Homemade dog food: What is it about?
What comes to your mind when you think of a homemade food?
...Meat loaf with vegetables your mom used to cook ..., or grandma’s apple pie and walnut squares on Sunday family dinner...
Surprisingly for you or not, it comes out that dogs also are likely to eat meat goulash than dry kibbles. And prefer homemade brownies to commercial treats. It’s because human grade food have become the better choice for many dogs recently.
Homemade dog food is alternative to commercial food choice for dogs that can’t for whatever reasons have commercial one. (You’ll see the reasons on this page below ...)
For the dog owners it is the way to control the quality of dog food by preparing it at home kitchen. For some owners it is usual process to cook delicious meals and make happy their pets the same they do for the family members. They enjoy dog food making and would share with you thousands of useful tips how to do it in a right way (see homemade dog food recipes).
Anyway home made dog food it is a serious decision & responsibility taken by the dog owners to be doggies’ chiefs & provide their pets with the well balanced diet.
At the following pages we are going to make clear what the home made dog food is about. We will discuss the matters related to home made dog food. One of which, for instance, is different kinds of home made diet: home made cooked dog food or home made raw.
We will warn you about acceptable and unacceptable ingredients for using in home made dog food.
We are going to share home made dog food recipes and also publish yours if you would like to contribute. We will present a great choice of dogs’ recipes books the simple instructions of which will encourage your home made dog food undertaking. Following those simple and easy to make recipes you can make even dog’s treats yet you felt unconfident about your cooking skills.
Finally, we provide you with the info about home made dog food alternatives for those who can’t allow for whatever reasons home made dog food but still wants his dog to have one.
Feel free to ask your questions if you don’t find the needed info on our site. We are here for you to help with all the controversy data in the home made dog food issue.
So far we try to answer some basic questions:
Why a dog’s owner decides a home made dog food?
Most owners have become concerned about safe and healthy food they feed their dogs. They changed the dogs’ diet from the commercial to the home made after the great pet scandal.
(Also remember, the word “diet” by definition from Latin is “style of life”)
Those owners want to be confident that their dogs have fresh, natural food of high quality rather than toxic ingredients, preservatives and other suspicious stuff found in contaminated pet food.
The other reason: dogs simply refuse dry kibbles. Or some dogs have special needs in nutrition in accordance with their health problems or allergies.
There are dogs’ owners who used to cook for dogs as they did long-long ago, and will never change the way of feeding in spite of all. They have no doubt that home made food is the best dogs’ nutrition.
At last, there are kind of dogs’ owners who LOVE cooking, especially for their furry family members and friends. It’s a way to show they care and how valuable the dogs are, the way to be closer to each other in terms of the dog-human relationships. Both, dogs and owners enjoy the home made way of feeding.
What do vets say about home made dog food?
Vets mostly approve home made dog food. However, they are aware of a main disadvantage of home made diet. It is that it’s hardly possible to balance the nutrition according to the nutritional standards. No 100% balanced dog food is available in home conditions. Here is what they say:
Jean Hofve, DVM a holistic veterinarian and companion animal program coordinator for the Animal Protection Institute, She recommends a homemade diet, knowing you are buying good-quality ingredients. "The only thing that you don't control is 100 percent of what goes into a multi-vitamin supplement." says Hofve, "but you have a good idea that you're buying from a reputable company.
Russo thinks homemade diets are promising but it is too early to tell. "We're beginning to see and hear of good results using these methodologies, but there haven't been enough long-term, in-depth studies that are very verifiable, to permit early, blanket judgments to be made." Both Russo and Hofve agree the homemade diet will have to be balanced consistently. It is dangerous if not balanced: "If you're going to commit to make a homemade diet, commit to do it right”, says Hofve
Nutritional standards of all dog food (especially manufactured) is superwised by Pets health organizations (AAFCO)
About Homemade Dog Food see also:
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Homemade Dog Food Recipes (Video)
Dog Food Recipes
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