A beginners guide to home-cooked dog food: where to find complete and balanced dog food recipes, how to use a base mix to cook for your dog, and where to find a board-certified veterinary nutritionist to work with!
Tag: DIY Dog Food
Low Carb Beef Recipe for Dogs
This recipe technically falls under what some would call a species appropriate diet due to it’s restricted carbohydrate composition, and its use of fruits/vegetables, rather than dense carbohydrates for their antioxidant and vitamins/minerals. I think of this recipe a bit differently… Though this recipe is restricted in carbohydrates - it is also high in protein [...]
Excessive Gas in Dogs
Flatulence, Passing Wind, Excessive Gas, Stinky farts - call them what you will but when your dog is able to clear a room with a small “toot” - its not exactly anyone’s favorite situation. So what causes extreme flatulence in dogs? It’s actually pretty hard to point to one cause of our dog’s passing gas [...]
Balanced Chicken and Rice Dog Food Recipe
The age-old recommendation for dogs with tummy upset - chicken and rice. Recommending this combination for dogs with an upset stomach has gone back years - but the sad thing about the combination of chicken breast with white rice, is that though it is highly digestible, it is not balanced. In fact - by itself [...]
HOMEMADE DOG FOOD RECIPE – BEEF, SALMON AND PUMPKIN
This recipe was so much fun to create - so thank you to everyone who voted on Instagram for the ingredients in this recipe! Overall this recipe is very high in protein and fat and low in carbohydrates. The overall distribution of calories in this diet is very similar to the typical raw diet - [...]
Why are vets uncomfortable with Homemade Dog Food?
I’m sure you have either read or experienced the dreaded veterinary visit when your vet asks you what you feed your dog, and you say “I feed a homemade fresh food diet.” and the veterinary team immediately freezes. All other ideas or conversations stop, and they move to try to convince you that you definitely [...]
Turkey and Pumpkin Homemade Dog Food Recipe
Complete and Balanced Turkey and Pumpkin Adult Dog Food Recipe: containing turkey, sweet potato, pumpkin, broccoli, blueberries, walnut oil, and fish oil.
Fish and Pumpkin Dog Food Recipe
A complete and balanced fish and pumpkin dog food recipe using cod, salmon, rice, pumpkin, spinach, tomatoes, walnut oil, along with a supplements.
Chicken and Pumpkin Dog Food Recipe
Treat your pup to a complete and balanced dog food recipe that is perfect for the fall - with chicken, pumpkin, mushrooms, and apples - it has all those flavors we LOVE for the season.
14 Nutrients Commonly Missed in Homemade Dog Food Recipes
Most dog food recipes found on the internet are not complete and balanced - here are the 14 nutrients that are usually left out of homemade dog food recipes.