Interesting. Last month I switched my small dogs to a grain free dog food version of the brand we normally used and they hated it, my yougest dog acted like a kid being fed broccoli. And my dogs are not picky, so after a few weeks of this we finally agreed to just dump it out. Then I tried another grain free food by a different brand -Blue- and they love it, so I guess they've gone grain free now. I am also working in more fresh foods as snacks, and no more of the junk snacks. (Never really gave them much anyway) They've always loved carrots and red bell peppers, but now we also giving them bits of apple or 1/2 egg once and a while too. Even bits of cheese too. My oldest dog loves lettuce and broccoli too. Will it matter to how long they live? I don't know, but certainly hope so.

My cats are grain free. After 4 uti/kidney infections in one of our (male but neutered) cats, we made the switch. Our two cats share 2 cans of high quality wet food and 1/2 cup of grain free dry food daily. We also have the circulating fountain for their drinking water.

My cats are on a restricted diet because my Ragdoll mix has food allergies and IBD. So to reduce any flareups they all get the same food.

My dog gets a grain free Lamb and Rice dry food. Plus he gets what ever I'm eating that day. Tonight it was chicken, zucchini, yellow squash, and asparagus. He did eat the asparagus that fell off of my plate which surprised me.

Mine have been "low carb" for about three years now. We first switched to Blue one of the times that Purina got contaminated and our dogs started showing signs of getting sick. Then, we switched to raw when our German Shepherd mix quit eating the kibble (we suspect due to tooth and/or jaw issues, which rapidly reversed when we put him on raw), and never looked back.

That's an interesting study. I'm actually half-tempted to enroll my dogs in it. My Beagle is 6 and a half, and still gets compliments about how he's so energetic and puppy-like (despite his favorite pass time being lazing about either in the sun or in my lap ).

When I was describing my participation in last month's All Animal April challenge, one of my go-to jokes was, "Hey, tigers don't eat vegetables!!"

Grain free senior kibble for my two, as the super picky 11 year old girl dog tends to have a sensitive tummy. The 12 year old boy dog doesn't care what it is, he'll eat it. He is particularly fond of green beans...raw, canned (low sodium), steamed. And worms. That he's dug from the ground himself. Whatever. Nigel has grass allergies (common in cairns and westies), and Aislinn is visually challenged (and has some cognitive issues after brain surgery 6 years ago). Otherwise, they are healthy and happily rule over us.

Umm...I'm not sure what kinds of dogs you have, but you seriously don't want to know where my dog's mouth goes and what he thinks he can eat.

Getting licked can be a challenge sometimes, but I figure you are either a dog person or you're not.

That article was full of good advice.

"As for dogs shedding bacteria in their feces: do not eat dog poo and wash your hands after feeding your dogs or cleaning up after them. Handle the raw meat you feed your dogs the same way you handle your own raw meat (which can get you sick if you eat it raw or do not clean up well enough afterward; do the experts really think that people are not smart enough to figure out that they should wash their hands and countertops after preparing raw meaty bones for their dogs? Apparently so.). If you have kids, teach the children not to eat dog poo."