SUPER EARTH FOOD

OUR MAIN FOCUS IS THE BEST RAW PRODUCTS FOR DOGS. WE OFFER SOME RAW VEGAN SUPER FOOD FOR PEOPLE AS WELL.

DIET

Nutrition

There are a great quantity of commercial foods and treats marketed for dogs, and not all are recommended as part of a balanced,

healthy diet.There is some debate as to whether domestic dogs should be classified as omnivores or carnivores, by diet. The classification

in the Order Carnivore does not necessarily mean that a dog's diet must be restricted to meat; unlike an obligate carnivore, such as the cat

family with its shorter small intestine, a dog is neither dependent on meat-specific protein nor a very high level of protein in order to fulfill its

basic dietary requirements. Dogs are able to healthily digest a variety of foods including vegetables and grains, and in fact dogs can

consume a large proportion of these in their diet. Wild canines not only eat available plants to obtain essential amino acids, but also obtain

nutrients from vegetable matter from the stomach and intestinal contents of their herbivorous prey, which they usually consume. Domestic

dogs can survive healthily on a reasonable and carefully designed vegetarian diet, particularly if eggs and milk products are included. Some

sources suggest that a dog fed on a strict vegetarian diet without L-carnitine may develop dilated cardiomyopathy,[80] however, L-carnitine is

found in many nuts, seeds, beans, vegetables, fruits and whole grains. In the wild, dogs can survive on a vegetarian diet

when animal prey is not available. Observation of extremely stressful conditions such as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

, and scientific studies of similar conditions has shown that high-protein (approximately 40%) diets including meat help prevent damage

to muscle tissue in dogs and some other mammals. This level of protein corresponds to the percentage of protein found in the wild

dog's diet when prey is abundant; higher levels of protein seem to confer no added benefit.

Dogs frequently eat grass, which is a harmless activity. Explanations abound, but rationales such as that it neutralizes acid, or that dogs eat

grass to induce vomiting to remove unwanted substances from their stomachs,[81] are at best educated guesses. Dogs do vomit more readily

than humans, as part of their typical feeding behavior of gulping down food then regurgitating indigestible material such as bones and fur.

This behavior is typical of pack feeding in the wild, where the most important thing is to get as much of the kill as possible before other

consume it all. Individual domestic dogs, however, may be very "picky" eaters, in the absence of this social pressure. Dogs may also appear

to eat grass when they are just running the blades through their mouth to gather information. Their sense of smell and taste may act together

to detect if other animals have walked through their area or urinated on the grass.[81]

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