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Originally Posted by Melcakes
The intestines of dogs are much much shorter than an omnivores such as ours. Their teeth are sharper for ripping and tearing, they have no spleen.
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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Unless my vet has removed it without me knowing, all my dogs still have their spleens |
Ha. Oh boy. YES of course dogs have spleens unless they have been removed.
I just noticed a large chunk of what I wrote is missing in that paragraph - I must have deleted it when editing. I had some interesting info about dogs without spleens. I'll post it later when I can find the article I was reading. At any rate I think dogs having spleens (unless removed of course) can be something easily agreed upon by all.
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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom
Humans aren't designed to smoke cigarettes, yet some smokers live to be over a 100yrs old and claim to have have great health. My point is, a body can thrive under lots of variable circumstances. It's no different for dogs.
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Originally Posted by Melcakes
These long lived smokers in great health aren't a dime a dozen. More like diamonds in the rough if you ask me. I know you're just using it as an example that it can happen and I suppose it can happen or has, but I think most people know when you smoke or "put something in your body that nature didn't design - or which you have no need for" you will suffer more than you will thrive.
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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom
With all kindness (and I'm not arguing)...my point really wasn't about smoking. My point was really this:
Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom
My point is, a body can thrive under lots of variable circumstances. It's no different for dogs.
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I fully understood what your point was and as I said I know you were just using it as an example (not a literal one).
My response was that while I understand a body can" survive" I wouldn't say "necessarily thrive" the chances of it doing so or the percentage of those "surviving" when exposing themselves to known toxins/dangers are so slim.
Sometimes it takes us humans time to figure out that it's not nice to mess with Mother Nature. We're learning some of those lessons the hard way... like when we read about dioxins, PCBs, and other toxins being present in human breast milk. It seems that if we've learned anything it should be to proceed with extreme caution when we're heading in a different direction than what Mother Nature prescribes.