{"id":3889,"date":"2011-10-25T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2013-10-11T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T00:06:56","slug":"the-quality-of-your-pet-food-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2011\/10\/25\/the-quality-of-your-pet-food-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"The quality of your pet food is important"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iams.com\/dog-food\/formula\/iams-naturals-dog-food\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3890\" title=\"Iams Naturals Beauty Starts on the Inside\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IamsNaturals_garden3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IamsNaturals_garden3.jpg 425w, https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IamsNaturals_garden3-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always believed that it&#8217;s important to feed my pets the healthiest diet I possibly can in order to ensure their health.\u00c2\u00a0 Even when I had reptiles (yes I had several lizards at once believe it or not!) I used to make special salads for my iguana and prepare special food to feed the crickets that were fed to my lizards.\u00c2\u00a0 So you can only imagine that now that I have a dog how careful I am about her food.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily there are high quality dog foods out there &#8211; you just have to do a little research to make sure it really does have quality ingredients like those described in the above information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_7981 copy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/5792502123\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Midnight the Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2014\/5792502123_5e49dce54d.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7981 copy\" width=\"425\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>My Labrador Retriever Midnight has been eating quality dog food since she came to live with us at eight weeks of age.\u00c2\u00a0 She was quite ill when we got her and we had to give her a lot of tender loving care to make her healthy.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s four years old now and she&#8217;s doing great.\u00c2\u00a0 Obviously from the photos and stories that I post every now and then you can see that she&#8217;s a great dog.<\/p>\n<p>She has a great personality and I think she might even have a sense of humor .. because she&#8217;s downright silly &#8230; just look at this last picture &#8211; I swear she posed for this by rolling over with her favorite bone in her mouth. I call her my silly girl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_7525\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/5774235969\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"My silly dog\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2796\/5774235969_ca962e14d3.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7525\" width=\"425\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>How do you care for your dog?  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