I’d say you could go either way. How you feed your dog is completely up to you. 

Some people buy a generic brand of dog food, and some go the holistic way where they prepare the meals themselves. Everywhere has that small dog specialty store that’s always natural products, and depending on where you live, in the last year or so Petco has a new brach of stores called Unleashed by Petco that is primarily holistic products.

Learning to read dog food labels is very important. If an animal by-product is the first thing on the list of ingredients, it’s not a great kind of food. How much protein or carbohydrates your Leo will need is not only different compared to a different breed, but each Leo individually. It’s very similar to the food we choose to eat. 

The percentages you see on the dog food bag will change with each size dog and type it’s trying to feed, puppy or senior. 

My Leo doesn’t run around much so I wouldn’t feed fill her with proteins and carbohydrates that she’s not going to burn off the same day. 

Never buy generic dog food without reading the ingredients list first, be mindful of allergies when buying generic or holistic.

My recommendation for dog food: Royal Canin, Wellness, Taste Of The Wild, Blue Buffalo *California Natural and *Solid Gold

*Harder to find at places like your local pet store.

These brands I think serve the best quality you can give your dog. Just because there are those big name brands that you see commercials for everywhere does not mean it’s the best for your dog.

I hope this helped. Any other questions, feel free to ask. :)

Well what makes a good therapy dog in the first place is it’s temperament.

Leos in general I think do make good therapy dogs. (Ignoring their size. You can’t necessarily have a Leo jump up in a hospital bed, like a Border Collie might, with someone if they’re not use to their weight and size like an owner would be.)

They are very kind and docile, which makes for a good therapy dog, even though not all are so intuned to their owner/other peoples emotions like other breeds. 

But with the temperament of a therapy dog you need a very relaxed, gentle, afriendly dog. I wouldn’t suggest your Leo be a therapy dog if it were hyperactive all the time and didn’t know when to calm down. Most people, when they see a therapy dog, just like the company a dog can bring and their easy affection toward other people.

Now, I know not many Leos are as hyper as other dogs but this is just in the off chance yours might be. 

If you do want your dog to be a therapy dog just make sure he/she is ready for it. I wouldn’t have mine be one because she is the type to jump into peoples laps and she isn’t the type to sit for an extended time with someone before she goes off and looks for a cool spot of floor to lay down on, and she is far from gentle.

But if yours has always been one to cuddle in bed with you, or on the couch, and prefers laying with people then I’d say your dog has a good chance at becoming one.