Is homemade dog food a good, balanced, and healthy choice for my dog?

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• Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

  Veterinarian

  Published on March 5th, 2017

  It is extremely difficult to get the correct balance of nutrients a dog needs to be healthy from a home diet, but I can give you some websites that provide recipes for homemade diets for dogs that are nutritionally balanced:
  
  https://secure.balanceit.com
  https://www.petdiets.com
  

  

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• Answered By Rebecca, DVM

  Veterinarian

  Published on September 21st, 2017

  I strongly recommend consulting with a veterinary nutritionist before doing a home made diet. If you do not have one available to you, then a website such as https://secure.balanceit.com/recipegenerator_ver4/index.php? would be helpful. Many homemade diets are not balanced and can cause health issues due to malnutrition.
  
  Good luck and thank you for using Petcoach.

  

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• Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

  Veterinarian

  Published on April 22nd, 2017

  Great question! It is very hard to get the correct balanced diet for a dog from homemade food, so I recommend checking out these two websites below for recipes. They provide balanced and nutritious meals for dogs, and one of the sites has recipes from a veterinary nutritionist. I hope this helps :-)
  
  https://secure.balanceit.com
  https://www.petdiets.com
  

  

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• Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

  Veterinarian

  Published on January 11th, 2019

  It's very hard to get a home cooked diet balanced nutritionally, but good news there are two websites that are run by veterinary nutritionists that have recipes for home cooked diets. They are balanced, and tell you how much to feed. I will link them below for you. I hope this helps!
  
  https://secure.balanceit.com
  https://www.petdiets.com
  

  

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