Dogs love food, and typically we give them the food that we buy at stores. It seems so unpalatable when we look at it, especially when compared to the food that we enjoy at our dinner table. Unfortunately for our dogs, the table scraps that we feed them are often the worst part of our meal. They usually consist of fat trimmings and the things that we just don't feel like eating. But the problem runs even deeper than that. Most people don't realize that not only are table scraps harmful to our pets, but the food that we buy at the store for them is also harmful. The governments don't put as much of a restriction on what goes into our pets food as it does in our food. Even if you see that the package says that it is unprocessed, or chemical free, that just means that once it gets to the dog food factory no chemicals are added, but the raw food stuff that they get is totally full of chemicals.
So make sure that you are feeding your dog well, not only by giving them healthy food, but making sure that the dog food that you buy at the store is actually good for them as well. Dogs that live on a truly healthy diet outlive our dogs by many years, and I don't know anyone that wouldn't want their dog around for a longer time.