A few years ago, when we got femka, I was told she was eating pedigree where she was. I regretfully got a small bag to help this 4 year old do the transition in a new home and new food. I was told she was a highly picky eater which was why she was at least 15-20 pounds underweight. Anyway the first night I ran some raw chicken through the food processor and gave her a little bit in her pedigree- well she ate the chicken and left the pedigree ( rofl..) soooooooo I was stuck with this 8 pound bag of pedigree. At the same time, we were having some problems with the creative raccoons. A friend of mine that lives out where I do, said to put a cup of dog food in a bowl out in the yard- they would eat it and move on leaving the house alone especially the screen porch where they torn into twice at that point. As stupid as it sounded- I did it and it worked. Later I found out if you feed raccoons they should have cat food.. ( I wasnt planning on feeding them anyway- ) but I did notice in 4 days they didnt want the dog food- and this house no longer had possiblities.
My point is=- cat food can be good for alot of things- with all the points mentioned above about protein etc, however- long term affect on giving a dog cat food could make liver problems etc. Some tuna fish packed in water would be a better snack for the dog if you must..