Dog food for thought

I TYPED ‘VEGETARIAN dogs’ into my computer search engine and came up with a potential 138 million links. I doubt if many

readers have dogs that exist solely on plant-based food, but an increasing number of people are turning their dogs into vegetarians or — even worse — vegans. It’s a trend I view with some concern. Dogs are born with canine teeth for a purpose and it’s got a lot more to do with catching and eating prey than it has snacking on tofu or a soya