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Originally Posted by BeerMan  just a note, some dog training show on tv, that's a blatant ripoff of the dog whisperer, showed a couple of overly large mastiffs being the "kings" of the household. the family's idea of dogfood was cooking up a meal worthy of a royal banquet for the dogs, even before they cook up something measly for themselves, every day. turned out they ran a grocery tab well into the $40k range, per year, just for the mastiffs.
or maybe those were rottweilers. |
yeah thats a bit excessive, the only reason i would cook my dog a meal on a regular basis is because it would be cheaper than her dog food, which a simple chicken breast & rice meal is and even though my dog is basically like my kid to me she definately does not run the house.
then again a 15 pound shiba inu is a bit differant than a 200+ pound mastiff
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Originally Posted by Sticky People who cook for dogs should go volunteer at a soup kitchen or a homeless shelter. There are people out there who deserve a meal of chicken and rice much more than your pet does. |
Although im all for being a humanitarian and helping the less fortunate (at least those that deserve the help), im not sure i completely agree with the logic on this one.
As stated above my main reason for cooking for my dog would be to save money, a 4lb bag of chicken breast and a box of rice runs around oh say maybe 15 bucks & that would feed my dog for around 2-3 weeks.. but her normal dog food runs around 25 bucks and that lasts a little less than 2 weeks.
So even though the homeless might "deserve" that meal more than your pet would i consider her a part of my family and wouldnt you look out for your family before a stranger who could be homeless because they threw their life away to drugs & alchohol? (yes i understand that is a generalization and that there are a good amount of homeless people out there who fell on hard times etc.)