Originally Posted by crazymouse_yyh

This is what I think lah....

The dogs we have are pampered by us. Humans domesticated the dog and they get pampered with loads of attention and pet products which are good for our dogs but too much can be bad.

If comparing our domestic pampered doggies to the wild dogs in Africa and Australia to the stray dogs in the city... well, it's different. Our domestic house dogs are pampered by us with dogfood, pet shampoo, etc and sometimes the chemicals in them can do more harm. Cheap dogfood can make dogs sick, pet shampoos strip the important protective oils in their skin if bath to often. These can lead to some skin problems in dogs.

If strays, they actually have skin problems, only some aren't visible to the naked eye because the stray dogs' inmune system is higher and tougher than our house dogs. A stray dog usually you won't see it suffer skin problems but if a house dog is put out to stray, they will get the problems much quicker than stray dogs. Why? Coz the immune system of our house dogs isn't strong enough. Imagine, our dogs bath in soap and water but the stray dogs bath in rain water, drain water, sludge water... nobody knows what they bath in but by close observation, strays love to sometimes sleep and roll on sand. This conditions their coat.

Wild dogs... they never get skin problems coz they do not bath like our dogs. Wild dogs bath in mud and dust, just like elephants, pigs and horses. Mud keeps the heat out, is a natural insect repellent and keeps away dry skin. Dust conditions the natural oils in the fur to keep it shinny. Their immune system is also high for they take in the whole animals that they eat. The wild dogs eat up the fur, bones, and organs to gain the nutrients they need. They also take in herbs and grass if they feel sick. The bacteria that the dogs get from eating the wild and raw meat boost the immune system in many ways.