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Again, I want to point out that all dogs are different, just like all people are. At the same time, dogs are not people and vice versa...
That being said, it's true that cholesterol is not the threat to dogs that it is to people. In fact, many things that we need to watch for, they do not. And there are things in our diets that are "okay" for humans that are bad for dogs... like sugar. Proteins and fats are the primary staple of what a dog needs. They are carnivores. They are not meant to be vegetarians, vegans or even omnivores. Meat, bones, eggs, things that use to be alive (and not plants) are going to be good for them. They are also not cats. You can feed a dog fish all the time and it will not hurt them. Cats, despite the fact that they love it, should keep a minimum amount of fresh fish due to mercury and the like which dogs are less susceptible to.
If you can afford to feed them scraps of UNPREPARED human food, awesome. I try to cut off pieces of fat and meat from raw chicken and beef when I'm cooking it for us. I wish I could ALWAYS do this for my dogs, but we just don't have the $$$ to feed them fresh meat every day. Some people will say table scraps are bad, some say they are good. Farm dogs often outlive city dogs, and are more likely to get table scraps. Does it make it good? bad? Neither, it's just how that dog worked. Plenty of humans chain smoke and drink a lot and live to be 90+. *shrug* Just use common sense, and your dog will generally be healthy.
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