On 4/21/2010 12:04 AM, M Dermer wrote:
On 4/20/2010 10:13 AM, Char wrote:

I just read what she considers is a good diet and it's appalling! Here
is an example.

Chicken, white meat, cooked, roasted
Rice, white, medium-grain, cooked, unenriched
Veggie Mix
Corn oil

The only appropriate food listed is the chicken and it isn't in the best
form for the dog by any means. All the other ingredients should not be
fed to dogs. Corn oil? Ackk!

Char

So Char how do you know your assertions about what is right and what is
wrong are correct? What kind of data do you have or are you just going
to make snide
remarks?

--MLD


I know because I've studied it for a very long time. Knowledge is power
as they say!

Dogs are carnivores and what she recommends to eat is mostly vegetable
based.
http://www.dogfoodguru.com/209/raw-f...ic-guidelines/

The problem is that dogs/wolves can not digest cellulose, they do not
have specific bacteria that herbivores have, that's why they do not
extract the nutrients that are inside the cells. They do not carry the
blenders either so they can not benefit from the plant matter. If the
wolf ingests the plants, which they do sometimes especially berries,
they go through their digestive system unchanged. It is true that if we
cook or blenderize (is that a word?) the veggies then the dogs may be
able to assimilate some of the nutrients in them.

But my whole point in this discussion is that the carnivores are not
able to digest the plant matter because they can not cook or blenderize
them...so, plant matter is foreign to their digestive systems. Which
means that it is not needed. It is known that dogs do not need carbs at
all, carbs were not in their evolution. Carnivores get all they need to
survive and thrive from the prey animals they eat. Raw fed dogs need no
supplements provided they eat a whole animal including offals.


http://rawfed.com/myths/
http://rawfed.com/myths/omnivores.html