than 2 weeks for my dog since I did the recommended slow
introduction...but literally after 2 weeks of being totally GF (thoroughly washing food
container, etc. also)...I saw a huge difference in her and she has steadily
gotten even better.
We know that there are millions of people who have intolerances or allergies
to gluten who do not have Celiac. I think that from my experience (and from
the many others that I have read) that it stands to reason that animals
could have the same reactions since wheat is not a "natural food" for dogs and
cats and so much of their food contains a large amount of it as filler.
G-F food is obviously not a cure all for every animal or every ailment...but
it is certainly worth a try if your pet has skin problems, lethargy and/or
joint pain.
Sorry for the length....but that is my 2 cents from personal experience and
I wanted to share it after reading the post about criticism that we are
claiming that our pets are Celiac because our pet's health has greatly improved
after being GF.
Gina
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