How to make my allergic dog's homemade chicken & rice diet complete?

Good for you for committing to make Sweetpea's food in order to help manage her food allergies! It can be tricky to assure that home cooked diets for dogs are properly balanced with all necessary vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. I always recommend utilizing recipes formulated by veterinary nutritionists, such as those available on www.balanceit.com. These recipes can be tailored for dogs with food allergies to avoid certain ingredients (or even just use the ingredients currently being used), but will also have the vitamin and mineral supplements available to assure that the diet is balanced. I hope this helps and that all goes well for Sweetpea!

I do not advise this. You would still be missing out on appropriate levels of fats, possibly other nutritions (depends on the formulation of the supplement) that are needed for hormone production, cell membranes and many other structures within the body. Plus the fatty acids would still be lacking and they are needed for cellular reactions, skin health and heart health. If you are interested in making a home made diet, I recommend to connect with a veterinarian nutritionist who can formula a diet for Bailey that is complete and balanced. You can often do this over the phone. I hope this is helpful and please feel free to post any additional questions.

You could use the website called BalanceIt and pick the ingredients that you will use in your diet. You can then purchase a supplement that will make the diet nutritionally balanced for your dog. https://secure.balanceit.com/

If you want to prepare food for RJ, please visit www.acvn.org to find a board certified veterinary nutritionist in your area. They can help you develop a nutritionally balanced recipe for RJ that does not contain ingredients he may be allergic to/sensitive to. If this is not possible, then you may be better off sticking to the diet he is currently on.

No, this is not a complete and balanced diet for long-term feeding. It's fine to use for a few days here and there, especially if your dog has an upset stomach and needs something bland and tasty, but you should feed a commercial dog food or work with a veterinary nutritionist to put together a balanced home-cooked diet for the long term, if you prefer.

This would not be a complete diet for Peanut and would not meet all her nutritional needs. I'd recommend a high quality dog food like Hill's Science Diet or Royal Canin. If you really want to home cook for Peanut you can look into balanceit.com for nutritionally balanced home cooked options. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach!

Too much chicken is not a problem, but this diet would not be nutritionally balanced for long term feeding. If you want to continue to cook for your dogs I would recommend consulting a veterinary nutritionist to create a balanced recipe. This website has nutritionists on staff and you can create a recipe that uses their vitamin supplement: https://secure.balanceit.com