Comments on: Pet Food Option: Homemade Dog Diet http://healthierdogs.com/other-pet-articles/pet-food-option-homemade-dog-diet/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:40:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jen http://healthierdogs.com/other-pet-articles/pet-food-option-homemade-dog-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-154830 Jen Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:45:58 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/main/pet-food-option-homemade-dog-diet/#comment-154830 Good article Melinda. There are tons of ways to feed your dogs homecooked food instead of the processed kibble or canned food. Even just adding a little something extra to kibble is better than all kibble all the time. Studies show the health benefits of "real food" are tremendous. But you're right, you do have to learn about nutritional needs and usually add a supplement to an exclusively home cooked diet. Thanks, Jen & Baggins Good article Melinda. There are tons of ways to feed your dogs homecooked food instead of the processed kibble or canned food.

Even just adding a little something extra to kibble is better than all kibble all the time.

Studies show the health benefits of “real food” are tremendous. But you’re right, you do have to learn about nutritional needs and usually add a supplement to an exclusively home cooked diet.

Thanks, Jen & Baggins

]]> By: Fraser Taylor http://healthierdogs.com/other-pet-articles/pet-food-option-homemade-dog-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-149387 Fraser Taylor Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:20:53 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/main/pet-food-option-homemade-dog-diet/#comment-149387 Just read your article Melinda and I agree with most of it, I have two dogs of my own and always thought feeding the proprierty brands from the big names was the right thing to do, that was until my wife had read some of the posts similar to yours. What we found and I hate to admit this was that I tasted some of what our dogs were being asked to eat (don't be alarmed it was the kibble not the canned wet stuff)... the amount of salt content in it, the taste was horrendous, I had to rush for a glass of water afterwards. Since that time we have been very cautious about what they eat and something else we noted was that smell can be a good deciding factor too. Our local pets at home have been helpful on this subject and we have tried some of their recommendations to good result. We tend to buy kibble to mix with any meat content and mostly prepare other elements of the dogs diet ourselves with fresh chicken being high on the menu for them. You can buy chickens at most supermarkets quite cheaply these days, although again you need to check the processing (brine etc.) Our dog are small breeds so feeding them isn't going to break the bank. I would say that more and more people are becoming aware of whats important when it comes to petfood, just keep the posts going till the message gets across. regards Fraser Taylor Just read your article Melinda and I agree with most of it, I have two dogs of my own and always thought feeding the proprierty brands from the big names was the right thing to do, that was until my wife had read some of the posts similar to yours.

What we found and I hate to admit this was that I tasted some of what our dogs were being asked to eat (don’t be alarmed it was the kibble not the canned wet stuff)… the amount of salt content in it, the taste was horrendous, I had to rush for a glass of water afterwards.

Since that time we have been very cautious about what they eat and something else we noted was that smell can be a good deciding factor too.

Our local pets at home have been helpful on this subject and we have tried some of their recommendations to good result. We tend to buy kibble to mix with any meat content and mostly prepare other elements of the dogs diet ourselves with fresh chicken being high on the menu for them.

You can buy chickens at most supermarkets quite cheaply these days, although again you need to check the processing (brine etc.)
Our dog are small breeds so feeding them isn’t going to break the bank.

I would say that more and more people are becoming aware of whats important when it comes to petfood, just keep the posts going till the message gets across.

regards

Fraser Taylor

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