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> On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 5:41:19 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 12:08:18 PM UTC-6, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>> >> https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifes...ogs-ncna976956
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>> > No dog here, but I wouldn't cook for one if I had one. There is a cat
>> > here
>> > and I wouldn't cook for her either.
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>> Mean!
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> There are plenty of commercial pet foods to take care of any digestion
> problems
> or picky eating an animal might have. When that animal starts paying
> utility
> bills, car payments, car insurance, and property taxes then I'll consider
> cooking for them.

It's actually cheaper to cook for them. My little dog Misty developed a
liver problem. She refused to eat dog food so the vet told me to feed her
whatever she wanted. The vet also assumed she would probably die in a few
weeks.

I got a book with dog food/treat recipes and began cooking backing for her
but her favorite meal was simply some scrambled eggs or cheese or finely
minced steak mixed with brown rice.

She lived to be 17. We would up having to put her down as she was in too
much pain. Almost totally blind and deaf by then with severe arthritis and
epilepsy that she developed as a puppy. She ate some Corry's slug bait, got
poisoned and it caused scar tissue on her brain.

I used to cook for Maui too. As she got older, she had a tough time
adjusting after we'd move to another state. The water was different and
sometimes the food wasn't the same as what I had bought before. Same brand
but perhaps different flavor. I would give her boiled chicken and rice,
mashed potatoes and bottled water for a couple of weeks, slowly adding in
tap water and cat food in small amounts.