Tristan

For most of my life in the animal industry, I thought I was learning about nutrition. Like everyone else, I started where the conversation always seemed to start. What should dogs eat? Which ingredients are good? Which ones are bad? How much protein do they need? Is one diet healthier than another? Whether the discussion involved kibble, raw feeding, home prepared diets or supplements, it almost always began with food. Looking back, I don't think that was because people lacked knowledge. I...

I’ve always found it striking how differently we react to foods depending on their origin. Mention blueberries, kale, or spinach and people light up, seeing them as symbols of health and vitality. Mention liver, kidneys, tripe, skin, or a whole prey animal and the response often shifts to suspicion, as if these are somehow risky or old-fashioned. This makes sense in our culture. For decades we’ve been bombarded with the message that colorful plant foods are the gold standard of nutrition....

There is a common belief that dogs have changed dramatically over the last few thousand years. On the surface, that feels obvious. They look different, behave differently, and live in environments completely removed from anything their ancestors experienced. It seems reasonable to assume that because everything around them has changed, something fundamental within them must have changed as well. But that assumption quietly skips over a more important question. What kind of change are we...