Honest Food Question.
Not sure if this has been discussed before, but if you know Pops, ... it really don't matter. However, with all of the health issues / problems dogs seem to be having, which may or may not be cured...
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shenandoahvalley wrote:
I think the lifespan of most dogs has increased significantly since I was a child. We grew up on a farm in eastern Virginia...the dogs ate table scraps but the average life span was 5 or 6 years. They usually succumbed to diseases like distemper and heart worms. My daughters raise cocker spaniels and I have one that lives with me. He does eat some table food but we also buy him and the German Shepherd 4Health and it seems like we are at the vets constantly.
When I was a kid, I had an Uncle Johnny. He always had a dog. I remember going to visit him and he would ONLY feed his dogs, bones, scraps, etc. He would just open the front door, (he lived in the city-no fence) and let them 'go for a run'. None of them got any vaccinations. He never spent a nickel on veterinarians, because eventually the dogs just never returned from their 'run'. He would just get another one.
I was just a kid, and none of the adults ever thought he did anything wrong. In fact, I remember when my aunt was thinking about getting her first dog. My dad told her to ask Johnny, as he was 'good with dogs'. Thankfully, we have wised up!
