Thinking of homemade dog food? Is it healthier and what should I feed?

Hi there. If you're interested in preparing a home-cooked diet for Gizmo, I would recommend using a website like www.balanceit.com or www.petdiets.com to formulate appropriate recipes for him that are complete and balanced, to ensure that he's getting the nutrition he needs. :)

The problem with home cooked meals is that they are often unbalanced nutritionally. There are two websites that offer recipes for home cooked diets that are made by veterinary nutritionists. I would check out these sites to get recipes to cook for Pali. https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

The only difference really is ease of preparation and use. The homemade is going to be essentially healthier because it's fresh, not frozen. Freezing can destroy some of the vitamins/nutrients. If you want to make a homemade diet I suggest you use the BalanceIT website. https://secure.balanceit.com/ They will tell you how to prepare the diet based on what ingredients you are wanting to use and then will also tell you how to balance the diet using their supplements. This website was created by a veterinary nutritionist and would be the only way I would consider feeding a homemade diet. Hope this helps.

Good question and kiddos for the dedication to providing your pet with daily fresh food that is balanced in nutrition with no preservatives. This is truly a commitment on an owners part. Here are 2 websites that provide free well balanced recipes for your pet. They even have formulas that will address certain illnesses in dogs and cats. I hope this proves helpful for you and best of luck with your pets health. 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!

It is best to give pets a balanced diet, and it does not matter the source. You can go with homecooked food, as long as it is balanced and vet approved. Therefore I would recommend using resources like dog cook books or the following websites to learn how to do this properly, so that you are not making food that is deficient in vital vitamins and minerals that he needs. balanceit.com petdiets.com You can also look on Amazon.com for recipe books for dogs. The boiled chicken, egg and rice isn't going to be good long term, because pet need vegetables in their diet. I hope this helps answer your question! Best wishes and take care of Jerry moving forward.

I typically don't recommend it because it's very hard to get the correct balance of nutrients needed. If you do want to feed Rascal a homemade diet, check out these two websites. They are run by veterinary nutritionists, and they provide healthy and balanced homemade diets for dogs. I hope this helps! https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com