I know this is a cat forum but my parents are taking my cousin's black lab on Friday morning. This poor dog is the sweetest thing in the world - about a year and half old - and my folks will be her third home. My cousin and her family are unable to provide for the dog (or themselves for that matter) and have finally agreed to let my folks take her (my cousin's husband finally landed a new job as an apartment complex super and they will get free rent and utilities but can't take the dog with them).
My parents have a vet appointment already lined up but in the interim I wanted to direct them to some web sites about doggy diet and nutrition. My Dad is convinced it doesn't get much better for dogs then Kibble 'N Bits 'N Bits and thinks I'm a little nuts for feeding my cats a Merrick (wet food) and Nutro (dry) because its "so expensive" (mind you he makes gobs more than moi). My late cat had many health problems, many we found out too late, that were aggregated by her diet and so he does understand my desire to feed the cats a healthy diet but in his mind dogs are different.
But back to the doggy. Currently the dog eats whatever she is fed or can find - often cat food or parts of my cousin's toddler's sandwiches (the little girl feeds the dog because she knows the doggy is hungry).
Any advice?
Thanks!
My parents have a vet appointment already lined up but in the interim I wanted to direct them to some web sites about doggy diet and nutrition. My Dad is convinced it doesn't get much better for dogs then Kibble 'N Bits 'N Bits and thinks I'm a little nuts for feeding my cats a Merrick (wet food) and Nutro (dry) because its "so expensive" (mind you he makes gobs more than moi). My late cat had many health problems, many we found out too late, that were aggregated by her diet and so he does understand my desire to feed the cats a healthy diet but in his mind dogs are different.
But back to the doggy. Currently the dog eats whatever she is fed or can find - often cat food or parts of my cousin's toddler's sandwiches (the little girl feeds the dog because she knows the doggy is hungry).
Any advice?
Thanks!
