Common Sense on dog food

I have come to a conclusion that Samson (the dog) does not like to eat dry dog food. Years ago I did not have a dog yet but one of my good friend in Hong Kong told me, she was feeding her dog the best dry dog food's available, I asked her what's that great in its dog food, she told me apart from all the best nutrients, that dog food produce a firm and nice poop! So that she can pick it up easily.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked. "You are feeding your dog something give you the greatest convenience, not the best food you could offer to your beloved dog."

Lately I have been reading a lot from the Palm Beach Gardens Public Library, a book called "Smarter than you think" really confirmed my belief that how bad can human food for dog? If the by-product goes into making dog food, and I have bowls after bowls of left-over, why shouldn't I feed my beloved dog human food? Which I don't eat much fried food, no heavy sauce on my food and not much seasoning other than salt and pepper.

The book mentioned this experienced trainer who trains dogs for commercial shooting and film-making, once fulfilled a request from a dog-food-mfr for an advertisement, found a very good-looking old age dog (from his family) for the shooting job. The shooting went well, everything looks great, then the advertising agency wants to promote the idea of this dog eats their brand of dry dog food to live such a healthy long life. (old english sheep dog 18 yrs old at the time of that advertisement)

Of course the trainer refused to lie, as a matter of fact that brand wasn't around when this old english sheep dog was growing up. This dog eats what the family eat, without sauce or much seasoning; but if dad is having chicken, the dog is eating chicken too, if the family dinner was beef, the dog is eating beef too, along with reasonable portion of veggie and starch.

I strongly believe if I am not feeding my dog bacon everyday, he should be fine. Samson eats table scrap, my sister was annoyed I fed the dog table scarp before I told her what the actual table scrap was in his plate. Tonight Samson eats the new york strip steak we left over from yesterday, along with steamed asparagus chopped in small pieces, roasted red bell pepper and mashed potato without seasoning. Samson gets 5 oz of human left-over food for dinner, 50% protein 25% veggie 25% carbon hydrates.

His coat got very shinny after about 7 days of feeding consistent human food, he does not have bad breath, well I have to brush his teeth once in a while though.

I believe in Common Sense, not the brain-washing advertisement those dog food mfr puts up; it's easy to do something everybody is doing, you just follow; it's hard to do your own thing and believe it's the best while the rest of the world aren't. Very simple, common sense.