u/68classic

While thinking about the history of domestication of small dogs to help control rodent populations, and how some dog foods are marketed to satisfy a prey-like diet, I couldn't help but wondering if outside the U.S. there is a rodent meat version made and sold. There is rabbit meat dog food. Surely rabbit production is not a free range situation. Dogs themselves have been a food source in certain cultures. I've heard the phrase, "It's a dog eat dog world out there." Man's inhumanity to man in many circumstances fits the metaphor. For some people, pets are fun companions, but still not emotionally viewed as a family member. For other people, their dog is their fur baby, and their time and financial resources match that to a high level. Still others, probably the majority of dog owners, are somewhere in the middle of the two worlds. Some people are willing to spend more time and money on health and medical services and diet quality for a dog than they are for themselves, that the dog as a dependent, innocent creature, deserves such elevation. Some people's pet is another person's pet's food, or their own food. Circle of life stuff. There are so many different experiences, values, cultures, financial capacities. No wonder there are so many dog food choices. Most of us are just doing the best we know how with the resources we have.