Is a dog an omnivore

Answer 1

No.

Answer:

Although dogs' teeth and digestive systems are set up to be carnivores all dog owners know they are opportunistic omnivorous eaters. They will ear anything that's handy - meat, bone, cheese, fruit, vegetables, bread, cake, ice cream, chocolate, dirty kleenexes, feces.

The man dog relationship started when dog ancestors prowled garbage middens (dumps) of prehistoric man looking foe anything edible that was thrown out. Coyotes today continue this tradition.

Answer 2

Answer:

The domestic cat is a carnivore, but sometimes there is rice and wheat mixed into dry food for cats. However this provides nothing in the way of nutrition and pet food manufacturers add this as cheap filler to bulk up the food. Cats do not benefit from this at all.

Answer:

Domestic cats are "obligate carnivores" meaning they eat primarily animal-based protein. Plant-based proteins (carbs such as rice and wheat) don't provide the essential amino acids that cats need.

Think about what a feral or stray cat would eat. Mice and birds, right? What are mice and birds made up of? Meat, uncooked bones, and moisture. The only plants/grains a stray cat would get from eating prey are the contents of the stomach of that prey. A miniscule amount.

Dry cat food is made up mainly of grains and is very low in moisture. Canned cat food is made up of mainly meats (if a meat protein source is listed first on the can) and moisture.

Answer 3

By nature dogs are carnivores. Many domestic dogs have been made into omnivores by humans. Most of the commercial dog foods we use contain vegetable products either for vitamins or filler.
Carnivore

Answer 4

Dogs are actually classified as being both carnivores and omnivores. They do need meat in their diet but the protein they consume does not have to be meat based, thus all of the vegetables and grains found in modern, processed dog foods.

Answer 5

An omnivore is an organism eating meat and plants, so a domestic dog is kind of in between but is still characterized as an carnivore.

Answer 6

a dog is a carnivore