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There's some dogs that absolutely require a weird diet. I forgot the breed I read about but they're sled/hunting dogs a very cold climate (somewhere in Asia)? They are so adapted to that environment they WILL die if given "normal" dog food.
Don't feed dogs bread!
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It's recommended if you're adopting a northern rescue that you feed them lower quality dog food, at least at first, because high quality is too rich for them.
https://www.ifaw.org/ca-en/projects/northern-dogs-project-canada
Seems like a similar breed to the one I read about. Where does it talk about food in here? I couldn't find it
I'm sorry- I shared the link to give an idea of what I meant by northern rescue. Near me they also get called "designer dogs" as a joke- they're basically all mutts. They wander the streets and kind of beg for scraps and eat out of garbages, hence why the shift to a high quality dog food is not recommended. When we adopted ours they shared a care plan that included how to introduce a higher quality dog food, but that was several years ago now and I don't have it anymore.
They get exported as pets to areas that can keep them as an alternative to getting culled en masse like they used to. Animal welfare organisations also arrange for neuter clinics to help keep the population down.
Dog tax: