Feeding meat to a dog changes its body composition compared to, say, dry food. It’s a reasonable fact, though not 100 percent. Whether it matters, again, depends on the dog and what it does.
We bought XXL-sized chops from a well-known but smaller meat company from our area in Finland, close to Helsinki metropolitan area. They were about an inch thick. I’m definitely not a gourmet chef, but I can make reasonably edible food. Sometimes even good. Those chops’ relatives failed miserably.
Living food is a relatively marginal way to eat among humans. In part, it belongs to the raw food category on the humane side, partly not. As always with eating habits that are strongly associated with alternative treatments, the internal scene has more intense disputes over definitions than an outsider would genuinely perceive differences. For dogs, living food is the same as BARF, and the differences in emphasis come from the gurus’ desire to do business with the topic. It does not relate to dogs.
Barf is not a feedig style for dogs. It is the biggest mistake of doog feeding history.
When doing anything with dogs, everyone tends to focus on certain details. That famous detail. Sometimes details are important, especially if they have a foundational significance, but often the focus is lost on the most important thing: the goal. It doesn’t matter whether we’re talking about breeding or nutrition; the detail is not the goal, the focus. The detail is just one building block, but there’s still a need to build something bigger.
In online communities – previously forums, now Facebook and similar platforms, wikis, and other social media platforms – there is a known percentage group. I know that 1% also means something negative in the criminal world, but in the digital environment, there is its own percentage gang – and in a completely different tone.
The most common reason given for not feeding a dog a raw diet (meat-based feeding would be a better name) is the convenience of dry foods. No need to calculate, no need to think, and it’s enough to just pour food into a bowl.
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This informational piece was provided by the alternative world, written by Danish chemist and dog trainer Mogens Eliasen. Or I don’t know about the informational piece, it’s more like going in the direction of a comedy sketch.
In the past, the concept of balance in food was introduced for feeding dogs. Balance is something that humans seem to have an innate need for. Chaos is bad and must be balanced. The feeling of chaos is also inherently related to ignorance.