Here's my boy, 5 months old. He's 56 pounds, and a real lover-dog. He mostly seems to have bonded to me, but also likes Dale. He's become closer to Sofie, who now licks his teeth and checks if new ones are coming in. Lady tolerates him still and occasionally will actually play with him. And Angus likes him and will also play zoomie dog with him in the back yard. His favorite treat are dried buffalo treats. He loves carrots (great teething treats). And he enjoys raw meaty bones of any sort.
We've recently joined a Yahoo list of people who have come together to pool resources and purchase raw meat dog food. This style of feeding dogs is called BARF (either Bones & Raw Food or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food). Many people find that their dogs thrive on this diet. The problem is usually the cost and the freezer space involved. Prior to the list, I'd just get bargains when I found them at the grocery store and supplement with lean leftovers. Our dogs are eating about 1/2 high quality kibble and 1/2 BARF diet. But I do cook some of their food and they get vegetables, leftovers that are low fat and don't include things that dogs shouldn't have (like raisins or onions). They are getting meaty bones at least once a week and sometimes twice (depends on weather and weekends as I don't really want them eating them inside on the carpet).
