what kind of food do you feed your dog?

It's me Bandit's mom. I do feed my dog Purina but sometimes I table feed him a French fry or a piece of swiss cheese or a tiny piece of meat. I heard when you feed them people food they won't want to eat their dog food:confused: They need some of the things that are in their own food. It's made for them. It's what keeps them healthy. I have a tape on the purina kitchens and they are really clean. I don't know where it is right now but they go through a lot of time making good foods for the dogs.

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Originally posted by Bandit's mom
It's me Bandit's mom. I do feed my dog Purina but sometimes I table feed him a French fry or a piece of swiss cheese or a tiny piece of meat. I heard when you feed them people food they won't want to eat their dog food:confused: They need some of the things that are in their own food. It's made for them. It's what keeps them healthy. I have a tape on the purina kitchens and they are really clean. I don't know where it is right now but they go through a lot of time making good foods for the dogs.

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I'm guilty of giving my boys human food. If you allow the dog to have the choice of getting people food or doggy food, of course it'll pick people food. I give my boys a variety of people food...apples, bananas, small pieces of meat, eggs..I just have to make sure that I'm not feeding enough to disrupt the "balanced diet" they already get. It's kind of like adding a really sweet chocolate sundae to your diet. Once in a while is fine but if that's all they eat, it can be quite unhealthy.

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Originally posted by binka_nugget
I'm guilty of giving my boys human food. If you allow the dog to have the choice of getting people food or doggy food, of course it'll pick people food. I give my boys a variety of people food...apples, bananas, small pieces of meat, eggs..I just have to make sure that I'm not feeding enough to disrupt the "balanced diet" they already get. It's kind of like adding a really sweet chocolate sundae to your diet. Once in a while is fine but if that's all they eat, it can be quite unhealthy.

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I think it depends on the food you are giving......fruits and veggies hardly compare to a chocolate sundae ;)
My dogs love their veggies. I wouldn't dream of not giving them any.

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Originally posted by Shelteez2
I think it depends on the food you are giving......fruits and veggies hardly compare to a chocolate sundae ;)
My dogs love their veggies. I wouldn't dream of not giving them any.

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Yeah, fruits and veggies aren't horrible or anything but I guess what I was trying to say was that you need to be careful when feeding your dog human food. If you don't know what you're doing, and let's say..give unsafe food, increase the calories too much..yada yada yada, you could be asking for trouble. Anyways, back to the topic..I think I went off track enough :o

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Originally posted by clara4457
I respectively disagree - for it's price range it is the best food you can buy. It is all about what you can afford and what is best for your pup. I have seen many dogs who have thrived on this food, and I see no reason to make wonderful pet owners feel guilty about feeding this food. :(

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I sooooooooooo agree with you. Thank you, Clara, for your level head.

Boo Boo gets Alpo:)

I'll just answer the original question here.

Nutro Large Breed Adult Weight Management. It's the cheapest premium I could find. My dogs love it!! I like the fact that it has chondotrin and glucosamine in it to help with their joints.