Commercial dry dog food is always the best because it contains specially formulated vitamins and essential minerals that the Cairn Terrier needs. Dry dog food helps with tooth tarter control and is far less expensive than canned dog food.

Once you start feeding your Cairn canned dog food or people food, it will get very expensive quickly and stopping will be difficult for both you and the Cairn. It can also lead to finicky eaters and irregular eating habits which causes digestive problems.

"My mom sometimes talks in Munchkin to me. I love it because Toto is my hero!"   Happy Jack I have often seen instances when a dog was given canned or people food all of its life, the dog had serious problems when it approached its senior years. A dog's digestive tract changes in his old age and can no longer tolerate most people food giving them gas and diarrhea which they are often not able to control. Many of these dogs could have lived years longer but are generally put to sleep because their owners couldn't handle their accidents. When all that was needed was providing them with health diets formulated for canines from the start.

Even though we may mean well, our intentions may not be of the best interest for the Cairn's overall health and quality of life.