Friends have teased me for years. Do I care? Not one bit.
So…I cook for my dogs. When I prepare a delicious meal for friends they are all appreciative, and if dogs are man’s best friends why wouldn’t I make a similar effort for Cisco (my Golden/Husky mix) and Buddha (my Chow). Most dog owners, when asked, refer to their pets as beloved family members. “Would you feed your family a steady diet of packaged cereal?”
Whose idea was kibble anyway? Kibble does not exist in nature. The list of ingredients on a can of Alpo or a bag of Science Diet is a mile long and really scary. I prefer to keep things simple. I’m certain there is not a dog lover to be found who wasn’t alarmed by the recent recall of at least sixty brands of pet food that contained a deadly plastic called melamine. Just a few days ago public health officials in California recalled a type of Pedigree pet food because of possible salmonella contamination. I was outraged and saddened by the loss of dogs and cats that consumed these processed foods, but I wasn’t worried about Cisco and Buddha. I’ve always known exactly what they are being fed.