I Tried 3 Mail-Order Meals for My Dog — Here's How It Went — Pets in the Kitchen

If you believe everything you read on the internet, giving your pooch dry food will make him fat; give him heart, liver, or kidney disease (or all three!); and lead him to die of cancer before it's time to go to heaven (as all dogs must). Even if you're buying the "good" stuff that your vet recommends, some argue, you may be putting less-than-ideal ingredients (like carbohydrates) in Fido's bowl. In an ideal world, he, like our cavemen ancestors, would follow a Paleo diet.

Now, I do not believe everything I read on the internet, and I approach these claims with a big (dry dog food) scoop of skepticism. But I also love my dog — and I really want the best for him! So, even though Charlie eats his food vim and vigor, is a lean 40 pounds, and doesn't show any indications of disease, I decided to give "real" dog food a try.

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