Can domestic dogs eat raw meat from wild animals?

Question

i live near wild areas, meaning there are wild game thriving and predators too im sure. i dont want to feed my 2 german shepards dog food...i mean cmon..dog food? thats pussie food for dogs. im teaching them how to hunt wild animals. so far they are chasing rabbits and sometimes killing them but their progress is amazing. its like hunting comes natural to them. there are wild deers and other average sized game in this area and i want my dogs to be able to become #1 on the food chain.

its a male and a female german shepard (not siblings). i am planning on getting 2-3 more sets (male/female) german shepards and wait as each family of dogs increase so they can mate with each other then i will leave them in the area forever.

Answer 1

If you are serious (?) you may get into trouble with the law if your dogs are killing deer or certain other animals.   They also may decide to kill livestock or neighbor's pets.   This is a poor plan on your part.

Answer 2

You are going to get yourself and your dogs in a lot of trouble. Rabbits carry worms that can be passed to your dogs, they also can cause serious illness if they are carrying Rabbit fever (tularemia). Your dogs may get mildly sick but you will get really sick. Rabbits, deer and most small and large mammals in the wild carry ticks, ticks are a vector for many deadly diseases for people and dogs. Lyme disease, Rocky mountain spotted fever,  ehrlichiosis, babesiosis are all prevalent and easily contracted diseases dogs AND people can get from ticks.. ticks found on wild animals such as rabbits and deer. Letting your dogs hunt and kill these animals could cost them their lives, or cost you yours!

Don't believe me? Listen to the tragic stories of others who lost their dogs to tick diseases. http://blackgsd.googlepages.com/home

On the 2nd of June, 2000, I lost my German Shepherd Dog, Thunder, to the ravages of chronic Neorickettsia risticii, once known as Erhlichia risticii.  He was not even three when he died, the best dog I've ever owned, and I watched him die by inches over the course of a year and a half.  Here in the deep South, where ticks are right at home, no one recognized tick disease until it was too late to save him.

I've been there and I can tell you that until you've seen your own dog look up at you with those bright eyes which are all that's left to show he's hardly begun his life;  until you've seen his fur matted and wet with the blood constantly seeping through his skin;  until you've seen your magnificent young animal reduced to one that can no longer work or play or even walk without difficulty...you can't even come close to understanding how cruel tick-borne disease can be.

Not only would your dogs be in danger from diseases, parasites(worms, fleas, mange), they are also in danger from other predatory animals they may encounter.. and they can get even more diseases this way.. Rabies being the deadliest. Porcupine quills, Skunk baths, mystery wounds, bite marks.. etc can all add up to thousands of dollars in vet bills sometimes ending in the permanent disability or death of your dog.

Why would anyone allow their loved one to be exposed to those kind of dangers for the sake of your ego? You can feed a dog raw meat from wild animals safely and easily by putting out an Ad in the local paper during hunting season for deer/moose scraps and bones. There is no valid reason to expose your dog to all the dangers I mentioned when you can provide the same diet dogs would naturally eat in a safe, controlled environment. Your dogs could get killed.. Where I live the Ministry of Natural Resources, Farmers and any landowners have the right to shoot and kill any stray, roaming and hunting dogs. Your dogs may attack a Farmers cows, and get shot for it, they may attack someones pet and get killed because of it.. For the sake of your dogs and to ensure they have a long, healty and safe life.. keep them in your yard or confined to a leash and don't encourage them to run wild and kill at will. As I said if you want to feed your dogs wild game.. go ahead but it's up to you to legally, safely and properly obtain that wild game.. not your dog. It's safer for everyone involved.. so why not do it responsibly instead of allowing your dogs to be exposed to deadly consequences?

PS Dogs are no longer wild animals.. they have been domesticated for approximately 100,000 years. In that time they have significantly diverged from their common wolf ancestors and are no longer able to physically, behaviourally or psychologically exist in a wild state without the proximity and support of humans. In time surviving dogs could turn feral but the chances are most if not all of the dogs will die from accident, disease or euthanasia in the first 5 years.

Answer 3

lol.

well be ready to wellcome parasites to your home and your own body. also say hello to the police, the judge and the jurry. sadly say goodbye to your dogs cause they will youthinize it.

dogfood is for pussie dogs? do you think your dogs are wolves?

Answer 4

Your dream is to create a pack of wild dogs? Well, bless your little heart...

Answer 5

Domestic dogs can of course consume raw wild animal meat and other parts without problems. At the same time this exposure can lead to illness and even death. Dogs have been domesticated long enough for physiological and metabolic changes to have taken place, making them less able to process and digest such food sources. Added to this there are countless bacteria and other harmful organisms potentially present in wild meat that a domestic dog may not have immunity or the physiological ability to deal with. However, left to their own destiny domestic dogs are certainly able to adapt and develope to new physiological requirements. This would take many generations to occur. As for making your dogs the top of the food chain, the environment would have to be free of such predators as wolves and bears to achieve your goal !

Answer 6

sure, welcome tons of parasites into your home