| Dogs can't tell apart trash and fresh food; | | | | fruitful, and these ancient dogs and wolves |
| this is why even rummaging through a trash | | | | have to keep up with hunting and other |
| can for leftovers may seem like a hearty | | | | activities for days without eating. Their |
| feast to your dog. | | | | bodies are able to withstand distance and |
| | | | time with efficiency, as they usually feed |
| Dogs tend to gobble up their food at the | | | | before they hunt, and during the hunt, they |
| fastest speed possible, and there is a reason | | | | will usually fast. |
| behind this behavior. Dog's ancestors make | | | | |
| sure that they do not waste food, as food is | | | | Teamwork is extremely important as well to |
| scarce, and as wild animals, their only | | | | help these dogs survived in the wild. They |
| concern to survive in the wilderness is to | | | | hunt in packs, and they are efficient as they |
| eat as much as they can. | | | | work together, helping each other out and the |
| | | | food they hunted will be shared about all the |
| Nowadays, some dogs may take to eating their | | | | dogs. Even among dogs, there is an existing |
| food slowly without worrying about low food | | | | hierarchy, and the leader usually ate first, |
| supply, but their ancestors did not have this | | | | and the other dogs may not get a chance to |
| luxury. They would not have the chance to eat | | | | fill up as much. The biggest parts of the |
| if they dawdle when they come across food, as | | | | prey usually goes to the leaders as well, and |
| other animals would have come across it. This | | | | the other lesser ranked dogs will have to |
| characteristic may be apparent in some dogs | | | | make do with leftovers. |
| today, although not all. | | | | |
| | | | 10,000 Years Later |
| Dogs are evolved from wolves, who are very | | | | |
| functional eaters. They are able to eat as | | | | Dogs and humans have only coexisted for |
| much as 35 to 40 pounds of meat at one go, as | | | | 10,000 years, and in this short period of |
| well as other species of ancient dogs. These | | | | time, old habits still exist in some dogs |
| animals do not eat just to be full; they have | | | | which we thought of as domesticated. Your dog |
| to stuff themselves as much as they can for | | | | may be getting its meals on a regular basis, |
| they do not know when would be their next | | | | and have no competition or fears that its |
| meal. Survival instinct tells them to eat as | | | | food will be taken away and eaten by some |
| much as possible, and they have to prey for | | | | other dogs, but sometimes it is just unable |
| their own meals. | | | | to control its urge to just swallow |
| | | | everything in its food dish as fast as it |
| Not each hunting session will turn out | | | | can. |