MaggieD
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Josh, our German Shepherd, is 13 years and 2 months old. He's alert, happy and thin. Unfortunately, he has problems with the nerves controlling one of his back legs, so he's a hippity-hop boy. But he goes for a 1/2-mile every single day...happy as a clam.
He's my fourth shepherd. The only one who's lived past 11.
Why?? Because, for the first six years of his life, he was kept on a "model's diet." He was skinny as a little bone when we got him. When we drove him home, we had him in the back seat with a 50# bag of dog food. We had to put it in the trunk, because he began chewing it open on the drive home he was so hungry.
Of course, we fed him more -- and he probably gained 15-20#. But he's still thin. We feed him rotisseried chicken broken apart (pre-cooked from Sam's Club) along with 2 cups of high quality dry food. (Twice a day instead of one big meal....1 cup dry food and chicken each meal.)
I just thought I'd pass along what I wish I'd found years ago . . .
If you're buying the "homeless variety dog food," you're doing your loving family member a terrible injustice. (IMO, of course.)
He's my fourth shepherd. The only one who's lived past 11.
Why?? Because, for the first six years of his life, he was kept on a "model's diet." He was skinny as a little bone when we got him. When we drove him home, we had him in the back seat with a 50# bag of dog food. We had to put it in the trunk, because he began chewing it open on the drive home he was so hungry.
Of course, we fed him more -- and he probably gained 15-20#. But he's still thin. We feed him rotisseried chicken broken apart (pre-cooked from Sam's Club) along with 2 cups of high quality dry food. (Twice a day instead of one big meal....1 cup dry food and chicken each meal.)
I just thought I'd pass along what I wish I'd found years ago . . .
If you're buying the "homeless variety dog food," you're doing your loving family member a terrible injustice. (IMO, of course.)