Can diet affect my dog’s heart health?

That's a great question. Recently, studies show that feeding your dog a grain-free diet can cause problems and lead to heart disease, whereas that pet would have not previously been susceptible to that.

Yes, diet can absolutely affect a dog's heart health. Recent studies have shown that grain-free foods have led to increased heart sizes in dogs. This is often due to a lack of amino acids and other nutrients. Therefore, it's crucial to discuss an appropriate diet with your vet.

Yes, diet can have a significant impact on a dog's heart health. There appears to be a strong correlation between grain-free diets and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). While we're still waiting for the results from official studies, many vets, including myself, have seen improvements in dogs' heart health when they are taken off grain-free food. If you have further questions about this, please schedule a consultation.

It absolutely can. So in the 70s and 80s, we were noticing an increase in dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs that typically was a result of a lack of taurine in their diet, and we've actually seen a resurgence of that disease in the past 10 to 20 years as grain-free diets have become more popular. A lot of the grain-free diets don't add in that taurine. It's an amino acid that is very common in grains, and if we're using a grain-free diet, we're not getting those grains. We need to replenish that taurine somehow.