Review: Nutrish Just 6 Dry Dog Food

This post brought to you by Nutrish. All opinions are 100% mine.

Before I was the mother to my beautiful son, I was (and still am) the mother to my two furry babies and they will always be my boys. Toby is a 2-year-old tri-color Rat Terrier and Murray is a seven-year-old Boston Terrier. They have proven to be wonderful with W as well which is something I had hoped for but couldn't be sure of until the baby was born!

I will admit that we often buy the dog food that is on sale as neither dog is very picky. Like W, they are pretty willing to eat most anything that is offered to them! They do have brands of food that they prefer so I do spoil them from time to time and go for the good stuff! When I got the opportunity to try Rachael Ray Nutrish just 6 dry dog food with my guys, I jumped at the chance!

Even though I do often buy food that is on sale, I can appreciate that there are dog foods available that offer better nutrition for Toby and Murray. Nutrish is definitely one of those foods as it offers a combination of all natural ingredients including real meat as the first ingredient. This has been a big deal in recent dog food advertising and I will admit that I kind of ignored it. Well, after reading the Nutrish ingredients and learning that it provides 100% of the balanced nutrition my dogs need, I did feel pretty good about letting them try it out! It also contains great ingredients like calcium, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. How could I not feel good about offering such high quality nutrition to my little furry babies?

Both dogs tried the food on the same day and they did have some green beans with it. I often give them some green beans as it was recommended by our vet. The vet said that it is healthy to provide dogs with real food such as meat, rice, and vegetables if that is the feeding route you want to go. Well, like most everything related to feeding in my house, the dogs get a combination of things too. It's not just a baby thing!

I was a bit nervous because my dogs don't often like food that looks more like small bits. They prefer bigger bits most of the time and the Nutrish was definitely smaller in the size. This is the only aspect they are sometimes picky about when it comes to their food and I have no idea why!

Once the bowls were down, the true test began and let me tell you it was clear that the dogs were fans! Sometimes Murray will wander over to where Toby is eating if he isn't sure he likes the food. I guess he's trying to see if Toby has something better. With Nutrish, both dogs were too busy eating their own food to worry about the other dog! That is a sure sign that it has the terrier stamp of approval!

Nutrish is offering my readers a chance to try Rachael Ray Nutrish just 6 dry dog food with their own dogs! I highly recommend trying it out and seeing what your dogs think of it! It certainly can't hurt since it is so full of great nutrition! To take advantage of this offer, just visit the Nutrish website and register to receive your own free sample There's nothing to lose when it's free and your dog may even give it the puppy stamp of approval like Toby and Murray!

A to Z Challenge: M is for Mother

M was another obvious letter for me and M is for Mother.

Mother means many things to me when I think of the word. It is what I blog about and it is what my life is all about right now. Despite my overpowering love for my little man, the word mother brings even more to mind. I was a mother before I had W and while he is my priority, I'm still mom to my two dogs. Although they are not my number ones now, I still adore them and they are precious to me.

Although I have not spoken much of them yet, I have two puppies (although neither is a puppy anymore if we're going by age!) and I cannot imagine our family without them.

Murray is a seven year old Boston Terrier. I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and it hasn't always been easy. After picking him out from a little at 6 weeks old, I ended up picking the dog with Giardia! As with everything else, we muddled along and made it through the challenges of that. Murray eventually got well and has had my heart since the first day I took him home and he peed in the backseat of my car.

Toby is a two and a half year old Rat Terrier. J and I got him after we were living together and Murray couldn't handle living with us. Murray ended up staying with my mom who had other dogs at the time. He wasn't cut out to be an only dog and I was not cut out to NOT have a dog. So I went to a dog adoption event to look at another Boston Terrier and came home with Toby! He has been an amazing pet and I cannot imagine our home without him!

Murray eventually came to live with us when my mother did and so we are a two dog house now. They have their quirks but I love both of them to death. Before W was born, I worried a lot about how the dogs would react and read a lot about how to prepare them for his arrival. In the end, I didn't really do much to prepare them and so far they are great with him! I am the mother to some wonderful little pups!

Mother is also important to me in another major way and that has to do with my own mother. I have always been very close to my mother and I consider her my best friend. We are blessed to have her living with us and helping us take care of W on a daily basis. My mother didn't want to live alone and so J and I discussed the possibility of her coming to live with us. Although we didn't know how it would work out, we were all willing to try and it has been an amazing blessing to all of us.

Sometimes space is a bit cramped with all of us in our townhouse but we hope to move in the future. Still, we all get along and it has been wonderful to have an extra set of hands to help with W. He's also getting to experience an amazing bonding experience with his Grambo (yes, she has been dubbed the "Rambo of Grandmas") and I know she will cherish these days for the rest of her life.

So, in my life, M is for Mother in so many different ways.