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Can you prepare pet food instead of buying commercial/retail options?
April 25, 2010 in Uncategorized by adm
Particularly dogs and cats. How do you assure a balanced diet. What can, will, and should they eat?
Can you prepare pet food instead of buying commercial/retail options?
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Can you prepare pet food instead of buying commercial/retail options?
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My dog eats everything you put in front of her.
If you have some time to spare, there are doggy cookbooks, even vegan doggy cookbooks.
yes you can and it isn’t a bad idea as long as you’re not feeding them processed fatty foods. if you do you will regret the outcome as their stomachs will not be solid; i.e. you will have more loose stools, and they will most likely gain weight plus have way too much nervous energy. if you feed them unseasoned food with no cooking oil it shouldn’t be a problem. i would recommend low fat meats like chunck chicken, boiled chicken, broiled chicken (without the bone), sirloin and occasionally low fat ground chuck (not ground beef); green vegtables (my dog loves brussle sprouts, broccoli, asparagas, green breans, etc) and white rice, brown rice, boiled or baked potatoes. it is not a good idea to feed them what you are eat unless you eat very bland food. now, this method can be a pain in the arse and expensive but you will give them a very good meal that they will appreciate. bad things is if you get them into a routine you will have a tough time getting them back on dry food if you end up not liking the special meal you have to cook on top of the one you cook for yourself.
I prepare a raw home-made diet with a supplement powder for my cats. I use organic raw ground chicken, chicken liver and chicken heart and organic raw turkey, turkey liver and turkey hearts for my cats. I use the liver for Vitamin A which cats do not produce in their bodies from their food and the hearts for taurine which cats can’t make in their bodies and is destroyed if the meat is cooked. Many raw cat feeders use rabbit, quail, Cornish Game Hen, etc for their protein sources and more variety. Dogs have different requirements for their nutrition. Their meat can be cooked though many use the raw meat and bones for dental health.
There are a number of groups on Yahoo where members feed their cats and dogs BARF (biologically appropriate raw food).
Some of the cat groups are: naturalCATS, RawPaws, rawkatz, and BARF-cats. You can go to Yahoogroups.com and put in a search for these groups.
I just bought a book called, “Whole Health for happy dogs,” by Jill Elliot D.V.M. and Kim Bloomer. It discusses the differences between “kibble,” dog foods (commercial food), home cooked food for dogs, and raw food for dogs. It also has the whys and hows of each kind of diet, and gives some great ideas for healthy snacks for them.
Based on this book, I’m going to slowly try switching my dog to some home cooked, and some raw food. I found the book at PetSmart.
When my dog was diagnosed with cushings disease my vet strongly recommended an all natural diet (no preservatives, chemicals, etc) I cooked up chicken or chopped meat w/ an equal portion of vegetables- vet recommended squash, spinach, eggs, potatoes and puree in a blender so is easy to chew/swallow/digest and also ensures is blended so picky dogs can’t pick out just the meat, lol.I used to make a huge tuppleware of the puree on Sundays and it would last me the week. I checked out library books & searched the web for all natural canine diets for recipe ideas:)
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