| Grain Free Dog Food would include gluten free dog | | | | Gluten intolerance does affect all breeds of dogs and |
| food and wheat free dog food. There are some | | | | Irish Setters are one breed known to suffer from |
| serious drawbacks to feeding your dogs grains and | | | | Celiac Disease. |
| gluten. | | | | Gluten is a very big molecule which makes it very |
| One of the main problems that grains have are | | | | hard to digest. Gluten makes up around 80% of the |
| aflatoxins which is a fungus. Then some grains | | | | protein found in wheat. It is composed of the |
| contain hard to digest proteins like gluten and all | | | | proteins glutenin and gliadin. |
| grains have the ability to block important minerals | | | | An allergy to wheat is something many dog owners |
| from being absorbed. | | | | never seem to catch when taking into consideration |
| Aflatoxins can also be found in other grains such as | | | | their dogs health issues. |
| corn and legumes. This toxic fungus likes to attack | | | | Dogs can develop food allergies over time and then it |
| your dogs liver and it can be very deadly to your | | | | suddenly seems to appear out of no where. |
| dogs health. | | | | Malnutrition is what can happen when a dog can not |
| It does not really take too much to create a problem | | | | digest wheat and malabsorption problems develop |
| in dogs. There are pet food companies with strict | | | | from their small intestines. It is well known that gluten |
| quality controls that do test for the aflatoxin fungus | | | | and lectins that are found in wheat can create very |
| because of this threat to your dogs health. | | | | serious health problems. |
| Grain Free Dog Food Excludes | | | | Grain Free Dog Food Tips |
| - Grains that contain gluten such as wheat, barley, | | | | Antibiotic free meats such as bison, venison, chicken, |
| rye, and contaminated oats. | | | | turkey, and beef that are also free of hormones. |
| - The wheat grains which include spelt, kamut, bulgur | | | | Free range eggs and wild caught fish such as salmon. |
| wheat, wheat germ, farina, semolina, and graham. | | | | Organic dog friendly fresh fruits and vegetables such |
| - The gluten free grains which include rice, teff, | | | | as sweet potatoes. Fermented vegetables for adding |
| amaranth, corn, oats, and millet. | | | | probiotics into your dogs digestive tract. |
| Why Feed Your Dog Gluten Free Dog Food? | | | | |