The problems dogs have with human food
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WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T FEED IT TO THEM! I'm not a veterinarian or any other kind of doctor! Everything I've said in this video represents, to the best of my knowledge, the mainstream view of veterinary science on these commonly discussed topics. Some specific sources consulted:
"Acute kidney injury in dogs following ingestion of cream of tartar and tamarinds and the connection to tartaric acid as the proposed toxic principle in grapes and raisins," (2022) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
"Foraging and feeding ecology of the gray wolf (Canis lupus): lessons from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA" (2006) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16772...
"Geometric analysis of macronutrient selection in breeds of the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris," (2013) academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
"Natural pet food: A review of natural diets and their impact on canine and feline physiology" (2014)
academic.oup.com/jas/article/... - Jak na to + styl
As a general rule, the more recent evolutionary history an animal has eating plants, the better it can tolerate the things in plants. Dogs have a bit of history eating plant food scraps, and a lot of history being carnivorous wolves. Humans have history as herbivorous monkeys rather than just as carnivores and scavengers. That's why we're better at metabolizing caffeine, theobromine, tartaric acid, and a bunch of other phytochemicals than dogs are. Cats have it even worse because they've always been primarily or exclusively carnivorous.
That's a point I prob should have made time for. Here's another maybe? ANIMALS ARE GENERALLY SUPER ADAPTABLE! PEOPLE AND DOGS ESPECIALLY! We can thrive on all kinds of remarkably different diets as long as we ease ourselves into them, give our microbiomes time to catch up, etc.
The problem is with our produce. It is sprayed with chemicals and even the organic stuff is only really fertilized with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which is nowhere near all the nutrients a plant wants. Someone I know who grows organically and feeds his plants well has a dog that goes around his garden eating produce like a human, but he won’t touch produce from the store
FYI Monkeys are generally omnivores, not herbivores. While early Homo were undoubtably mainly herbivores, they supplemented their caloric intake with bugs and other small protein sources. The diet of an animal generally depends on or changes based on the hunting tools the animal is equipped with, which -alongside the growing need for protein with enlarged brains - is one of the reasons later homo switched to mainly carnivorous diet.
Not just exclusive carnivores.
OBLIGATE Carnivores. They literally lack the ability to get all their nutrients from anything other than meat.
@@TheElexecNo, hunans have never had a mainly carnivorous diet (except maybe inuits, for survival) and monkeys are generally herbivores. gorillas are leaf eaters, others eat mainly fruit.
Extremely well behaved dog
Ridiculously so. Mine would be all over the place. I want to know Adam's secrets.
@@kosmickenI've gotten both my lab and my mutt to good levels of food control and what's worked for me is handfeeding them. Teaching them that the food comes from me, not the bowl, and that with good behavior they'll earn it will eventually help them get a lot better around food. My lab obviously isn't perfect, but she does well and listens more times than not when I tell her to leave it
The baguette doubles as a baton.
( *KIDDING!* )
I like that his biggest acting out moment was with the kibble. He was clearly *interested* in the meat but the kibble made him go "yeah that's mine, I know what it's there for, give please".
420 👍
Poptart's like "Dad, what the fuck are you going on about?"
It always cracks me up when people put curse words in animals' mouths
Poptart: "Adam, we need to cook!"
@@jocabulousi know my cat would swear like a sailor just from being angry/ always around my dad
Exactly, yup.
Real
That dog has greater willpower than I do
He got hella human food after the cameras went off
I was thinking the same thing! But the longing in his eyes....
It's a green screen
@@yeti7721No it's not.
@@nodical802 i doubt it, he just spent 10 minutes talking about how moderation is important lol
either that is one really well behaved dog, or it's not the first time Adam gave the good boy a college lecture
Both scenarios are equally possible
The looks at @1:10 say this is *definitely* not the first time.
@@jbutler8585 He's watched this routine with the kids. Just respectfully let the professor talk at you long enough and it'll probably be worth it in the end.
"So Lauren, I've got this thi-"
"Not now honey, I'm busy."
"Poptart, come here!"
@@zieg0rI imagine he was also gonna persuade her to stay by periodically giving her food
"So anyway, here's a video with and for my dog" is just about the best followup you could have made to your semi-retirement announcement.
Damn I love this new semi-retired Ragusea just makin vids about whatever
Definitely, it’s very comforting to watch. Kinda reminds me of the video he did on Marco Pierre White and the act of being “over it”.
I do hope he still makes the occasional recipe videos. I've gotten a very good success rate with his recipes.
I'm 100% here for Adam's 'vibes' era
@@__-im2se he seems to be doing them relatively regularly
Couldn’t agree more.
Veterinarian here; this is a lovely breakdown. Super happy to see a clearly well-researched video full of factual information. Also, it's a great accomplishment to have a lab that sits still and doesn't go after food literally hung in front of his face. Not sure I would've fed the chocolate myself, even though yes, it would take QUITE a bit of milk chocolate to cause an issue in a dog that large.
when people tell me chocolate doesn't kill dogs and they give their dog chocolate all the time i like to make sure they know low doses of chocolate can make them have diarrhoea all over their carpet
@@sophiewhitehouse6718 I'm mostly concerned about not teaching my dog that chocolate is a delicious treat.
Cause I know what he does when he finds a big supply of delicious treats.
He might still do that if he finds chocolate all on his own somewhere, but I see no good reason to acclimate him to the taste. Also I want the chocolate all to myself.
@@RenaxTM91 Agreed, there is zero point feeding a dog chocolate on the the off-chance that the dog finds a lot of it and gourges himself.
I was just curious. Do most veterinarians know that kibble uses starch as a binding agent? That it comprises anywhere from 40% to 70% of the food. Sadly the manufacturers are under no obligation whatsoever to list starch on the packaging. People feeding their dogs kibble are in fact making sure that half their diet is nothing but bread. I assume veterinarians would recommend against this.
I actually advise people to AVOID foods labelled as grain free or low carb for their pets. High quality pet foods that meet the AAFCO requirements for nutrition are going to have nowhere near 40-70% starch though, no idea where that number came from.
@@apathyguy8338
I love how he's talking directly to his dog 70% of the time.
LMAO I love the slight fatherly disapproval Adam has for the dog. “Hey you’re not paying attention” to the dog that’s been listening patiently to a dad lecture for 10 minutes 😂
“Some human food can cheer up this otherwise miserable life you lead I’m sure”
WITH ALL THE SNACKOS IN FRONT OF HIS FACE
What a good dog!
My 20 pound French bulldog once got into my chocolate pantry and ate over a pound of it. I found him rolling on the floor of the bathroom and had to induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide. He puked all the chocolate put in a giant river of brown foam on the bathroom floor.
He was fine a few minutes later but my house smelled like a fudge factory for weeks.
Nice video Adam!
Tbh... Coulda been a worse smell. Not all was lost (aside from a pound a chocolate)
My first dog was a Frenchie! Frenchies are probably the best dog to own, they're so loveable and easy to care for. She sadly died of cancer back in 2016. R.I.P. Iola
You have a pantry dedicated to just chocolate?
My Basenji ate a whole bag of milk chocolate chips. Well, she ate all the chips, only part of the bag itself. But she turned out fine, ~17 lb dog IIRC, RIP.
@@SirRichardKingOfCringeI was going to ask the exact same question.
Adam's dog: "You're boring me to tears!😭😭 "
That’s something Maya might say, or one of Jade’s pack.
Poptart is an amazing name for a dog. Poptart is the goodest doggo. I mean you can tell he's very well trained. Good job Ragusea family!
'Poptart' is a name that tells you this man has small children.
Goodest…
I once had a friend name a barn cat. This cat was gorgeous, especially for a half-wild barn cat, with medium length hair that was a lovely black all except a few strands behind each ear that were white. It wasn't quite midnight so it was 11:30.
My mom feeds her dog ground lamb, beef, pork, and chicken mixed with vitamins and minerals formulated for her breed of dog. That dog eats like a king
So, she feeds the dog food that dogs should eat instead of garbage.
@lysanderxx1664 kinda but I think that's missing the point of the video, assuming all those ground animals are just the meats. Grind all the organs in it and then you'll have what adam was talking about
The fact that he's a having a conversation with his dog makes my favorite video ever.
lol. Give Poptard a hug afterwards. She probably was confused as she thought she was in trouble at the beginning. You could see it in her face that she was trying really hard listening to see if she could catch anything on why she could have been in trouble. It is unusual for people to talk so in depth with dogs unless when they did something naughty. It was really fun watching Poptard make all of those faces.
Lol Poptart
My last dog had some pretty severe allergies so we switched him over to a chicken & beef diet for several years. His blood work came back great on a continual basis, and he was healthy until he passed away.
Just like with us, some of them just have some weird random sensitivities!
Do you feed chicken bones and or beef bones in there? I feed my adopted street dog chicken bones as I believe the beast will devour anything, but my mothers golden retriever will only get the boneless parts as we believe the precious princess will die if she sneezes to hard
@@jari948Chicken bones never seem to work out well with a dog - they tend to either puke them out in the middle of the night or come out whole in their poop.
Beef bones they love, but they'll wear their teeth out on them. After your dog breaks or chips a tooth on a beef shank it isn't any fun if the tooth needs to be extracted. If you want your dog to get bone in their diet, ground bone meal is probably the best option. Most kibble has ground bone it.
I tried a raw diet for my dog at one time, but he wasn't really into it. I eventually switched over to cooked chicken & beef, which he loved, and whenever I was trimming the fat off a roast or steak I'd throw that in. Another thing he loved was the rendered fat and skin from a rotisserie chicken; put that on his food and he licked his bowl clean.
He leaned out (he'd always been fat after getting fixed), and was a lot more active once the weight came off. The protein-heavy diet combined with immunotherapy shots kept him infection free for many years.
Previous to this he'd been primarily fed commercial dog food, but the constant ear and skin infections were a miserable (for him) and expensive (for me) problem. Testing showed a severe allergy to grasses and grains, and nearly all kibbles have either corn (which many dogs are allergic to, causing their feet to itch), or rice.
@@jari948Your dog would be better off living on the street if you're feeding it chicken bones. Seriously, that's really bad for dogs. Just because it hasn't died yet or vomited blood doesn't mean it's good for them. Lots of dogs eat just about anything, just like babies, but that doesn't mean you should give them coolant to drink.
Good on you! You gave him a great life!
I love how most of this video you are addressing Poptart. 😂 He is SO well-behaved/trained around food, that is amazing to see!!
Poptart looks like how I feel when a professor's lecture goes on for too long.
Dog"" just gimme the dammmn bacokon already
Honestly, I thought he was super well-behaved, for a dog who's having a piece of bacon dangling before his eyes. Even I would be less chill about it XD
Let me guess, Pop Tart doesnt actually get to eat Poptarts 😂
that would be cannibalism
That would probably be one of the worst things for dogs, sugar (he didn't talked about sugar, but I guess it's worst for dogs than it is for humans, and it's rpetty bad for humans XD), and processed food full of fat XD
@@DUMPLING_HEAD344 For some reason the first thought that popped in my head after reading this was "wait they put dog meat in poptarts?"...
He feeds the dog chocolate. He probably feeds the dog pop tarts.
@@lysanderxx1664There's a difference between a little bit of chocolate and an entire pop tart ^^'
He seems much happier in recent vids love it ❤❤
I've not been watching regularly. What happened?
@@KarmasAB123 He was getting burnt out and is working less now
What happened?
I thought you meant the dog lol
"grapes are bad for dogs" dog procceds to lick the grapes
Owner proceeds to feed dog grapes and chocolate.
So do you not get it or are you just trying to be funny?
@@aragusea trying to be funny
I think he was just making a joke about the perfect timing of Poptart being like "oh yes, very bad for me, mlem!" @@aragusea
Hi Adam. Nice video. As a part of your legacy, I was wondering if you’d like to someday do a video passing on your methods for researching science, history, etc., finding experts to interview, and packaging it all nicely.
I don’t know any other youtubers who do what you have done. You had a special way of doing things that other people can learn a lot from. Other people don’t seem to be as honest and thorough as you.
Get a degree in journalism and go to work for NPR for a few years. Thats what Adam did iirc
The way Adam interacts with pop tart is so cute. We need more of this wholesome, informative content. 👏
Hahahaha, Pop-Tart losing interest around 3:45 😂
I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A PROP IN THIS ARRANGEMENT, ADAM
I love Adam, but he definitely is the type of guy who talks all day and when his wife can't bear to listen, that's why she got a dog. You know Adam, talking to pop tart at least two hours.
There is a joke by the way… Probably
Poptart is a beautiful and extremely well behaved dog, I mean just look at him tolerate Adam doing a school lecture about the food he can, can't, and shouldn't eat. This isn't his first rodeo bless him.
What a good boy!!!
What a beautifully well-behaved pupper! There's real trust and patience there.
4:44 is the funniest thing. 'you're not paying attention' 🤣🤣
"No reason to risk it"
Proceeds to risk it.
Ive been watching Adam consistently for years thank you soo much for changing the world for the better you are a beautiful human being
I had no idea chicken allergies were common in dog. I have constantly battled ear infections for the ten years I've had my lab. I'll have to talk to my vet about switching food proteins. Thank you!!
neither did i
Adam,
In your semi-retirement era I was no expecting a title to absolutely knock it out of the park. I cannot WAIT to watch this. I don't think I've ever been so intrigued by a title of yours.
I'm glad the bit about milk chocolate and dosage was included in here, now I can feel more confident about not totally freaking out when my dog somehow gets her little paws on a chocolate chip cookie XD
Poptart being a champ. The format of this video was absolutely delightful. Thanks, Adam!
Hey adam! Was very excited to see this video on my feed. Your fun science stuff has been my favourite for years.
I love how at 1:17 he just looks at us like “What the hell is wrong with Dad?” 😂
Its not always the best to lean on what an animal naturally chooses to eat for feed formulation. This was seen in dairy cows as farmers often used to set out mineral licks and assumed that if a cow needs certain minerals, they would seek it out through the block. It was found that supplementation in the diets of minerals in TMRs and PMRs was more affective and reduced illnesses derived from mineral deficiencies. It can also be seen in humans, most people will seek out high fat and sugar content foods as that is the best tasting but not the best for us. I like the new semi-retired Adam Ragusa video ideas, this was well thought out and covered a lot of content thoughtfully.
That's true but also if we only had "natural food" there wouldnt be any good with high sugar and fat, also potentially cows in the past would have gotten more minerals from their food, but yes if nowadays you just ate whatever tasted good in a grocery store that would be pretty bad
Similarly, dogs very much go for the taste of garlic and onions -- so much so that makers of dog foods and treats flavor them that way.
Adam, I know you don't want or need my validation, but this is hands down my favorite video of yours. Glad to see you building your own happiness. It speaks to me.
making this a conversation makes this so much better
What a good boy. My dog would have shredded that food like 30 seconds in.
I still cannot believe such high quality content is available for free
It’s not free, we’re paying with our privacy.
Loving this season vof your journey Adam.
Thanks for advocating for our canine companions Adam, It is truly appreciated.
Adam bringing back some powerful 15 year old memes 👏
I feel like people are ready to be nostalgic for this one?
I've seen it reemerging recently
What memess are those?
@@peterknutsen3070 The thumbnail text
@@peachyjam9440 Okay thanks.
Awesome cover of the science of the actual food. Would love to add that the "where and how" is just as important as the "what." Give them the treats in their normal food bowl or with a specific signal, like asking them to sit first. If they learn/are allowed to immediately hoover up things off the ground, it's only a matter of time until it's someone's medication or another toxic non-food item that drops on the ground.
Basically just make sure that they won't eat random things unless you give the go-ahead. Harder with some breeds than others, but one of those things that's essential for being a responsible dog handler. Giving them scraps while you eat, or while you cook, without making it clear that /these/ scraps are ok to eat can lead to those dangerous behaviors, etc.
Not a criticism of Adam's handling of poptart, they are obviously in good hands! Just as important to know as the main topic, though.
its been a while since an ad transition took me off guard. you still got it adam
I’m so glad Adam hasn’t quit making videos ❤
Your doggo constantly sniffing the food you're holding while you're explaining why it would be dangerous for him to eat it is giving me anxiety throughout the entire video
As Adam says, quoting Paracelsus, the dose makes the poison.
The quantities of food that Adam are holding in front of Poptart are almost certainly not enough to cause death, let alone real danger. Some also aren’t necessarily very attractive for dogs to eat. For instance, those 100 grams of *very* dark chocolate are extremely bitter. Unless the dog can “sense” the high fat content and finds that its desirability outweighs the deterrent of the bitterness, the dog won’t regard it as food. The milk chocolate is high in sugar, so obviously the dog would find that taste desirable and gobble it down, but 100 grams of milk chocolates contains very little theobromine, even compared to what’d be dangerous to a much smaller dog. Likewise that garlic… It’s unlikely the dog would instinctively eat garlic, if given the chance, or onion. The biggest risk, relative to what the dog might try to eat, are probably those sweet, sweet sugar-rich grapes, so if that was to happen, Adam would have to intervene, but he’d have plenty of intervention options and plenty of time, especially if holding the grapes at the time.
@@peterknutsen3070 "It's unlikely the dog would instinctively eat garlic, if given the chance, or onion". My brother in christ, my old dog once tried to eat a battery because it fell to the ground while I was cooking food.
@@JD-wu5pf I think that's what might be called "a heuristic", a short-cut to make fast (opportunistic) decisions.
Your dog has learned: "when my human is in this part of the house, and is doing stuff up on that table, anything he drops will be edible."
Might help if the stuff up on the table gives of well-known smells that makes that heuristic more likely to seem like a fit for the situation.
It just so happened that that one time, you dropped something that wasn't food.
@@peterknutsen3070 the dog also likely learned that there's a good chance his human will often take away whatever has dropped on the ground (either to throw away or just to wash it and use in the dish), so he quickly tried to eat the battery while he had the chance, without taking time to smell or taste it.
@@HidingAllTheWay Yes, that's why people and other animals use these "heurestics". They're fast. Useful when the windos-of-opportunity is tiny. Fast, but also extremely unsophisticated.
Once we finally start getting real AI (GAI), it'll be interesting to see if they develop "heuristics" of their own.
Cool topic Adam. I appreciate the added diversity to the channel.
Adam, this is like the craziest video I have ever seen from you and I, sir, am HERE for it! 😂😂😂
Longtime subscriber, first time commenter. I love your good work, keep it up!😊
This was fascinating, thanks Adam
Enjoying the new content Adam. Keep doing you homie!
All aboard! Nice to see how you're adapting, Adam. Have a good one!
Great to see this! Keep well Adam
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
Absolutely loved the style of this video, content for us and for the dogs prolly, the way you addressed them in the video, the way you talk to your dog, amazing! Enjoyed it a ton...! :)
Didn’t realize how much I’d been yearning for Ragusea Poptart content
This is just amazing. I didn't know I wanted videos of Mr. Ragusea with animal friends as sidekicks.
This is a really cute video, had me laughing and smiling at the way this cute doggo just sat there and listened
Dude, thank you for your work. Take care of yourself. ❤
This video is the cutest thing ever I love how you're explaining all this to poptart
Fantastic video, Adam! Super well done
Your puppy is so wonderfully cute! Great video Adam.
Adam, you're just wonderful. Learned something today, particularly with the allergy-to-yeast-infection relationship. never thought of that.
Awesome Video mate i am Happy for you doing the Videos you want. Be Well and thrive on living your own way
That was fun and informative. Thank you. Dogs rule!
I swear this video is my favorite video on CZcams. I just found out my dog is allergic to chicken thanks to this.
Can’t thank you enough for posting this!!!
This video was enjoyable and informative... am hoping this channel turns out like Atomic Shrimps and there's a huge variety of stuff, some mundane and informative but also some really well thought out vids. Keep it up mate!
Love the energy and eye level on this one!
Incredible new vibes in the vids Adam :)
such a good 'classic' ragusea video
I was going to ‘Ask Adam’ about this exact topic. Thanks for answering my unasked question.
Great minds think alike, and so do ours!
i really enjoyed that mr. thanks for the grreat useful real world info. cheers
P.S. Love the new meandering topic choices for your content. I enjoy the random discovery for well-researched and presented content. Then again, I've also been known to disappear into library stacks because I'll arbitrarily peruse titles a few aisles over from wherever my research goals began.
Fascinating topic and great presentation of the material. Finally understand dog science. Go Adam!!
I love how you were talking to your dog and not to us most of the way through
cool vid old man Ragusea, love your stuff❤
LOVED THIS VIDEO ADAM! goo job
Great video idea and a typical Adam video crushing us with facts. Very entertaining.
Great video! At my last vet visit, I was told that one major issue with feeding dogs too much people food or wet food is the tooth decay it causes.
The framing of this video is delightful
you seem so happy man, i'm proud of you for choosing the life you want
I'm not proud of anyone for feeding their dog chocolate or grapes. Adam may be living his best life, but the dog sure isn't.
I was read to watch hours of this. Brilliant video!
Hey, I'm glad you're making the videos you want to make and, from what I can tell anyway, having a ton of fun with it. As someone struggling with serious burnout after 8 long, weird years in the TV news business, it's cool to know that there's something still creative and fulfilling on the other side of that burnout sometimes.
You don't know me and I don't know you but thanks for trying to be a model of dealing with that in a healthy way.
I love how it feels like a skit but also feels unscripted at the same time and i love it
Great video as always Adam :)
Poptart's face at 4:23 is so good. He looks like me in Chemistry class when I very much do NOT understand what the professor is talking about.
This might just be my favorite video on youtube
This video is great. I love it!
Beautiful dog Adam. Informative video too.
Semi-retired Ragusea is still one of the best youtuber out there. Thank you so much for being yourself!
This video is so perfect❤❤ please give more lectures to Pup tart ❤❤
What a cute pup and what a well paced, interesting video
I love how dignified Pop-Tart looked throughout this entire lecture. A perfect gentleman!
I dont know if I'm more impressed by the amount of knowledge/minute you droped in this video or by the fact that poptart™ actually stood still for nearly 10 minutes
Yeah new Adam ragusea content is actually so good
I was really sad about less Adam Ragusea content but this video is the content of the year for me: So adorable!
Poptart was being such a good dog sitting so politely while Adam lectures to us!
Poor doggo! He is thinking all the time 'Human, stop talking and give me all that food you are holding' 🤣