Dog Economics of Feeding

Now for the economics of dog feeding. Disregarding for the momentthe time and trouble that may be spent in the preparation of somefoods,including the cost of feeding a pet.

If you buy a little snore food for the family to feed the dog, as so many do, it will cost you about six times as much as a good dehydrateddog food.

If you feed canned or semimoist food to your pet, it will cost aboutthree times as much as a poorer kibble-type food to which even thecheapest meat is added.

By adding leftover cooking fat to a dehydrated food you will save even more and there is a better way to feed a dog. Such a dietprovides three times as many calories per pound as meat so that onlyone third as much needs to be fed. Of course, the added water in-creases the bulk.

All these methods require only common sense, and most dogs can bemade to thrive without digestive disorders on combinations of these different types of food.

In spite of the higher cost, you may decide to feed your dog thefoods you eat yourself. If you do, remember that feeding a forty-pounddog in this mariner is practically equivalent to feeding half of anotheradult member of the family. Table V gives you, in round numbers, theapproximate caloric value of massy foods fed to dogs. From it you candecide on the proper amount to feed.