Oh once upon a time my dogs were on an all meat diet, they got.... I don't want to say sluggish but they just seemed to lose interest in a lot of things they also started looking a little scruffy (The kind of scruffy you can't brush out), so we added rice to the mix, then slowly some veggies, and finally some Vita/Mineral powder, their apperance and attitudes about working went back up.
The only thing thats bothering me about their otherwise spunky selves is I can't grow Rice and I'd prefer to do away with the powder. I know Wolves and other assorted wild canines are pure carnivores, but my dogs (With the exception of our Collie) aren't built like wolves or foxes, they're built more like 100lb furry tanks that work HARD all day, everyday, rain or shine. They require the carbs from the hated non-meats and our various wounds require speed healing because that boar isn't going to voluntarily leave his ladies and the cows need to be rounded up to go on the mountain. I've also sat around and watched them eat enough herbivore turds to realise they aren't pure carnivores because they completely abandoned the pig manuer when one of my sweet sweet chickens fluttered her way into one of the pig pens and got eaten....
I'd love to go out hunting everyday and maim a few squirrels to throw in my front yard and have my dogs battle it out like a true wild dog but realistically I need my hooches in top shape because together we pay the mortgage. So I appreciate the input ... but my dogs aren't wild, they haven't been from the wild for thousands of years, I expect them to be smarter, work harder and live a longer, healthier life then some mangy coyote.
@Abbylynn: Love that website! Favorited it but I couldn't find what I was looking for this time.