My dog improved on homemade food. Does he need diet supplements?

Hi there! If you want to do a home-cooked diet for Temperance, I would highly recommend using the site www.balanceit.com. It was founded by a veterinary nutritionist, and will walk you through the step-by-step process of creating a balanced diet using the ingredients you choose, including any necessary additives or supplements :)

I would get recipes from the two sites that I link below. They are run by veterinary nutritionists, and then you won't need to give any extra things to Charlie such as vitamins. Studies have shown multivitamins really don't work anyway. https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

I'm going to give you two websites that have recipes for homemade diets for dogs. They are run by veterinary nutritionists, so you are guaranteed they are balanced and no need to add any supplements. I hope this helps! https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

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!

Hi there. Unfortunately, this is not a simple question! A lot goes into formulating an appropriate, nutritionally complete and balanced diet for any given dog. If you want to do some type of home-prepared diet (whether raw or cooked), I recommend using a website like www.balanceit.com or www.petdiets.com to create a diet using your preferred ingredients. Alternatively, you can do a consultation with a board-certified veterinary nutritionist for additional guidance on putting together a diet for Dumpling, if you prefer: https://acvn.org/nutrition-consults/

Home cooked food isn't always necessarily better because unfortunately it can be deficiency in some vitamins/minerals. It is possible your dog has a food allergy and the food you are now cooking doesn't have the allergenic ingredients. You might look at the label of the food he was eating and compare it to the Ingredients you are using to see what may be in the commercial food (corn, chicken, beef, soy, etc) that you aren't using. If you like to cook for your dog I would recommend consulting your vet to determine the best homemade diet for him. There is also a good website called Balanceit.com that can help you and your vet be sure the food is properly balanced for your dog!

I would consult a veterinary nutritionist, but I don't know that there are any where you are located. Another good option is the website balanceit.com. They will help you formulate balanced recipes and I believe there is a free option as well.