My 2 cent opinion on "Pet Food" *Edit*

[JenBKR]

When the last time did your grandparents died from Liver Cancer?

About 13 years ago, my grandfather.

[Catty1]

When the last time did your grandparents died from Liver Cancer?

First, 5 years ago...then the last time was 2 years ago. Bummer they had to go through it twice!

[MS_PAWS]

Recommend Books
The BARF Diet by Ian Billinghurst

Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for you and your dog by Carina Beth MacDonald

Dr Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats by Dr Richard Pitcairn

K9 by Monica Segal

Natural Nutrition for Dogs & Cats: The Ultimate Diet by Kymythy Schultze

Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog by Wendy Volhard

The Holistic Dog Book by Denise Flaim

Food Pets Diet For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food by Ann N. Martin

Protect Your Pet: More Shocking Facts by Ann N. Martin

Recommend Sites
The Dog Food Comparison Charts

The Dog Food Project - Ingredients to avoid

What should I avoid?

Pet Education

Pet food additives to avoid

Pet Food Ingredients Revealed! Pt 1 - 2

Canine Care

Supplements Diets What to Feed & NOT feed

The Dog Food Project

Dog Aware

AAP (Action Againist Poisoning)

Dogs Keep Dying: Too many owners remain unaware of toxic dog food

The Pet Food List

The Dog Food Conspiracy

Doggie Dietician by Monica Segal

[flipgirl]

Wow, although this thread started off a little nasty, there is a lot of good information in it. I am no where near as informed as you guys are but I feel strongly that genetics plays a role in canine cancer, or any other disease for that matter. While I do believe that a proper diet is essential in maintaining good health and possibly a longer life span or maybe a more enjoyable one for your dog, diet is more likely to be trumped by genes. I cannot support this by any scientific journal but dogs have eaten the 'commercial crap' for years and some have gotten sick or died at an early age and some have lived for many years. If you will allow me to make a parallel between human and canince experience, my dad was the healthiest, most physically fit 62 year old man and he passed away from lung cancer 5 years ago. He never smoked, he could beat guys more than half his age at tennis and he ate all the recommended foods every day. Both his younger brothers had died from cancer a few years before him.

Cancer is cancer and whether you feed your dog kibble or raw, it's a genetic crapshoot.