I usually save at least a few bites of whatever meat I'm eating for Samantha - chicken, steak, pork, you name it. If the side I make with dinner is okay to give her (meaning it wouldn't be messy like mashed potatoes), I'll give her a bite or two of that as well. If I make spaghetti, I make a tad extra and give her her own in her bowl. She loves spaghetti. She also gets veggies or pieces of fruit if I'm eating that. I guess I'll usually let her taste about anything I have.

The way I see it is, they're only here for a short time as it is. Let them enjoy it. So long as I'm not overfeeding her, which I'm not, and she knows that her dinner is her puppy food, which she does, no harm no foul.