I think it depends on the dog and how one feeds the table scraps. I know dogs that are given healthy table scraps/left-overs and they are well behaved and not beggars. I have a friend that had a Golden Retriever and would occasionally give him table scraps (turkey, chicken, a piece of meat) and he NEVER begged for it and was very well behaved and never bothered anyone when they were eating. I think when dogs are fed from one's plate or hand then they are more prone to being beggars and will jump up on one when eating.
Not something I would do or feel comfortable with, but table scraps such as those so called 'bad ones" made up of fat, cartilage and bone with some meat left on, which you trim off steaks and other food you prepare for yourself, are actually given and become part of raw diets given by raw dog feeders and these "prey model feeders" are keen believes that it's important to include these scraps as part of a real raw diet....
Since the cave man's time, man has fed his dog with his own food "garbage" believe it or not..now today many are considering kibble this new "garbage".... |