[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

I do understand that dogs have different digestive systems then us and may be able to handle bones. Wolves in the wild would not eat much chicken and turkey and lamb... These are the animals that are usually fed in the raw diet. So what I am saying is it doesn't duplicate the diet of a wolf at all. The animals they eat are completely different for the most part. I am not saying that you shouldn't feed a dog chicken..., but it is different then what a wolf would eat.

Raw feeders are careful with the type of bones they give. You say that a dog should have chicken bones and turkey bones which wolves wouldn't eat in the wild but dogs should not have deer bones which wolves do eat in the wild. It is fine to be safe and only give the bones you think are safe but that makes very little sense if we are trying to duplicate a wolf's diet.

Just thinking...

I mostly feed Lacy rabbit and venison. I've never seen anything on this, but I've always thought about coyotes also, and not just wolves, when I think about raw diets. Dogs and coyotes are very closely related too, and I know where I live Coyotes kill chickens, turkeys, lambs, and basically whatever they can get their paws on. Now beef, I don't see too many canines eating beef naturally, but I think we have to remember that even wild canines are scavengers as well and will eat what they can get. I think it's important to give a wide variety of protein sources, but I don't think the exact source is that important because dogs are scavengers.