What do you look at first when considering dog food? The brand, the packaging design, the ingredients or the figure representing the protein percentage? If you feel that the protein level is an important figure, what percentage are you looking for as the 'ideal'? Do you believe that a high protein percentage can cause hyperactivity or even kidney damage? Read on to learn more and see how some 'facts' are actually unfounded myths.

The protein levels in dog food can often be a contentious subject. Some people have a strong opinion of what they deem to be 'appropriate', some have been informed of a specific number to look out for and others don't even take it into account when choosing their dogs' food. So, who is right? In this series of blog posts, I will show you various aspects of protein that you may not have considered. Today we are comparing the protein percentages of wet and dry dog food.

Just a short update on the puppies today. Despite going out four or five times day, they've not seen a great deal of training 'action' recently due to my TP Feeds workload and travelling about to various shows. Episode two of the Puppy Diary sees more of a confirmation that my methods and the 'slow and steady' approach really do work.

I had the thought today that some of you may enjoy reading about the progress of the two youngest reprobates here - Frodo and Eira. For those of you that follow the TP Feeds Facebook page, you are likely to be familiar with this brother and sister double act. Having been born last Christmas Eve, they joined me at the beginning of this year, at eight weeks old. Here is their story so far.

So, I'm afraid this is a less of an informative piece, and more of a rant/cry for help, but hopefully we can pool together our collective wisdom and come up with some useful information. I can't be the only one pondering this question, surely?!