I hope they will soon learn more about this. I've always thought people changed diets too frequently that first year. I know in nature, animals are very slow to add new things to the diets, and in very tiny amounts at first. I read here where people are changing the food as soon as they get the dog from the breeder and then again as soon as they read about a new popular food and so on and so on. Some think it's great to introduce all these new proteins before the first year, but I just don't believe that.
It may be that introducing a new food too soon or too fast and the resulting diarrhea that we often see during food changes may be the beginnings of a food allergy. Also, they get a lot of their vaccines that first year. I believe that the first year we should keep their diet pretty stable, and introduce new foods slowly after that. I have no proof or scientific evidence to back this up, it's what was recommended with my human babies and what I did with Joey and none of them have any allergies. So, I'm sticking to it. |