Does a prey model raw diet include vegetables?
Short answer: Nope. Long story: Dogs, like the wolves they are evolved from, are carnivores. The idea of the dog as omnivore is a fairly recent concept and, if you’ll forgive the cynicism, has a lot to do with the dog food industry. Dogs, like wolves, do not have the jaw structure, dentition, digestive structure, or digestive enzymes necessary to properly digest and extract nutrients from either grains or veggies. So why feed something the dog isn’t evolved to eat? We don’t feed hamburger to our horses. Even longer story: Jaw structure: Dogs’ jaws, as well as wolves, are designed with a musculature that only allows for up and down movement, rather than side to side. This is because they’re used for ripping and chomping things into manageable size, rather than for painstakingly grinding raw grains and grasses. Herbivores and omnivores spend a lot of time pre-digesting this stuff in the mouth by the extensive chewing action and enzymes in our saliva. Dogs cannot do this. Dentition: Take
