Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by kwakakev
Wait, what is this? Bait and switch?
You said that once a dog has tasted blood that they are forever changed. I said that is not true. To argue, you present evidence of a practice that has nothing to do with forever changing them, but rather training them.
I have been a part of breeding and training Brittany Spaniels for bird hunting. Lots of blood gets in their mouths. Not only do they not eat the bleeding, dead bird. But they bring them back to you with only slobber on the feathers.
Dogs are taught behaviors. They have instinct, but you can (most often, depending on the individual dog) train them to ignore instinct in most ways. THis is why cats and squirrels can run through my yard, and my rat terrier doesn't go off chasing them. I trained her not to.
Not being condescending, but have you been around dogs a lot? Do you have experience, or are you speaking from perception gained from reading news?
Agreed . I know many breeders/dog owners who keep their dogs on a raw/natural diet with the blood . They do not trust processed dog foods and only feed raw meat . Their dogs are the most most well behaved , well socialized dogs I have ever come in contact with . More clam than mine and my dogs have never tasted blood/raw meat .
Raw feeding (along with the blood) is a growing trend with hard core dog owners due to all the processed dog food recalls in the past few years .
edit on 6-8-2011 by whenandwhere because: (no reason given)


