Re: Subject: CRing Beasts (was ABCNEWS.com: Can Eating Less Extend Your Life?)

[Guest guest]

Please remember that your dog is a carnivore, and feeding him/her a grain based diet (kibble) is not only biologically inappropriate, but it puts strain on the pacreas, causes dental disease, and is starving the dog!

Feeding just salmon is NOT a balanced diet! I am worried that, over time, nutritional deficiencies will surface in your friend's dog.

IMHO, the best way to feed a dog is balance over time, just like the way we eat. A variety of meats, or whole prey animals (if you can stand it) with the raw meaty bones is what a dog was designed to eat. Remember, dog food has only been on the market for about 80 years. Dogs have been eating raw meaty bones for the last 10,000 years.

In a message dated 6/22/05 12:22:56 PM, crjohnr@... writes:

While I don't claim any scientific basis for this, a (CR) friend of mine with

an aging dog showing some symptoms of aging began several months ago to feed him

a can of salmon rather than the normal canned dog food. He feels he has seen

improvement in the dog, but I repeat this is subjective and who knows.

You may want to research the Purina dog restriction studies as they should

discuss particulars of their apparently successful regime.

JR