May 24, 2011

I was told that if you feed dogs raw meat, they will become vicious and kill animals. Is this true?

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I was told that if you feed dogs raw meat, they will become vicious and kill animals. Is this true?
Cindy
Cindy Cindy's Answer:
Here is another myth. Chasing and killing animals is prey drive, a natural behavior seen in dogs no matter what their diet.

Dogs don’t correlate the food we give them with live animals hopping around in the forest or on the farm, it just doesn’t work that way. Our raw fed dogs have been taught not to chase our guinea hens and horses, and they are raw fed for the last 12 years plus. When friends bring their kibble fed dogs here to visit, they want to chase our livestock until taught not to… chasing, grabbing and sometimes killing animals is an instinct in dogs (and cats) and not correlated with the diet they are fed.

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