Please check your pups' food....

About 6 years ago We rescued a wonderful little Siberian Huskie/Aussie Shep mix at a no kill shelter in Lolo, MT. Her name was Freya, and she was about the most wonderful little dog you could ever ask for. One day last month my wife noticed that she had a swollen abdomen. We had never detected anything wrong with her and she was always really healthy. We were naturally concerned and took her to the vet. Two days later she was in surgery and unfortunately didn't make it. She had a large splenic tumor and it was unremoveable without being fatal. The vet tried really hard but he couldn't save her. After her untimely departure, I started researching common causes of splenic cancer in dogs and found out that a really common ingredient, that is in a lot of dog food, is known to be carcinogenic and is used anyway. Hell it's even in human food! It is an additive called BHT or a newer additive called BHA. It is used to preserve fats and is a sort of antioxidant. We found a brand of dog food that doesn't contain it and won't ever feed it to our other dogs. We just don't want anyone else to go through a loss like we just did, simply because we didn't know that our poor girl's food contained a cancer causing additive. Rachel Ray's natural line of pet food doesn't have it in it, in case anyone needs a readily available dog food free of dangerous additives.