| Busy people generally tend to shy away from home | | | | origins. Dog evolved in the wild over many thousands |
| prepared food for themselves as well as their dogs. | | | | of years, hunting in packs in times of plenty and |
| But relying on others for your and your dog's | | | | eating carrion or plant matter in times of famine. |
| nutritional needs is likely to ensure your dog's health | | | | In contrast, commercial dog food typically pellets, is |
| will suffer, if not your own. | | | | not raw or of the quality a hunted animal is. Dogs |
| What it really boils down to, is time. You think | | | | digestive systems and nutritional requirements have |
| preparing homemade dog food is not time efficient, | | | | not changed or adapted, just because they are now |
| perhaps messy, and how can you be sure it's | | | | domestic. |
| healthy? Don't commercial pet food manufacturers | | | | The best way to ensure your dog maintains not just |
| know more than you do? | | | | good, but excellent health is to make homemade dog |
| No. Commercial pet food manufacturers are chasing | | | | food, based on a wild dog's diet. Sure, it isn't possible |
| the mighty dollar, just as most people are. Generally, | | | | to exactly duplicate a wild dog's diet, but we can |
| they have very little interest in good quality. By the | | | | come so close that it won't affect your dog's health. |
| time you have finished reading this article, you'll know | | | | When you're shopping in the supermarket, it's just as |
| more than they do. | | | | easy to buy raw meat and bones as it is to purchase |
| Is homemade dog food preparation going to be | | | | a packet. You can buy enough to keep your dog |
| messy? | | | | going until the next time you shop. Freezing food is |
| No, not once you have the hang of what you're | | | | an acceptable way to keep it, as it is not so |
| doing, which is where I come in. I'm here to help you | | | | destructive as cooking. Three or four days of fresh |
| every step of the way. | | | | food and the rest thawed frozen food will be |
| Does it take a long time to prepare homemade dog | | | | absolutely adequate to maintain good health. |
| food? | | | | Once you've measured out the food the first time, |
| No, once you've got the hang of what you're doing, | | | | it's just a matter of routine. |
| it incredibly quick and easy. | | | | Keeping all the ingredients together means it's |
| Just as it can be in preparing your own homemade | | | | convenient. |
| food. | | | | By making your own homemade dog food, you have |
| So I've knocked away some of the most common | | | | control over the quality and the ingredients. This is |
| excuses for not preparing your homemade dog food. | | | | critical to your dog's good health as many ingredients |
| But, as you still hesitate, there may be one hurdle in | | | | in commercial pet food is toxic, not natural, not |
| the way, which we haven't covered. | | | | nutritious and certainly isn't raw. |
| You have been accustomed to believe commercial | | | | Try your dog on raw meat and bones for a month |
| dog food is better than anything else. Your vet may | | | | and you'll see a big smile on his face! |
| have told you. Your parents may have told you. You | | | | Couple that with his drastically reduced health bills, |
| see people feeding commercial pet food all the time. | | | | and you'll be the next one grinning. |
| Can they all be wrong? | | | | Warning: in older dogs there can be an initial clearing |
| Yes! | | | | period. This is natural and normal, but can look |
| Because none of them are looking to their dog's | | | | alarming if you don't know what's happening. |