Omnivore or carnivore?

[lunamus]

What is a dog?

Is it omnivore or carnivore?

We have a debate on a danish forum, so I was just wandering, what the opinion is here?

[Trickster]

Carnivore, but not a true obligate carnivore like a cat. Cats need meat in their diet, dogs technically can live without it. That does not make them omnivorous though. Obviously the optimum diet for a dog is meat based, and everything about their anatomy and physiology is that of a carnivore.

[Baloo317]

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

http://dogged.typepad.com/doggedblog...nivores_o.html

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/dog...-omnivore.html

[jlab]

Here's a good article on this posted by a vet on his website. This vet used to post occasionally on the other lab forum in the raw section but I haven't seen him post here on this board:

http://www.dogtorj.net/id51.html

[Fallriver]

There really isn't much to debate once one looks into the mouth of a dog :educated:

[4yelloweyedogs]

Here's a good article on this posted by a vet on his website. This vet used to post occasionally on the other lab forum in the raw section but I haven't seen him post here on this board:

http://www.dogtorj.net/id51.html

Excellent article

thanks for sharing

[jlab]

Here's a good article on this posted by a vet on his website. This vet used to post occasionally on the other lab forum in the raw section but I haven't seen him post here on this board:

http://www.dogtorj.net/id51.html

Excellent article

thanks for sharing

Yes, I thought it was one of the best articles on raw feeding in general. It pulled in all the elements you can find elsewhere and put them in a logical order with good explanations. Anyone reading that article would be hard pressed not to think that raw feeding is one of the best things you can do to raise a healthy dog with a high quality of life even into old age.