Hi Everyone,

Thanks for thinking of me. As you might imagine, I have been very busy with this situation on numerous fronts. The sad thing is that my own profession is so unknowledgeable when it comes to the gluten issue. In fact, I spoke to someone at my old alma mater, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, and was telling them about my view of this whole thing, and this vet asked me if gluten intolerance had ever been demonstrated in the dog. I choked and told her that we had been taught about gluten enteropathy in the Irish setter 30 years ago (altho she sounded much younger than that).

So, this is what we are up against in the veterinary world. BUT, it is all coming together, isn't it? The celiac awareness in people and then the reminder that it occurs in pets. Pretty soon, gluten will be a household name and we can get on with the task at hand...managing things with our forks instead of our medicine chests.

You have probabaly now seen my "blog" on the following thread, but here is the link for you if you haven't: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=16081

I hope all of your pets are safe and healthy. Here is my running list of clean pet foods. ( http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id39.html ) I do recommend supplementing with fresh fruits, veggies, lean meats, eggs and omega three fatty acids with vitamin D. You should avoid grapes/raisins, onions, macadamia nuts, and chocolate (especially dark chocolates).

I hope this helps,
John