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What were pet dogs and cats fed before commercial food?



 
 
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Old April 10th 06, 06:47 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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Default What were pet dogs and cats fed before commercial food?

Ajanta wrote:
Are there any records on what people fed their pet dogs and cats before
modern commercial food became available? Were dogs and cats fed
different foods as we now insist they must be?


They were fed table scraps and at least on farms, they were supposed to
be catching mice and other vermin too. I grew up on a farm, and every
day my mother would put out a meal for the dogs and cats--whatever
leftover meat and vegetables and eggs were available. Barn cats also
hung around the barn at milking time and would get a bowl of fresh
milk. It wasn't until my dad retired and came home with a Pekingnese
dog that my parents began buying commercial dog food.
-yngver

 




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