April 17th, 2008
Your Dogs Diet - Protein And Kidney Failure
Research has indicated that higher levels of protein in your dog’s diet could lead to kidney failure. Do you know if what you are feeding your dog is safe? Are you harming the health of your furry friend by giving too much protein in your dog’s diet?
The studies that showed a connection to high protein levels and kidney failure that the started concerns about protein levels in a dog’s diets was not researched properly. The research was performed on rats, not dogs. Rats mainly eat plants as their normal diet. Therefore a rats biological makeup would mean it would have trouble digesting a diet containing high levels of protein. Rats have difficulty excreting protein due to their natural dietary needs, not because the high protein diet causes kidney failure.