so change your dog’s food occasionally. Feeding the same kind, year after year, can cause health problems.

I love the commercial where the lady puts down a bowl of new dog food down, and the dog shoves it under the rug. The voice-over gravely intones, “(Our food) . . . every day.” It’s very clever advertising, directly aimed at getting all of your pet food dollars into just one manufacturer’s pocket. But the concept is all wrong.

Imagine that you have a child, a two-year old boy, and you take him to the pediatrician for a checkup. The doctor bustles in, very jovial, looks Junior over, then plunks a big can of “Allinheres” down on the exam table. “Good news,” he beams. “Chef Kidardee has put all the…

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