The ad campaigns can make it look so easy: you take out your pet’s food and you see their ears perk up. You place it in the bowl and set it down lovingly in front of your animal as they sit in polite anticipation, things don’t always go that smoothly.

Our pets cannot read the labels and make informed decisions for themselves, so it's up to us to make the best choices we can on their behalf. So how do you identify a good frozen raw food?

My super-dog husky/malamute cross Kai may be over 12 years old, but she still insists on outrunning my other dog, who’s many years younger than she is. She’s also extremely smart with fantastic eyesight and hearing, with no plans to slow down anytime soon. These properties can all wane with age, so as a pet food industry insider, these are the supplements I add to her raw food meals to help keep her going.