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Lydia’s enjoying some ‘Lydi juice’ – chicken broth – as the final course for her tea, which has included cooked chicken drum fillets, her main course of BARF[i]-based dried pellets and a raw chicken wing.

Trev is preparing our tea – soup made with some leftovers from earlier in the week plus some additional fresh vegetables and other ingredients, to help keep us healthy. It will also taste good.

It took me a while to work out a diet for Lydia that suited her needs and was practical, and the one we’ve arrived at does seem to work.

I change the flavour of her dried food regularly, because none of us want to eat the same things all the time, and I occasionally change brands.  The website ‘www.allaboutdogfood’ offers helpful information with comparisons available for content and cost. I was also fortunate to be given some advice from our local dog food supplier, and I feel confident that Lydia does have a good quality balanced diet which – also important – she enjoys.  She is by no means a fussy eater and also enjoys treats such as dental sticks, pieces of carrot, banana, apple, pear and peach. 

Trev and I generally have a healthy diet, eating little in the way of processed food and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. I’m conscious of keeping my cholesterol intake down and don’t find this difficult at all.  Tomorrow, Trev is having a steak while I’m having some salmon.  Hardly what I would call ‘hardship’.

We also like our treats and, I think, all the better for being occasional rather than every day.  We do have some ice cream lined up for later, and I can feel a nice glass of red wine coming on …

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[i] Biologically appropriate raw food; all good quality ingredients with high protein content and superfood additions, to help keep her healthy