Dog Diets; What Do They Really Need?

When Mason got pancreatitis, Dr. Potosky and I  had quite a long talk about dog food and the merits of different kinds.  I was accustomed to feeding Mason half fresh, low fat ground beef and half dog food in the  morning and half chicken, half dog food in the evening.  I was feeding him Hill’s Science Diet’s Chicken Meal and Rice Recipe dog food, and his favorite, Hill’s Science Diet’s Liver Meal and Rice Recipe.  I had bought some of the Blue Buffalo Fish and Brown Rice Recipe, which Mason loved at his cousins’ (my sister’s dogs’) house, but was less enthusiastic when I bought him some.  (Isn’t that exactly the way children are?).

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