Jose Miguel Gome Webboard User Reg: 11-11-2008
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Hey guys,
Now and then I come across people that argument that cooked food is better than raw and also that dogs do not have the same digestive system as wild canids. Even some scientists defend this theory.
Check the following link and let me know what you think:
SamanthaTopper Webboard User Reg: 03-24-2011
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Cooked food is not better than raw. Raw food is not better than cooked. It's all about the delivery aka how much knowledge you have and how balanced it is.
I pet sat for a woman who was feeding her two adult male pit bulls raw meaty pork bones. That's it. That's not a balanced raw diet!
I've also pet sat for someone who cooked food for their cat and small mixed breed dog. She put the effort into making it a balanced diet, as far as I could tell, with all the vitamins and minerals I had to add before putting the dish down!
Jose, I clicked on your link and got something about hockey, not dogs.
However, this recent thread contains a link with some information that's right on point with the topic you have brought up. Not so much cooked versus raw, but protein versus carbs, as mentioned in the title of your post. You might find it interesting.
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Quote: Cheri Grissom
Jose, I clicked on your link and got something about hockey, not dogs.
However, this recent thread contains a link with some information that's right on point with the topic you have brought up. Not so much cooked versus raw, but protein versus carbs, as mentioned in the title of your post. You might find it interesting.
John Vanek Webboard User Reg: 03-26-2008
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I think it's important to remember that just because we CAN digest something, doesn't mean it's ideal. Omnivores (or at least non-obligate carnivores, in the case of dogs) are in a tough dilemma: when you can eat everything, what SHOULD you eat?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: John Vanek
I think it's important to remember that just because we CAN digest something, doesn't mean it's ideal. ?
Ditto.
There are several telling phrases in that blog, along the lines of "it wasn't just dogs that had to deal with a more starchy diet."
Dogs are scavengers and omnivores, but (obviously) designed to eat on the far end of the scale toward carnivore. While they can (and often have to) survive on really random diets, neither a bowl of corn nor a bag of grain-heavy kibble is what they are designed to thrive on.
"Can cope with" is not "flourishes on."
Even though amylose activity is more plentiful in dogs than in the Gray Wolf, this doesn't represent a change from a system that works best on mostly prey to one that works best (or even well) on mostly starch/carbs.
Maltose is converted to glucose more efficiently and carried to the blood more effectively in dogs than in the Gray Wolf, too. But "more efficiently in dogs than in the Gray Wolf" doesn't mean "efficient." JMO!
All JMO, though: an example of nature's marvelous mechanisms of adaptation, and an interesting co-evolution (dogs and us) --- a fascinating topic.
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