Homemade dog food

"Dog food comparison"

Homemade dog food recipes versus commercial diets is something to consider if your dog requires a special diet. Or if you just want to be sure of what your dog is eating healthy pet foods.

Many times the commercial foods consist of food items, preservatives and extra ingredients that have artificial coloring agents and ingredients that are harmful to the dog.

The preservatives added in the commercial foods may not be agreeable to your dog’s health. These preservatives are needed as commercial food sits on shelves and in warehouses for months and years at a time. When you make the food you do not need to make it is such large quantities and you can freeze until needed to eliminate the preservatives all together.

The home made diets may be made with chicken, lamb, ground beef, slices of bread, calcium carbonate, boiled eggs etc. These recipes can be enriched with vitamin supplements that are available in fruit essences, fish oil etc.

See allergies for restricting ingredients to find causes of allergies. The dog may have allergic symptoms like severe itching, which may not get corrected by different kinds of medications prescribed over a period of time.  Such cases can and usually are corrected once the dog food is changed from the commercial type of food to the homemade foods.