Home Made Dog Food Recipes Improve Your Dog's Health

The recent pet food recalls have made many pet owners seriously consider creating their own home made dog food recipes. Cooking your own dog food can be as easy as cooking for your human household if you have the right recipes. By preparing your dog's meals yourself, you can add variety to his diet while optimizing the nutritional value.

Home made recipes are much healthier for your pet than commercial products. Commercially prepared pet foods use low quality meats and are often packed full of artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. As you know, diet greatly influences health in humans. It is the same for your pets - their quality of life is improved by the quality of food that they eat. If you don't eat anything full of artificial ingredients, why should your dog?

Do some research and you will find several recipe collections. These will be essential as you begin making meals for your pet. You can find recipes online for free or invest in a good recipe collection or cookbook. Take these recipes to your next vet appointment and have your vet help you choose a few that are appropriate for your dog's breed and nutritional needs. Your vet will also be able to provide you with a vitamin supplement if they decide your dog needs one. Your vet will also be able to help you decide what recipes are best for your dog's size and breed, and help you to determine his daily calorie needs.

Most recipes are composed of equal parts meat, grain, and vegetables. These foods are naturally nutritionally packed. If expense is a concern, you can buy cheap cuts of meat, or ask your produce manager if they have any wilted or imperfect vegetables that they can sell you cheaply. You may even be able to make your dog's food for less money than you were spending on all those cans and bags at your local pet shop!

Think about it: the improved health of your dog will result in less and lower medical bills and you'll be saving money by buying the ingredients and preparing homemade dog food. Doesn't that more than offset the time spent in the kitchen?

Before you take of to the kitchen, download your free homemade dog food report on what does NOT belong into anything your dog eats. Patrick Doherty has been making his own dog food since 2003. Back then he discovered the shocking truth about commercial dog food and has never bought a single can again.