The Consumer Reports Health Blog has some good suggestions for pet owners who might not have quite as much money to spend on their animals as they used to.

One of the tips has advice for creating your own pet food, which might be useful to those contemplating the BARF Diet. Another tip warns not to fall for expensive food with fancy labeling or a well-known name, which probably won’t impress your pet—if it were up to our dogs,they would just buy Butts ‘N’ Trash and eat that every day.

Feeding Bo Doesn’t Need To Break The Obamas’ Bank [Consumer Reports]

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