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Originally Posted by pstinard  Interesting article. I think by "prevention" the author means for owners to vaccinate their dogs as little as possible (only the vaccines that are necessary), and for scientists to develop vaccines that are more pure and free from animal proteins. |
That's kind of the way I took it too...that "prevention" meant avoiding over-vaccination and being the advocate for your pet (they should've clarified / stressed that point though)...and that it also meant prevention down the line when more research reveals even less frequent vaccination.
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 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. |
Very interesting points. Makes one wonder if we should be even more cautious when changing foods w/ these young puppies, and perhaps sticking to the same protein source if they're already doing okay on it. Especially in the presence of alllll those early vaccines. Hmmmmm.