4 Energy Regulation and Body-Condition System · 4.1 Primary Energy Substrate
4.1 Primary Energy Substrate
Canine Fat-Based Metabolism
This page is structured as definition, control variables, causal chain, observable outputs, and boundary, and serves as a canonical definition node in Canine FBM.
Primary Energy Substrate is a structural node in Canine FBM, not a feeding label.
Primary energy substrate in dogs is a long-term contribution axis, not a single-meal reading.
Occupancy state determines substrate-call priority.
Total energy determines axis sustainability.
Digestive tolerance determines stable execution.
As input architecture and load conditions change, Primary Energy Substrate shifts long-term scheduling pathways.
When variables converge, Canine FBM is more likely to keep higher fatty-acid contribution, controlled protein energy pressure, and stable body condition.
With a stable axis, body-condition change is more predictable.
With axis swings, appetite and stool volatility rises.
Primary substrate does not mean “more fat always.”
It must be judged with tolerance and energy boundaries together.