Why a Prey Model Raw Food Diet for Dogs Works

I spend a lot of my time advocating for a "species appropriate" or "biologically appropriate" diet for dogs (carnivorous domesticated pets). I stress these words because they have meaning, and now I am going to explain them.

Species Appropriate:

Species Appropriate means that a Raw Food Diet is appropriate for the species Canis Lupus Familiaris (domesticated dog). A wolf's species is Canis Lupus. As you can probably see, the dog's species directly is related to the wolf's species. Only difference in the name is the word "Familiaris" which we can assume implies "Flamilial" meaning "of the family" of the preceding word which is Canis Lupus. I describe this because it seems to be lost in the modern era the fact that dogs are direct descendants of wolves. No matter the size, shape, coat type, snout, etc every domesticated dog is classified as "Canis Lupus Familiaris".

If an original species like a wolf has branched species originating from it, you can imagine they would have many similarities. One of the many similarities is that of the Digestive Tract. Both of these animal's anatomy is the same. If you peel off the skin of your dog, and peel off the skin of a wolf and were to look at just the skeletal structure and organs, they are identical. This means that the digestive system of a wolf should work and function like the digestive tract of a dog, and visa versa.

With this knowledge, you can infer that whatever a wolf eats, a dog needs to eat, in order for his body to recognize any food as food.

Biologically Appropriate:

Biologically Appropriate focuses on the biology of a domesticated dog. Knowing what we know about species listed above, we can then have basic knowledge of the biological make up of the digestive tract of a dog and that of a wolf. Think about it this way: If a dog's body is made to recognize certain materials it eats as food; if it is made to then absorb nutrients of this said material and process it as fuel; if it is made to distinguish this material from other material (waste), then it must be true that this said "material" has to be the same as the species that have the same digestive tract (in this case, the wolf). Wolves eat meat, bones and organs. They hunt for miles, stalk prey, rip and tear flesh, crunch through bones, swallow organs whole, etc. etc. etc. If this is the case with wolves, then it must be the case with domesticated dogs as well.

Biology is also reference to the dog and wolf's mouth. If you look inside a wolf's mouth, you will see a row on the top and a row on the bottom full of sharp and pointy teeth, and thus it is the same as a dog's mouth. These teeth are designed for tearing, crunching, and ripping through meat, bones and organs. These teeth are the same for all carnivores.

For comparison purposes I will also post a picture of an herbivore's skull, and an omnivore's skull. You will see that the dog and wolf skulls are full of sharp and pointy teeth, a giraffe's teeth are all flat (used for grinding back and forth to break down plant matter) and the gorilla's skull has two sharp canines and the rest are flat (omnivores eat both meat and vegetable matter).

Because of these physical qualities, it is clear to see that a dog and a wolf's body will recognize the same material (meat, bones and organs) as food, and anything else they consume will be classified as waste.

What happens if a dog is fed a diet of material his body sees as waste? Well, look at a dog who is fed kibble (mainly carbohydrates, plant matter, starch, with some meat). He poops at least twice a day, if not more, large in size poop. An 80lb dog on kibble will be pooping the amount of a human being weighing 150+lbs. A dog fed a diet of meat, bones and organs (Prey Model Raw diet) will poop that of a deer or rabbit. Small, round "pellets" if you will for a reference in your mind. This is because his body is utilizing all of the nutrients from his diet and sees very little as "waste". He also poops once a day.

Now knowing this information on Biology and Species, I hope you have a better understanding of Why Raw Food Diets for Dogs Work.

Thank you, and as always if you have ANY dog related question please feel free to ask.

K9SavvyGirl

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