How much thought goes into what you feed your pets?

I homecook my dogs meals. She has either beef, brown rice and veggies with omega 3 and vitamin additives, or turkey and chicken with the same thing. Sometimes it's brown rice, sometimes it's chicken flavoured rice. She has been thriving on these meals since she was a puppy. She also has holistic kibble she eats dailey.

I used to spend an exorbitant amount of time prepping my pets food. I was feeding them raw meat for awhile... chopping it up in bite size pieces, warming it up to 'fresh kill' temperature, making sure there was plenty of fat, a little seasoning, a little bit of liver, a little bit of heart, a dab of cheese, some egg, some vitamins... gawd it was time consuming! I did that because it was not possible for me to get 'health food' for them up here in the mountain. Now I just feed them 9 lives. Yeah, it's junk food, but they like it and it is soooooo convenient. Plus I keep cans of sardines, tuna, and salmon for treats, or if I run out of their regular food. Not to mention the copious quantities of half and half they consume. And bites of anything I eat. I love giving them a slice of green pepper or something like that when they're all hovering around me trying to stick their faces in my plate, it's gets them to leave me alone real fast. Hehehe.

I have picked a food that I think is the best I can afford. I also have some wet food that we give to certain cats because of their age or health. I take the best care I can of my cats.

My little guy was started out on BilJac as a puppy and we continued with it since it agrees with him. He'd love to eat tons of table scraps but his little stomach can't handle much except chicken. Have to confess he cleans off quite a few plates before they go in the dishwasher though.

It really depends. For the most part, the cats eat either Purina or Meow Mix Indoor Formula dry food. The one cat loves people food so she often gets bits of everyone's food. This cat eats things my dog won't eat and that's not saying much. I occasionally buy soft food for the cats, but not for a normal meal because they eat way too much of it. When I do buy them soft food, they get specific flavors that I know they like better than others and I also mix it up so they don't eat the same flavor twice in a week. The dog, on the other hand, has Pedigree dry dog food, but primarily eats people food. We make him a container of all the leftover foods and that will be his dinner for the next night. Up until recently the dog had been having some issues with chewing the crap out of himself which everyone believed was just part of him being a Chow. They are notorious for having skin conditions, but he's also part Black Lab. I don't know where the hunch came from, but I got one and quit giving him milk. He hasn't chewed himself since. So he's allergic to milk and can't have that anymore. Nor his favorite ice cream

My cat is pretty simple and very cheap. The cheapest things thrill her and for that its kinda nice but we do buy her stuff on holidays etc. The food she eats is friskies (has to be chucks with the gravy, chicken) Yes chicken that's all she really cares for. We do switch in turkey or the beef once in awhile as well. For hard food we get friskies as well as alley cats plus one other one that I can't remember the name of it. Mix them altogether as thats the only way she eats the hard stuff. With toys we buy her the little plush toys, bunnies, santa last year. (Don't think we will ever get her a santa again as she bit his head off. Her two favorite toys are a snake that she first got for a toy as well as milk jug tabs. She goes nuts for this little tab and keeps her occupied like crazy. This cat is very picky to say the least. She also loves her sandwich meat. So we do give her some of that. But in moderation. Raw meat is another bad one.

My cats are very picky eaters. I have tried all kids of cat food. But there is only one brand they eat. Its a cheap brand. I have tried treating them with table food(bologna,tuna,hot dogs...etc) and they won't eat it. They won't even eat the kitty treats.