'Many dog owners feed leftovers and table scraps to their furry friend. Can dogs eat certain foods meant for humans? Join Trace as he discusses certain foods that dogs can and can’t eat. Check out some of our brand new DNews shirts! http://dne.ws/sciencebro Read More: Origin, genetic diversity, and genome structure of the domestic dog http://parkinson.cos.ucf.edu/Courses/PCB6677/pdf/bioassay_dog.pdf “Comparative analysis of mammalian genomes provides important insight into the structure and function of genes.” Opinion: We Didn’t Domesticate Dogs. They Domesticated Us. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130302-dog-domestic-evolution-science-wolf-wolves-human/ “In the story of how the dog came in from the cold and onto our sofas, we tend to give ourselves a little too much credit.” More Than Man’s Best Friend http://archive.archaeology.org/1009/dogs/ “Today there are some 77 million dogs in the United States alone.” Which Came First: the Dog or the Master? http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-makes-us-human/201303/which-came-first-the-dog-or-the-master Dogs, But Not Wolves, Use Humans As Tools http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/04/30/dogs-but-not-wolves-use-humans-as-tools/ “Sometime between fifteen and thirty thousand years ago, probably in the Middle East, the long, protracted process of domestication began to alter the genetic code of the wolf, eventually leaving us with the animals we know and love as domestic dogs.” Kibble Me This: The History of Dog Food http://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/20/Kibble-Me-This-The-History-of-Dog-Food/#!boWq7O “More than 2,000 years ago, Roman poet and philosopher Marcus Terentius Varro wrote the first farming manual.” The Evolutionary Basis for the Feeding Behavior of Domestic Dogs and Cats http://jn.nutrition.org/content/136/7/1927S.long “The dentition, sense of taste and meal patterning of domestic dogs and cats can be interpreted in terms of their descent from members of the order Carnivora.” 10 “People” Foods for Dogs http://moderndogmagazine.com/articles/10-people-foods-dogs/1896 “Can my dog eat that? Apples, salmon, pumpkin, beans, yogurt... people foods that are safe for your dog to eat.” ‘People’ Foods Your Dog Can Eat http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/people-foods-your-dog-can-eat “As a rule, keep your food to yourself. But as a rare treat, these foods may be OK.” People Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pets http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets “Chocolate, Macadamia nuts, avocados…these foods may sound delicious to you, but they’re actually quite dangerous for our animal companions.” ‘For the Dogs’ Has a Whole New Meaning http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/business/05pets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Obesity in pet dogs http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19711401776.html;jsessionid=F36EC9CBB5C556CAB91B689E58FA7999 “In a survey of 1000 dogs over one year of age attending as outpatients in a hospital clinic, 28% were obese.” Watch More: Plants That Could Kill Your Pet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9YiEFheTk TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-536-honey-is-magic?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC Cat People vs Dog People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgTmKT8sARI ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won\'t find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq'
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