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Old 07-06-2008, 10:06 PM
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common sense

A long time ago, we fed our dogs on scraps from the table, cornbread and buttermilk, whatever we could. Now we have dogfoods from the cheapest Ol' Roy ( mostly corn based)to specialty freeze dried Biologically Accurate Raw Food (B.A.R.F) Diet. common sense dictates that if we have gone through this much freaking trouble to make special food maybe we should just stick to that instead of feeding or allowing access to the rest of the crap we eat?? For my show and competition dogs I boil or broil organic cow liver, beyond that my dogs eat Pro Plan, my personal fave of the premium feeds. My one with protein allergies is on a veggie formula made by Natures' Recipe, he has gained weight on it finally! If the dog is picky and or finicky try a different food, keep in mind that beneful, kibbles and bits, all the colourful, "extra yummy" feeds might as well be fruit loops, they are fine, in moderation, I sometimes add a half cup to a medium dogs ration if I'm feeling like giving a dog something extra but just being alive doesn't entitle them.

Granted I'm not your average pet owner, I have Search dogs, Conformation (like westminster) dogs, as well as performance event dogs for Flyball and agility. Most of my dogs are allowed in the house (unless we've been out on horseback and they found something to roll in....... ewwwwwwwww!) the one that doesn't come in much is unable to keep his feet under him on the floor, my poor old man would rather stay out on the grass and posturepedic bed since his back stroked out. otherwise he'd be in my bed. I love my pups but they don't get Steak trimmings, or bacon, or anything else from the table and it doesn't make them love me any less, they always try hard for me and listen when it's important. As for rolling in stuff, hey even a champion has to be a dog sometime!


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