What homemade food can I give my puppy if commercial food is unavailable?

It is difficult to make and feed a balanced home made diet. More often that not, the dog will develop a nutritional deficiency. This is especially true for puppies. Ideally, Murphy should be fed a good quality commercial puppy diet. Brands include ProPlan, Orijen, Canidae and Acana.

Making a homemade diet (especially a diet for a puppy) requires very careful balance between nutrients and supplementing with specific vitamins and minerals. There are a few companies that employ veterinary nutritionists to help formulate balanced diets. The most commonly used one is called Balance It ( https://secure.balanceit.com/ ). They will be able to help you choose ingredients and create a balanced recipe specifically for Sakshi. Good luck! I hope that was helpful. Thanks for using PetCoach.

Hello. By homely, do you mean a homemade diet? If so, it is very difficult to prepare a diet that has all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids & proper balance of protein, carbohydrates & fats that meets a dogs nutritional needs. Royal Canin is an excellent food, so I would really try to maintain this. If you truly want to do a homemade diet, then I encourage you to visit this site that will help you to develop a nutritionally sound diet plan. Thanks for using PetCoach. https://securebalanceit.com/

A balanced diet for a puppy has many key nutrients which are vital to their health, and which are available in good quality commercial puppy food. A homemade diet that is not balanced can have severe consequences for your pet’s health, as it can lead to nutritional deficiencies or malnutrition. There are many types of prepared pet food out there, some of them better than others. A good quality food with veterinarians and nutritionists developing the food and lab data showing that it is providing necessary nutrients is a good bet to make sure your pup is getting what he needs out of his meals. Because puppies have different nutritional needs than adult dogs, and large breeds have different needs than small breeds, your puppy should be on a large breed puppy food until he reaches a year old, then slowly transitioned over to a large breed adult dog food. That being said, many people now choose to cook for their pets at home, and this can be a good alternative to commercial pet foods if done right. If you wish to prepare your puppy’s food at home, I recommend booking an appointment with a board-certified veterinary nutritionist who can give you recipes for a nutritionally balanced homemade diet tailored to the needs of your puppy. If you are in the U.S., you can visit www.acvn.org to find a board certified veterinary nutritionist in your area. If this is not possible, you can check https://secure.balanceit.com for free recipes for meals for your puppy that will provide him with the nutrition he needs.

I'm going to give you links to two websites where you can get recipes for homemade food for Maximiliano. It will also tell you how much to feed him. I hope this helps! 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

Hi there! It's certainly possible to feed Ziva a home-cooked diet if you want to, but it's almost impossible to correctly formulate this yourself without help - especially for a growing puppy. I recommend using a website called balanceit.com, which uses formulas set up by a veterinary nutritionist to help you put together a complete and balanced diet using whatever ingredients you choose.