[rawfeeding] Re: Feeding bloat dog

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <jboydmorin@...> wrote:
>
> Comparative anatomy of barrel chested breeds to wolves?

*** What barrel chested breeds? Compared to wolves, most dogs are
short-chested and lack wind. Any experienced dog breeder can tell
you how easy it is to make significant changes in skeletal anatomy
in only a few generations. Besides, the Purdue studies showed that
the bloat risk isn't in ALL deep-chested dogs, it is in dogs deeper-
chested than normal for the breed.

> Until there's conclusive research on what does
> or does not affect bloat I will do what I can to lower my dogs'
risk
> of bloating.

*** Without conclusive research on what does and does not affect
bloat, you are not able to do anything to lower the risk of
bloating. A better idea would be to do everything possible to
increase the dogs' health.

> What
> you lose in teeth cleaning, jaw workout, etc. can easily be
addressed
> by offering some really terrific recreational items, like the cow
feet
> we've been discussing. What am I missing?

*** The form of the food is as important as the chemical makeup of
the food. The further you stray from nature's model, the more likely
the dogs are to have problems. It simply does not make sense to
compromise the quality of the diet in hopes that doing so will
lessen the chances of a disease.

--Carrie

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