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Have we accidentally bred some dogs for obesity? (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The poison is in the portion. Humans have lived off carbs for many years. Dogs evolved around humans to be able to digest our starchy leftover foods. I give my dog a spoonful of my porridge or brown rice and he's fine. I stop him eating whole slices of pizza we find on walkies as its too much.

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