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How to stop in-laws from feeding my dog unhealthy human food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | spayed | 10 lbs

In-laws feeding junk and human foods to family dogs everyday. What do I do?

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 12th, 2018

This is a difficult situation. Basically you cannot do anything other than suggest that they feed a complete dogfood to their dogs. You can tell them that they do not eat dog food, so why should a dog eat human food? Unfortunately you will not be able to do anything about it should they not listen to you.

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