Sam was sent home as a puppy with a bag of food that he had been weaned on. Even at 8 weeks old he was determined to educate us as to his food preferences and declined to eat it at all. I have always prepared dog food previously for my other two collies so decided to go that route. Being a little chap it was minced chicken and starchy veg to begin with but by the time he was two years old he would eat basmati rice with a protein including beef, chicken, salmon and offal as well as a hard boiled egg for breakfast. Offal is cheaper and whilst not the most pleasant cooking task, a whole heart from the butcher would cost a few Euros and cooked off and frozen would feed Sam for a couple of weeks.

The pet food industry is worth billions of dollars and…