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my labrador would HAPPILY eat himself into a coma. They are bred to not have the genes that regulate satiety making them super food motivated.
by brianbreslin 8y ago
my labrador would HAPPILY eat himself into a coma. They are bred to not have the genes that regulate satiety making them super food motivated.
- Aromasin 8y agoCan attest to that. My lab recently stole three pizzas(placed on a raised table twice his height) when we left the room, sicked it all up from the sheer volume, then lapped it all up again; all in the 5 minutes we were out. Their hunger can truly not be sated.
- stinos 8y agoMy lab recently stole three pizzas Working in 'a lab' i.e. laboratory I'm so used to that meaning of the word it took me a few seconds to understand this sentence :P
- libraryatnight 8y agoI imagine the folks in your lab could decimate three pizzas, too.
- analogyexpert 8y agoI could decimate three pizzas and still fight to not have to share that third piece, unless these three pizzas were merely the sacrificial portion of a larger cohort of thirty pizzas.
- brianbreslin 8y agoThis is relevant and just came up when I googled Labrador retriever hungry. http://mentalfloss.com/article/79446/science-explains-why-your-lab-always-hungry http://mentalfloss.com/article/79446/science-explains-why-yo...
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoI don’t know that they are bred for this? I assumed it was natural dog / fox/ wolf / canine behaviour. Probably most wild hunters / scavengers? Either way, dogs are particularly suited to gorging and fasting. And I was under the impression that’s why dogs shouldn’t have free access to food, and why so many pet dogs are overweight.
- brianbreslin 8y agoMy other dog which is a mutt, mix of small/medium dog has total hunger control. He will eat til he is full, then we have to move his leftover food away otherwise the Lab will eat his food too.
- brianbreslin 8y agoThis was kind of relevant and timely http://mentalfloss.com/article/79446/science-explains-why-your-lab-always-hungry http://mentalfloss.com/article/79446/science-explains-why-yo...
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoThanks for the link.