Can Dogs Eat People Food?
Many dog owners feed leftovers and table scraps to their furry friend. Can dogs eat certain foods meant for humans? Join Trace as he discusses certain foods that dogs can and can’t eat. Check out some of our brand new DNews shirts! dne.ws/sciencebro Read More: Origin, genetic diversity, and genome structure of the domestic dog parkinson.cos.ucf.edu/Courses/PCB6677/pdf/bioassay_dog.pdf “Comparative analysis of mammalian genomes provides important insight into the structure and function of genes.” Opinion: We Didn’t Domesticate Dogs. They Domesticated Us. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130302-dog-domestic-evolution-science-wolf-wolves-human/ “In the story of how the dog came in from the cold and onto our sofas, we tend to give ourselves a little too much credit.” More Than Man’s Best Friend archive.archaeology.org/1009/dogs/ “Today there are some 77 million dogs in the United States alone.” Which Came First: the Dog or the Master? www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-makes-us-human/201303/which-came-first-the-dog-or-the-master Dogs, But Not Wolves, Use Humans As Tools blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/04/30/dogs-but-not-wolves-use-humans-as-tools/ “Sometime between fifteen and thirty thousand years ago, probably in the Middle East, the long, protracted process of domestication began to alter the genetic code of the wolf, eventually leaving us with the animals we know and love as domestic dogs.” Kibble Me This: The History of Dog Food www.neatorama.com/2013/05/20/Kibble-Me-This-The-History-of-Dog-Food/#!boWq7O “More than 2,000 years ago, Roman poet and philosopher Marcus Terentius Varro wrote the first farming manual.” The Evolutionary Basis for the Feeding Behavior of Domestic Dogs and Cats jn.nutrition.org/content/136/7/1927S.long “The dentition, sense of taste and meal patterning of domestic dogs and cats can be interpreted in terms of their descent from members of the order Carnivora.” 10 “People” Foods for Dogs moderndogmagazine.com/articles/10-people-foods-dogs/1896 “Can my dog eat that? Apples, salmon, pumpkin, beans, yogurt... people foods that are safe for your dog to eat.” ‘People’ Foods Your Dog Can Eat pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/people-foods-your-dog-can-eat “As a rule, keep your food to yourself. But as a rare treat, these foods may be OK.” People Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pets www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets “Chocolate, Macadamia nuts, avocados…these foods may sound delicious to you, but they’re actually quite dangerous for our animal companions.” ‘For the Dogs’ Has a Whole New Meaning www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/business/05pets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Obesity in pet dogs www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19711401776.html;jsessionid=F36EC9CBB5C556CAB91B689E58FA7999 “In a survey of 1000 dogs over one year of age attending as outpatients in a hospital clinic, 28% were obese.” Watch More: Plants That Could Kill Your Pet www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9YiEFheTk TestTube Wild Card testtube.com/dnews/dnews-536-honey-is-magic?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC Cat People vs Dog People www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgTmKT8sARI ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/tracedominguez Tara Long on Twitter twitter.com/TaraLongest Laci Green on Twitter twitter.com/gogreen18 DNews on Facebook facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ gplus.to/dnews Discovery News discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: testu.be/1ndmmMq
