| To: kidl who wrote (8497) | 7/14/2024 1:21:27 PM | | From: Sun Tzu | | | | When I was a 4 we had a *huge* black mastiff type dog. She was big enough that I would try to ride it. The poor thing would just lay flat on the floor until I'd give up. She was the gentlest dog I've known.
My mom, who is petite, would take her whenever she went out alone. The dog was well trained and never needed a leash (not that anyone, especially my mom, could hold her back with a leash). Anyways, young roudy men would cross the street to walk on the other side ;-)
So yes, I am not saying that personal protection dogs are unnecessary. I am saying that military grade dogs are not suitable for a civilian environment. For most people, a well trained American Bulldog is ample protection and a great choice.
As to the diet and bones and stuff, sorry, but she is being stupid about it. I've seen x-rays of sharp bones in dogs' intestines and they rip the animals internal as they pass through. And she wants to risk this why? Because in nature some dogs die of chewing on bones? Well in nature women die giving birth. Should we also ban C-section and maternal care?
Researchers who have examined the diet of wild wolves were surprised by how much fruit the wolves eat. If you want to know what diet mix an animal should have, look at their digestive track. Carnivores, e.g. cats, have short intestine to prevent meat rotting in their body and turning toxic. Herbivores have very long intestines to help breakdown the fibre. Omnivores such as dogs and humans have an in-between intestines. |
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| To: Sun Tzu who wrote (8498) | 7/14/2024 3:57:57 PM | | From: Sun Tzu | | | | | Researchers have known for some time that wolves eat wild blueberries and other fruit to supplement their largely meat-based diet. In fact, Gable and his colleagues have found that blueberries can make up to 83 percent of the July diet of the eight wolf packs they study in and around Voyageurs National Park. - Feb 12, 2020 |
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| To: kidl who wrote (8500) | 7/14/2024 4:42:53 PM | | From: Neeka | | | | Our last dog did, but she was pretty old. Like Sun said..I would be more concerned with wood and bone splinters in the gut.
As an aside...a friend's 1 yr old Springer recently died after eating one of her leather slippers. |
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| To: Neeka who wrote (8502) | 7/14/2024 8:21:20 PM | | From: kidl | | | | | Yup, dogs eating "foreign" objects is a regular cause of death. Non-treated wood as in sticks is not. Splinters from COOKED bones, especially chicken, getting stuck in dogs' intestinal tracks / anuses is a steady source of of vets' incomes. |
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