| If you own a dog then you know how expensive | | | | ingredients. Now granted some of the labels are very |
| dog food can be. I know I recently went to the local | | | | straight forward, but some of them are so confusing |
| grocery store to purchase some dog food for my | | | | you have to look on the internet to figure out what |
| dog and was absolutely stunned at the dramatic price | | | | it means. Some of the studies that are available |
| increase. The price increase was so high that I had to | | | | would probably shock you. |
| find a different dog food for my dogs other than my | | | | Finding the dog food recipes to save yourself some |
| normal. Now I did manage to find a cheaper brand, | | | | money is very easy to do. I know I purchased a |
| but it was still over twenty bucks for a forty pound | | | | couple of books that actually give the recipe and |
| bag. So that got me to thinking about other ways to | | | | include information on how you can prep the food to |
| feed my dog that will be a lot more cost effective | | | | get your dog the proper calorie intake and fat |
| on me. | | | | content. Now if you are breeding your dog or you |
| After I thought about it some I decided to look into | | | | have a pregnant female they require a different type |
| making my own dog food. Now granted making your | | | | of food, so you would want to check with your vet |
| own dog food can be a little bit more time | | | | or find a book specific to that problem. |
| consuming, but many great recipes are available. I | | | | Making your own dog food will save you money and |
| know from experience that my dogs like the food | | | | you will know what is going into it. Your dogs will |
| that I make better than the bag food that I can | | | | probably love the home made food a lot better as |
| purchase and even the can food that is available. | | | | well. I know that my dogs love the food that I make |
| Not only that when you make your own dog food | | | | them and the increase in my weekly grocery bill is |
| you will know what the ingredients are. That is the | | | | hardly noticeable, but my dogs seem to be happier |
| other item that I found when I started looking at the | | | | eating the home made food versus the bag food or |
| bags of dog food. I found that I was unable to | | | | can dog food. |
| determine what the label meant on some of the | | | | |