[rawfeeding] Re: Info I would like feedback on...please?

"Anndrea" <anndreae@...> wrote:

> related. One (the first one below) is a site that is very
informative
> but does promote raw feeding....
> http://www.clubcanine.net/evolutionary-nutrition-dogs.shtml

Some of the information on this site seems reliable, but I wouldn't
refer people to this page, myself. (For one, on a non-substantive
note, my vision is bad enough that I found this page, with its small
font, bright background, and aggravating underlining and bold-face,
dang near impossible to read. But that's just me.) The info about
dogs' relationship to wolves was fine, but then she'd juxtapose a
reasonable statement ("Always keep in mind that you should keep the
diet accurately proportioned, using a prey animal as your model of
proportions to feed.") with a nonsensical one ("15-25% of the diet
should be composed of pureed green matter such as parsley, kale,
dandelion, chard and a small portion (25% of the total vegetables) of
pureed root vegetation and fruit including parsnips, yams, squash,
apples, pears, and berries."). For another, her advice for how to
switch to raw was just ridiculous, and her book references (poor
confused Kymythy Shultz and the commercially motivated Ian
Billinghurst) left much to be desired.

> http://www.idir.net/~wolf2dog/wayne2.htm

Dr. Wayne's information, OTOH, is fantastic and has been referenced
here many times before.

> Could someone who may know more about DNA please clue me in to if
DNA
> has anything to do with digestive systems? Like having near matched
> DNA between a dog and a wolf mean their digestive systems work
> essentially the same?

Yes, and yes. DNA encodes everything in our makeup. The fact that
the DNA of our domestic dogs is nearly identical to that of the gray
wolf means that, under their different coat colors & within their
different sizes, all our dogs are essentially gray wolves.

If you haven't already, please read (and perhaps send to your friend)
http://rawfed.com/myths/changed.html

Also, in case anyone got confused by the first website's assertions
about the need for veggies to mimic the stomach contents of a prey
animal, please read
http://rawfed.com/myths/stomachcontents.html

-- sandy & griffin the gray wolf

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