Day 139 - Diets and the Dawn of Time
May. 19th, 2010 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfsbrideNot happy to screw up her own body, my boss has decided that her dogs need to change their eating habits. Normally, they get a bit of wet food and some dry food twice a day. The dry food is probably fairly decent quality but the wet food I suspect is probably crap. But whatever.
However, apparently she heard, read, saw on TV, that dogs should be eating raw nearly rotten meat because that's what they used to eat originally and that's what wolves etc still eat today. Okay. That's FINE for as far as it goes. But let's follow through shall we? That's like saying HUMANS should be eating raw nearly rotten meat because that's what we used to eat when we were first put on earth. I don't imagine there's a DATE for when fire first came on the scene but I'm willing to bet that as soon as it came along, we weren't eating raw meat any longer.
Today our bodies have adapted to eat cooked foods. Just like dogs bodies have adapted to eat their food. To expect modern dogs to eat like their wild ancestors or even their modern wild counterparts is totally ridiculous. Maybe if you were feeding them carrion from the day they were weaned sure. But if she thinks she's going to be able to feed her dogs rotten meat and not have it end in tears, she's more of an idiot that I give her credit for.
However, apparently she heard, read, saw on TV, that dogs should be eating raw nearly rotten meat because that's what they used to eat originally and that's what wolves etc still eat today. Okay. That's FINE for as far as it goes. But let's follow through shall we? That's like saying HUMANS should be eating raw nearly rotten meat because that's what we used to eat when we were first put on earth. I don't imagine there's a DATE for when fire first came on the scene but I'm willing to bet that as soon as it came along, we weren't eating raw meat any longer.
Today our bodies have adapted to eat cooked foods. Just like dogs bodies have adapted to eat their food. To expect modern dogs to eat like their wild ancestors or even their modern wild counterparts is totally ridiculous. Maybe if you were feeding them carrion from the day they were weaned sure. But if she thinks she's going to be able to feed her dogs rotten meat and not have it end in tears, she's more of an idiot that I give her credit for.
