Dearest dogs and costliest cats

You might think that owning a pet far outweighs the costs involved, but with the recession pushing up prices, a new survey has revealed that pet loving Brits spend £1.7 billion a year on cat & dog food alone. The survey from M&S Money suggests that the princely sum was spent feeding the nation’s 14.5 million cats and dogs. And increasingly expensive tastes are partly to blame. The report argues that consumers are becoming more concerned about what they feed their pets, with 90% o