It’s not really a joke in my part of the country in Canada. I’m Indigenous Canadian and my dad was born in the wilderness and followed a traditional lifestyle. He was a traditional hunter and trapper.
In the 1950s and 1960s he trapped a lot of beaver to sell the pelts and make a living. This was all before the animal fur market collapsed in the 70s. I wasn’t born at the time but I remember him telling me that they ate a lot of the beaver he trapped. He trapped so much that he had a surplus of beaver meat all the time. However, he also kept a team of sled dogs which he fed a steady diet of beaver boiled with oats to give them a very nutritious food. We have one or two surviving photos of his dogs and they were huge. They weren’t classic Malamutes or Huskies … they were just random mutts that looked like a cross between a German Shepherd and Husky … but they were huge powerful dogs.
There’s some dogs that absolutely require a weird diet. I forgot the breed I read about but they’re sled/hunting dogs a very cold climate (somewhere in Asia)? They are so adapted to that environment they WILL die if given “normal” dog food.
It’s recommended if you’re adopting a northern rescue that you feed them lower quality dog food, at least at first, because high quality is too rich for them.
I’m sorry- I shared the link to give an idea of what I meant by northern rescue. Near me they also get called “designer dogs” as a joke- they’re basically all mutts. They wander the streets and kind of beg for scraps and eat out of garbages, hence why the shift to a high quality dog food is not recommended. When we adopted ours they shared a care plan that included how to introduce a higher quality dog food, but that was several years ago now and I don’t have it anymore.
They get exported as pets to areas that can keep them as an alternative to getting culled en masse like they used to. Animal welfare organisations also arrange for neuter clinics to help keep the population down.
It’s not really a joke in my part of the country in Canada. I’m Indigenous Canadian and my dad was born in the wilderness and followed a traditional lifestyle. He was a traditional hunter and trapper.
In the 1950s and 1960s he trapped a lot of beaver to sell the pelts and make a living. This was all before the animal fur market collapsed in the 70s. I wasn’t born at the time but I remember him telling me that they ate a lot of the beaver he trapped. He trapped so much that he had a surplus of beaver meat all the time. However, he also kept a team of sled dogs which he fed a steady diet of beaver boiled with oats to give them a very nutritious food. We have one or two surviving photos of his dogs and they were huge. They weren’t classic Malamutes or Huskies … they were just random mutts that looked like a cross between a German Shepherd and Husky … but they were huge powerful dogs.
There’s some dogs that absolutely require a weird diet. I forgot the breed I read about but they’re sled/hunting dogs a very cold climate (somewhere in Asia)? They are so adapted to that environment they WILL die if given “normal” dog food.
Don’t feed dogs bread!
Oops, fixed
It’s recommended if you’re adopting a northern rescue that you feed them lower quality dog food, at least at first, because high quality is too rich for them.
https://www.ifaw.org/ca-en/projects/northern-dogs-project-canada
Seems like a similar breed to the one I read about. Where does it talk about food in here? I couldn’t find it
I’m sorry- I shared the link to give an idea of what I meant by northern rescue. Near me they also get called “designer dogs” as a joke- they’re basically all mutts. They wander the streets and kind of beg for scraps and eat out of garbages, hence why the shift to a high quality dog food is not recommended. When we adopted ours they shared a care plan that included how to introduce a higher quality dog food, but that was several years ago now and I don’t have it anymore.
They get exported as pets to areas that can keep them as an alternative to getting culled en masse like they used to. Animal welfare organisations also arrange for neuter clinics to help keep the population down.
Dog tax:
That’s really interesting- thanks for sharing!
Is this your dad?
https://youtu.be/5h4P-26kHAw
That’s pretty much historically accurate. Lol
Now I’m looking forward to something in 2025. Thanks for this. This is beautiful.