Oh my, it reminds me of many years ago when my brother's cat, Kitty was just a tiny kitten.  We went over to their house for a BBQ.  We had just walked back into the kitchen to get the steaks and veggies that were on a plate marinating, when we saw Kitty dragging a steak twice the size of her through the pet door to the back sunroom.  It took us a bit to recover from our laughter to retrieve the hostage steak and proceed to cut it up to make cat food out of it.  Of course, it was made even funnier when this pint size kitten started growling when we first tried to take the steak away. 

But what about all the balancing we hear about?
I thought everything had to be balanced with lots of supplements for each meal.
That's where it gets confusing for me.

jada I split the feeding into twice a day with 1/2 in morning and 1/2 at evening meal. Morning is organic dog food (1/2 amount) evening is home cooked meals that we share. Can't afford to cook separetly for her and myself - not cost effective. I just searched nutrients that a dog needs on the net and incorporate those foods into the diet so she is covered with the human foods.

Sounds like burger time at JustMe's house ! Its a start.

Cooked prey - yum, Twit is saying!

So, why can't I just feed my cats and dogs what I eat (minus foods that are bad for them or they are intolerant to)?

Thought I'd bump this up....been giving it a lot of thought lately.  My dogs and cats love home cooked food (mine).  I don't use salt in my cooking and leave out the onions.  One of my two cats that will only eat commercial has even started eating my roasted chicken.

It ain't rocket science, as they say. 

dogs:  omnivores

cats:  carnivores

plus necessary supplements like taurine for cats.

I often think dogs would be better off with table food.  My Mother was widowed with four young children, the dog was already part of the family.  She refused government assistance and worked very hard doing manual labour to support us, but there wasn't a whole lot left for the dog.  Sometimes he got oatmeal because that was simply all she had to give him.  He always had a full belly, but it certainly wasn't the fussy diets we all try to give today's animals.  That dog was as healthy as can be, never had an issue with anything - no allergies, no vet trips and lived to a ripe old age.  Granted, he was just a mutt, nothing fancy or fragile, a German Shepherd x Collie x this & that. 

However, I can't bring myself to do it.  I want that crutch so I know they're getting what they need.  It certainly makes me wonder sometimes if by giving them what they need, we're giving them too much of what they don't need.  Something certainly is wrong these days because years ago animals rarely got sick, and a dog allergy?  People would have thought you were joking if you said that.