Sitting down with Kyle Baker a pet nutrition expert, we walk through the top 5 dog food myths to debunk some old wives tales and learn some new tricks. Here's the transcript of our conversation:Welcome to your Dogcast, where we feature news just for dog lovers. Here's your Rover reporter. Mary Lou DavidsonThis podcast is brought to you by DogPerfect.com with three locations in Sarasota, Florida. Mary Lou. Hello, and welcome to the podcast. Today, we're talking about one of the things your dog loves the most dog food! There's so much confusion and crosstalk about dog food. There are myths. There are old wives tales, and there are things that we just believe because we hear them. But today I wanted to take a minute and see if we can dispel some of those myths. So I've brought in an expert. It's Kyle Baker, he's the Senior Pet Food Nutritionist for DogPerfect. And he's joining us to set the record straight. Hey Kyle, thanks for joining us,Kyle Baker (00:49): Hello Everyone.Mary Lou  (00:51):Number one on our list of dog food myths is:Dogs need kibble for good dental health. What do you think Kyle?Kyle Baker (00:59):That was a myth started by a dog food company so they can sell more kibble, unlike human beings,  , dogs have no amylase in their saliva. Amylase is the, is the enzyme that breaks down carbs and starches in, in our, in our mouth. Um, and dogs don't have that,  , dogs, their whole, what they're trying to do is they're trying to get,  , food down to their stomach. That's where all the digestion starts. So dogs have an elastic stomach, so they fill their stomach up and all the acid comes into the stomach. And that's where digestion begins. Sometimes if we eat kibble, when they crush a little kid, all those little, those little small pieces of kibble shards get in between the gods and teeth and that's actually what causes bad dental health. Um, so it's kind of the opposite. Kibble will cause more dental issues than actually helps.Mary Lou  (01:47):Wow. So it's not true. Dogs don't need kibble for dental health.Kyle Baker (01:52):No, all those extra sugars feed in the, in the bacteria that causes plaque and tartar in a mouth. So it's kind of counterintuitive, especially because dogs don't chew foods, they chew on bones and ES and sticks and things like that. That's what, that's what knocks the,  , the plaque and tartar off the upper teeth, but just chewing on kibble itself. No, it, it, it more puts more plaque and tartar on than actually breaks it down itself.Mary Lou  (02:14):Okay. Number two, Changing dogs' diets can be bad for digestion and can upset their stomachs.Kyle Baker (02:22):This is another one of the favorite myths by started by the dog food company. Because of course, once you get on a dog food, they want you to stay on that dog food forever. So they don't want you to think about changing back and forth. But if your dog doesn't have any major food intolerances or major digestive issues, it's better to give them more of an option. Just like us dogs will get bored if they eat the same thing every day. And there's all different types of micronutrients and amino acids that you get from different proteins, different fruits and vegetables out there. So having a variety and the dog's diet, we'll have them more rounded off the immune system, in the long run.Mary Lou  (02:56):Gotcha. Okay. Number 3 And that's M E A L meal is bad. And I think that's something that confuses a lot of us. We see meal and we’think, Oh,

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