Once upon a time, I was your average dog owner. I felt guilty when I
spoiled my dog with "people food". This concept was reinforced during
my veterinary training, with terms like table food gastroenteritis.
Oh, the horror of clients feeding table scrapes to their dogs! After
the reprimand, instructions to feed only commercial dog foods were
made and the deal was done. Poor Fido was banned from the family
dining room and forced to eat the same boring dog food everyday.
Before the advent of commercial pet food diets some 50 years ago,
family dogs thrived from the benefit of common sense and our
grandmother's cooking. Before the craze of pre-packed convenience
foods, the relatives of today's modern dog enjoyed and prospered
eating the same foods we did. That's right folks -- those dogs
belonging to your grandparents ate real people food and thrived. We
are not talking Big Macs and French fries, just fresh meats, whole
grains and all the vegetables that a dog could dig up in the garden.
Sadly, today's modern dog suffers from the economics of food
technology, which has failed to live up to its claims of being a
"natural" and "nutritionally balanced" diet....

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ashley ross wrote:
Once upon a time, I was your average dog owner.

But now, you're a spammer! That's not progress.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

ashley ross wrote:
Before the advent of commercial pet food diets some 50 years ago,
family dogs thrived from the benefit of common sense and our
grandmother's cooking.

And roadkill. Don't forget the roadkill.

just fresh meats, whole
grains and all the vegetables that a dog could dig up in the garden.

Digging in grandma's garden often resulted in massive lead poisoning for
man OR beast that dared. Not exactly a longevity-enhancing activity.

--
Mary & the depleted Ames National Zoo
(Ranger, Duke, Rhia-cat)

ashley ross said in
rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

Oh, the horror of clients feeding table scrapes to their dogs!

Isn't fibre good? What if I remove the varnish first?

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

ashley ross wrote:

Before the advent of commercial pet food diets some 50 years ago,
family dogs thrived from the benefit of common sense and our
grandmother's cooking. Before the craze of pre-packed convenience
foods, the relatives of today's modern dog enjoyed and prospered
eating the same foods we did.

I recently obtained a copy of the first multiple-breed stud book
ever published ("The Kennel Club Calendar and Stud Book", which
was published by the Field Office in London in 1875 and covers the
period 1859-74.)

It has ads for kibble in it. Note that we're talking about a book
that was published *133* years ago, not just 50 years ago.

That goes to show just how much you (don't) know about dog food,
spammer.

Now go away.

Dianne