Deborah

I'm so glad you are part of this community Ken. I really appreciate your contributions.

Regarding feeding a carnivore an herbaceous diet: I have read considerable research and encountered many additional case reports indicating that dogs can be fed a suitably-formulated plant-based diet &...

I'm so glad you are part of this community Ken. I really appreciate your contributions.

Regarding feeding a carnivore an herbaceous diet: I have read considerable research and encountered many additional case reports indicating that dogs can be fed a suitably-formulated plant-based diet & thrive. Our Bart lived twice as long as the usual life-expectancy for dogs his size. I also understand that there is similar evidence & experience with cats.

In reading more about this recently, one authority suggested that ... in general... any animal can be safely fed LOWER on the food chain (assuming all nutrients needs are met) than the reverse.

If that is true therefore, we can expect carnivores to live longer & healthier when eating a suitably-formulated plant-based diet than when they eat their more natural diet; and herbivores to live shorter, sicker lives when eating higher on the food chain.

We've seen this to be true of dogs & cats; and also with humans. Being physiological herbivores, we CAN eat higher on the food chain (such as in modern society, northern Inuit & African Masai) but the consequences are shortened life-span and inferior health.

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