What Is the Natural Diet of a Dog in the Wild?
Author: Two wild dogs by Tambako the Jaguar is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
Feeding Dogs Like Wolves
In recent years, there s been substantial promotion among pet owners and some veterinarians for feeding dogs (
Canis lupus familiaris) and other pets raw, meat-based diets. These diets are said to be biologically appropriate , ancestral , species-specific, and natural. [6].
In other words, dogs and other pet carnivores are fed these formulas because, unlike kibble, it is meant to simulate a dog s diet if that dog were living in the wild. To accomplish this for dogs, the diets are said to be based on their ancestor the grey wolf (