Research on wild canids can help inform dietary planning for dogs.

by CJ Puotinen

Few topics excite the passions of dog lovers as much as food. Should dogs eat meat? Bones? Fruits? Vegetables? Grains? Dairy? Should their food be commercially prepared? Home-prepared? Raw? Cooked? Fresh? Frozen? Should dogs eat what people eat? What dogs in the wild eat? Whatever the choice, is it safe? Is it dangerous?

From left to right, “ambassador wolves” Lukas, Apache, and Atka, who live at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York. The WCC promotes wolf conservation by teaching about wolves and the human role in protecting their future.

For thousands of years, domesticated dogs ate whatever their humans fed them plus whatever they could find on their own. No one worried about fat/protein ratios, the role of carbohydrates, or how much calcium is too much. …

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