[Carina43]

Now I do agree about varying times and types of food, but not in letting a dog go two days without a meal (unless the particular dog just naturally prefers that sort of feeding schedule.) I'm not equating this to animal abuse or anything, I just don't see much benefit to it.

The argument that "such & such is so in "nature" thus it is optimal for my dog" rarely makes sense to me. There's all kinds of things that are such & such in nature that we don't apply to our pets - because they are domesticated animals, not wolves, pumas, or jackals. ;)