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The impact of high temperature processing Kibble (dried food) of all brands

Cooked or highly processed food (IE. Kibble) denatures proteins and destroys the sensitive nutrients & enzymes
Increased nutritional damage occurs as higher temperatures are applied over prolonged periods of time
Overly heated fats generate numerous undesirable substances including acrolein, nitrosamines, hydrocarbons, and benzopyrene (one of the most potent cancer causing agents known)
30% to 50% of vitamins and minerals & 70% + of nutrients are lost
All kibble pet foods are manufactured at very high temperatures and under great pressure and temperatures.

DOGS AND CATS ARE CARNIVORES

Teeth designed for biting, ripping, tearing, crunching meat and bones.
Jaws structure allows large gulping acNon, they don’t chew
Saliva has no amylase enzyme to break down plant mader, carbohydrate and starch
Highly acidic gut designed digest raw meat, fat, bone and organs
No bacteria to break down cellulose and starch. Pancreas does not produce enough amylase enzyme
Dogs and cats naturally choose to hunt and eat a raw wild prey diet high in protein from raw meat and organs
Dogs closely resemble the grey wolf and cats are descendant from the Africa wild cat

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Dog Nutrition needs – from the smallest Chihuahua to the largest Mastiff, are carnivores. The assumption that dogs are omnivores remains to be proven, but dogs being carnivores is evidentially supported.

our domesticated dogs Nutrition needs are like the wolves, they are are opportunistic feeders and will eat just about anything given half a chance.

Otherwise in the wild, when prey is scarce to non-existent, they would die of starvation. However, this doesn’t make them omnivores.

What makes the dog a carnivore and why is it so important to adequately provide them with the correct Dog Nutritions?

Beginning with the skull, the shape of the dog’s head (Image 1) may not resemble exactly the head of a wolf (Image 2) but, all canids have the same simple hinge jaw that works in a scissoring manner rather than the rotational fashion of an herbivore – such as a horse or cow.

Carnivores do not chew their food and their saliva doesn’t play an active role in the initial stages of digestive function. Instead, it serves to lubricate the food for transport to the stomach.

Dogs: The Omnivore-Carnivore Question

by Dr. Jeannie Thomason & Dr. Kim Bloomer

The teeth

Look in your dog’s mouth. “Those huge impressive teeth (or tiny needle sharp teeth) are designed for grabbing, ripping, tearing, shredding, and shearing meat” (Feldhamer, G.A. 1999. Mammology: Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. McGraw-Hill. pg 258).

Omnivores possess chisel-like front teeth that are useful for cutting plant stems. In contrast, the carnivore’s (dogs) front teeth are sharp and adapted to puncturing, slashing and clinging. The most useful teeth for this purpose are the canine teeth or fangs, but the incisors also serve as a clamp. Behind the canine teeth are rows of premolars and molars, which are also called “flesh teeth” as they are useful for tearing and shearing meat. These teeth are also used for cutting through tendons and small bones, and for crushing larger bones. The canine tongue is long and supple for lapping blood and licking meat off bones.

The carnivore’s molars are uniquely designed. They are not large flat molars for grinding plant matter. Instead, they are pointed and situated in a scissors bite (along with the rest of their teeth) that powerfully disposes of meat, bone, and hide.

Carnivores are equipped with a peculiar set of teeth that includes carnassial teeth: the fourth upper premolar and first lower molar. Contrast this with your own teeth ortheteethofapig (Image3). Apigisa true omnivore, as are we. We have nice, large, flat molars that can grind up veggies. Black bears, while having impressive canine teeth, also have large flat molars to assist in grinding up plant matter. Dogs/ carnivores lack these kinds of molars. Why? Because they are not designed to eat plant matter.

“Teeth are highly specialized and are structured specifically for the diet the animal eats, and the difference between a bear’s teeth and a dog’s teeth (both species are in Order Carnivora) demonstrates how this can be.”

“Dogs are equipped with powerful jaw muscles and neck muscles that assist in pulling down prey and chewing meat, bone, and hide. Their jaws hinge open widely, allowing them to gulp large chunks of meat and bone. Their skulls are heavy, and are shaped to prevent lateral movement of the lower jaw when captured prey struggles (the mandibular fossa is deep and C-shaped); this shape permits only an up-and-down crushing motion, whereas herbivores and omnivores have flatter mandibular fossa that allows for the lateral motion necessary to grind plant matter”.

“Canids, felids, and mustelids subsist mainly on freshly killed prey. These fami- lies show correspondingly greater development in ‘tooth and claw’; they also have greater carnassial development and cursorial locomotion.”(Feldhamer, G.A. 1999. Mammology: Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. McGraw-Hill. pgs 258-260).

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