Joewisc
US Veteran
My wife and I have argued for 16 years we've been married about what to feed the dogs. I'm always sneaking them stuff I eat while she insists we feed them "dog food." Even though we buy our pooches the best "dog food" -- "Taste of the Wild" and other premium brands -- I still resist the urge to feed them table scraps.
Our dogs love everything from bananas to pizza. Of course, no candy or chocolate, which is toxic for them.
After all, dogs are carnivores so what's wrong with a piece of meat now and then? So the wife bought a dehydrator and now we make snacks out of fruit, carrots, sweet potatoes as a sort of compromise. She considers this a "healthy alternative" to the dog treats at the grocery store.
So, dog lovers, what do you give Fido?
Our dogs love everything from bananas to pizza. Of course, no candy or chocolate, which is toxic for them.
After all, dogs are carnivores so what's wrong with a piece of meat now and then? So the wife bought a dehydrator and now we make snacks out of fruit, carrots, sweet potatoes as a sort of compromise. She considers this a "healthy alternative" to the dog treats at the grocery store.
So, dog lovers, what do you give Fido?
She was feeding them some stuff with a blue buffalo on it. SO we ran out and I went to the Tractor Supply store to get another bag and IT COSTS $50 FOR A 30 POUND BAG
Now this for two dogs-Otis, who hasn't gotten the memo about chocolate being bad for dogs and will suck down a bag of Hershey's kisses and deposit little bits of foil all over the backyard and Angus-who likes to rummage through the kitty litter box for "Kitty McNuggetts". Well, I get to reading the ingredients on the bags and coe to the conclusion that People have more money than sense. I ain't a gonna feed the dogs "Taste of the Wild" or Free range wild caught salmon flavoe that harkens back to the old Jack London stories about feeding the sled dogs a chunk of dried salmon as their daily ration-save that for the left coast tree huggers. Found some stuff called Diamond that costs $35 for 40 pounds that has all the good stuff in it as does the food with the blue buffalo on it. Still a bit more pricey than Purina but what the hell, I'm not feeding the kids any more 
And you know what? The dogs like it-they poop good-not too little, not too much and no gas. If they sneak somethjing out of the trash, I ain't a gonna have a fit-I'll yell at them, they will do the obligatory cower and will do it again. They're dogs for chrissake-I've watched two labs demolish a 5 gallon gut bucket at the camp-throw up and wag their tails for supper. They'll live.
