I guess my problem with corn started when I asked myself why would a dog need corn in it's diet to begin with. It certainly is not a food a dog would naturally go looking for. I started researching dog food when the newest member of the family refused kibble of any sort.
The main reason the pet food industry uses corn and most of the other grains is because the industry cannot put together a natural pet food with the ingredients that a dog would naturally eat and have it be able to sit on a shelf and stay fresh for months at a time. Besides meat is expensive, corn not so much. Corn is also high in glucose and is one of the ingredients that help make our dog's teeth go bad so quickly and it can help develop diabetes in dogs.
I know many dogs have eaten it for years and have lived pretty good lives. But the older dogs I have been seeing for the past few decades live pretty uncomfortable sad lives for the last few years of life. I just think the closer we can make our pet's diet's to the one their bodies were designed for the better. |