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E248- You Won't Believe What's Found In Your Dog's Food! Amy Zalneraitis

No Bad Dogs Podcast

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Dogs are Designed for a Raw Meat-Based Diet

Dogs are biologically designed as carnivores, evident in their sharp teeth for tearing meat, lack of jaw movement for grinding plants, short digestive tracts, and high stomach acidity to break down bacteria. Their anatomy is optimized for deriving nutrients from a raw meat-based diet, as indicated by their evolutionary resemblance to wolves and minimal changes in the last 30,000 years. Unlike other traits humans have selectively bred in dogs, their digestion has not been altered to digest starch efficiently.

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