Michelle, paaaaleeeeese.....YOU, asking for advice on how to be a Dog Mom?   Well, actually, I do have some advice - please feed Bella normal dog food - and only 1 kind that you simply dump into the bowl and requires no measuring, mixing, heating, etc.  Auntie Kim wants to babysit and would like the 3 pages of instructions reduced to 1 or 2.  Can we make that happen?