On 12 Jun 2008, at 13:44, Robert Kesterson wrote:

> You're right that a dog's natural diet is meat.  I just wanted to  
> point out that their excitement over a food doesn't necessarily mean  
> it's good for them.  My dog will excitedly eat just about *anything*  
> that I hand to her (she is particularly fond of ice cubes).  I think  
> they're somewhat like children in that regard (and most adults, for  
> that matter) -- if it's interesting or fun to eat, they'll eat it,  
> with no regard for whether or not it's good for them.

That's a fair point.  I missed a bit out of my story though...

This was from my pre-paleo days when I used to pick up chips and  
sausage from the chippie on the way home from work, pretty much every  
other day.  At first I used to just give the dog a few chips sometimes  
(what was I thinking?).  After a while I started feeding her bits of  
sausage, and that was the end of the chips.  From then on she would  
roll the chips round in her mouth a bit then spit them out, and sit in  
front of me waiting for the real food.

So while I agree there are bad foods (processed ones) that taste nicer  
than some good foods, if a bad food hasn't been sweetened and/or  
flavoured then decent whole foods usually taste better.  I enjoy every  
meal I have now, where before quite often meals were disappointing,  
boring or downright unpleasant.  And that's taking into account the  
fact I don't get "treats" like cake after.

Ashley