I just have to share this:
My parents have a large dog, a stray that a family friend found when it was less than 1 year old. We think he's a mix of black lab and Great Dane or something like that. Mom always has kibble out for him, but he usually gets table scraps (mostly plants). He's about 10 years old now. Apparently, he hasn't been eating much of the kibble (she says it can take him 2-3 months to empty the bowl), and lately, out of desperation, Mom's been getting beef heart, beef kidney and chicken gizzards from her local Shop-Rite, cutting up the beef and cooking it a little and giving it to him.
This is huge to me in that I've been nagging
her for years about what they feed him, given everything she knows I went though with my cats. For her to FINALLY be giving him meat, even if it's partially cooked, has me THRILLED. I know it's not balanced, I know she shouldn't give him cooked bones (but she does), but I'm hoping if she keeps this up, maybe his health will improve. And I have to say, it's really funny to watch him eat. He looks at the food, then her, like "What is this?" Then he starts eating and licks the bowl clean. He never does that good a job with anything else he's fed!