On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:29:02 -0500, Ashley Moran <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:
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> I've heard of people feeding pets a vegetarian diet.  In fact I once  
> shared a house with a couple that looked after a dog - neither of them  
> were vegetarian but the girl insisted that dry cereal food was all a dog  
> needed.  The look of excitement it gave me every time I offered a bit of  
> sausage suggests otherwise...

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.

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   Robert Kesterson
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