I agree with Lisa 100%. Many more people and dogs are getting allergies now. More people are getting vitamin deficiencies and thyroid problems. Look how much cancer we see. It is so hard to find safe food to eat now.
Also all the chemicals, insecticides, and pesticides that are used now are another problem.
Mary Rue
--- In boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Wiser wrote:
>
>
> I've been reading several write ups pointing to the GMOs being related
> to this new proliferation in allergies in dogs. AND the one food with
> the most difficulty in finding a non-GMO version? CORN. Even the TRUE
> (and I emphasize that!) organic growers are having problems because the
> Monsanto changes have been picked up and moved into fields where their
> product isn't planted.
>
> Side note: You may have heard Monsanto was suing small farmers for
> theft, copyright violation, blah, blah, blah because their "proprietary
> corn" was showing up in fields of farmers who weren't buying the
> Monsanto "special" (read GMO'd) corn. Luckily several true organics
> counter sued and stopped that activity -- citing Monsanto for producing
> an invasive product -- i.e., their GMO'd corn getting out of the fields
> it was to be limited to.
>
> So -- it's time for everyone to start paying very close attention to
> what we feed. Finding HUMAN products that are GMO are not easy. We can
> do some growing of our own, try buying non-GMO products (and they do
> exist). Contacting our state and federal representatives to see if this
> massive move to "fake" food can be slowed since it probably won't be
> halted. We need to contact our feed manufacturers if we're buying
> product. Tell them of our concerns and start educating who we can. Stop
> buying products made in China. We KNOW they're producing junk! Make our
> food producers, both our human and our animal ones, responsible.
>
> One more thing. "Organic" on the label doesn't mean a lot. Because
> several large corporate ag companies have bought previously "organic"
> farms. They have put their own people into those farms and then onto the
> "Organic" board. They've heavy loaded that organic board with their fake
> organic farm heads ... and now control what can be called "organic" --
> including GMO products! Products using chemical pesticides and herbicides.
>
> LisaW
>
> Debbie Agostini wrote:
> >
> > My boxer has been taking RX Atarax for yrs for skin allergies. she
> > takes 50 mg 2 times a day but can take 3 during a flair up. food is a
> > big issue with her. I feed salmon and sweet potato food. stay away
> > from chicken, beef, turkey, etc. she also has problems with duck and
> > venison. doing well with salmon so far.
> >
>
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