Are the Best Dog Foods Home Made?

There are about a bazillion brands of dog foods onyou've ever read the ingredients in a typical can. For
the market. Some are really cheap, some are reallyexample, meat by-products, a very common
expensive. Some are "all natural", some are "organic".ingredient, are parts of an animal, other than meat,
What sets them apart? What makes one better thanand the animal doesn't have to be a cow. All the
another? In short, what are the best dog foods?meat fit to eat has already been stripped off for
The answer might surprise you.human use. The rest is put into dog food.
The best food you can feed your dog is probably inCorn bran, another common ingredient, is the outer
your kitchen right now. Do you have any chicken incoating of the corn kernel, and is of little nutritional
the refrigerator? How about beef or some pork? Dovalue, but is used as a filler. BHA and BHT are
you have any oats in the pantry? Perhaps you havepreservatives that are banned for human use, but
a package of peas and carrots in the freezer. If so,can still be used in pet foods. The list of ingredients
you have the makings of the best food you couldyou should avoid feeding your dog is lengthy.
possibly feed your pet. With a few exceptions, theYou wouldn't put any of those ingredients in the
food you feed your family is the food you can feedfood you feed your family. Why should you expect
your dog, and it will be far better than anyyour dog to eat them? By making your dog's food
commercial brand. Why is that?yourself, you ensure that your dog is getting the
If someone suggested that you eat a can of dognutrition he requires, without any additives that could
food, you would turn your nose up at the thought,compromise his health. Truly, the best dog foods are
wouldn't you? And with good reason, especially ifthe ones you make yourself.