A relative of mine has a dog that has had "autoimmune" type of problems for years now. I've tried to get them to keep dietary omega 6s away from the dog, but with little success. The dog also has bouts with stomach upset. During one bout, it wouldn't eat anything the owners would feed it. Out of curiosity, I offered it a lemon wafer, which was fresh and the fat was almost all saturated. The dog ate it. On another occasion, I offered the dog a lemon cookie that was mostly unsaturated, but it was not interested. I also exposed it to an actual lemon, which it did not like at all (just the smell). The only logical interpretation is that the dog was smelling fresh fat as opposed to fat going rancid. |