Thanks so much for your kind comments.

I really appreciate it!

Yes, many dogs love some fruit and vegetables in their diet, and some dogs love to crunch on them as treats. And the best part – it’s good for them, too.

Regards,
Brigitte

As animal lovers, we are always looking for practical information to learn and put to use. We also love to share it so others can benefit. Your follow-up message definitely filled what void the first note left. Kudos to you for defining the food specifically as Chicken, meat, fish and some grain. I’ve tried apples, celery and broccoli with my 2 Shih Tzus and your advice is right on! They love it!

Please remember that people like Laura Cornwell serve a valuable roll to folks like you and I. They give us feedback so that we can improve what we do. It is hard for us to pick the gems of the lesson out of the stinging criticism. You managed to do it this and I’m proud of you.

Cheers,
…John.

Sorry you didn’t like it. I do put a lot of work into this site, and I suppose with the volume of material that is here now, not each and every article contains every piece of information there is.

I really do appreciate constructive criticism, and I’m not sure your comment does that. But in case I’m being too sensitive, I’m going to answer it as if it is constructive …

As you can see, I have a number of people writing for my site, as well as hand picking individual articles that I find elsewhere. And I also write some of it myself. So I can’t take credit for how well written everything is, although I can’t really see where the above article is not well written.

About a quarter of Melinda’s above article is about natural treats you can find in your refrigerator – so you don’t really need to look on any label! About a quarter of the article is about making your own dog treats. So no need to look on any label there either.

So I guess you’re mainly taking issue with the part of the article that refers to pre-made treats.

Ingredients to look for in any dog food, including dog treats, are chicken, meat or even fish as the first listed ingredient, or some other protein source. Next you should ensure that there is only a small proportion of grain – look out for a product that has a meat as the first ingredient but then lists 3 or 4 grains next – the total content of the grains in such a product is likely to far outweigh the meat content.

I do have lots of information about good dog food ingredients if you look around my sites – see e.g. http://www.HealthyHappyDogs.com/DogFood and the links from that page.

See e.g. also http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/best-dog-foods-ranked – and look at the ingredients of the foods I recommend in that article.

Hope this provides the information you were looking for.

Regards,
Brigitte