I was so excited to see the new study out from Uppsala University in Sweden that shows how dogs have evolved right along side humans, helping them to mesh perfectly into our lives.
The main reason for this is contributed to the fact that, as man was creating an agriculture based lifestyle planting, harvesting and eating grains more regularly, dogs were able to eat and process starchy foods and carbohydrates.
I love this because it just goes to show, again, that dogs are not obligate carnivores like cats and that they can be very healthy on a varied diet. Just like ours who are still getting (and reacting to) a veggie filled dinner each night.
Evolutionary geneticist, Erik Axelsson, states that all dogs have this genetic change and that it's thousands of years back in time.
So now when people whine about the fact that it's not natural for dogs to eat veggies (like eating kibble is?) we can say "yes, yes it is!"
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