Unless you want to put it at direct risk of dying prematurely of heart failure. Yep, you read it right. There are no 'ifs, ands or buts' about it: Feeding Dogs a Strictly Grain Free Diet puts them at non-hereditary risk of dilated cardiomyopathy. Thankfully, Janine, a PAFP foster and adopter, enlightened me to this fact. Once Janine's 3rd whippet had late stage symptoms of advanced heart disease, she had reached her wits' end. Her first two whippets had succumbed to heart disease too. -And she just didn't get it: her dogs enjoyed top shelf dog food, Acana, had plenty of daily exercise, and regular vet visits. That was it : beloved dog number 3 was going to a veterinarian-cardiologist. -Enough with unexplained heart disease for Janine's dogs... and heartbreak for Janine! Janine's foster, June, that almost was fed grain-free It's the food- straight from the good cardiologist's mouth. This doctor ex