Feed Your Dog a Raw Homemade Food Diet
2008-08-26

Feed Your Dog a Raw Homemade Food Diet

Deciding what food to buy has become a nail biting experience for pet owners everywhere since the society recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog food. Instead of scouring labels on packages, why not look past the pet food aisle and to the rest of the grocery store for ingredients to cook fresh food for Spot at home? Feeding a high quality dog food will add years to your pet's life and reduce its chances of developing many common health problems. Raw food is such a kind of food you can choose for your pet.

Raw is the Best Food It is cheap Let us take an example and you will find that it is plain cheaper. 1kg of mince meat (kangaroo, beef, chicken, mixed) 3 cups of rice (brown or white makes no difference) 3 cups of frozen mixed veggies, or fresh if you wish to chop them, some pasta and the mint and garlic. This feeds your dogs for 1 week. This is how you will work out it is cheaper: 1 x bag dry dog food $32.00 (20kg) it lasts about 3 weeks 1 x 1kg mince meat $2.00 - $3.50 1 x bag mixed veggies $2.75 1 x packet 1kg rice $3.20 Herbs $3.20 (lasts about 3 months) Garlic $2.65 (large jar lasts about 3 months) And canned dog food, which for the size of the same dogs, you have to feed 1 can. It is $1.95 - $2.95 depending on brand each dog every night. So the extra effort for dumping it into a large pot for 20 mines, you save about $30-$40 bucks a week.

It is safe and healthy Homemade raw dog food has never killed a dog or cat that I know of but commercial pet foods have killed thousands of pets. Today one year after the pet food recall of March, 2007 commercial dog food just cannot be trusted nor have the manufacturers changed the ingredients. There is more doubt today that commercial pet food can sustain life, but can it sustain good health? And also, cooking destroys vitamins, amino acids, damages proteins and vital enzymes while changing the molecules of fat. If foods are lightly steamed these vital components of food remain relatively intact. Some other benefits including the dog's body's ability to find , maintain it's ideal weight, increased energy, more zest for life, fewer cases of unknown vomiting episodes and faster healing times.

Feed your dog raw homemade food Make a raw food diet for your pet It was hard to figure out how much raw meat, vegetables, and fruits you should give your dogs. Some people figured it was related to their weight somehow, but other ones are supposed to eat no more food than the size of their fist at any given meal. But in my opinion, an active dog should have 10% of its weight in meat; a senior or inactive dog should have about 5% of its weight in meat. They should have complete access to at least three different kinds of vegetables at all times. They should also have at least one, preferably two, different fruit choices at all times. That sounded like very sound advice to me, so I immediately implemented it, much to the delight of my dogs. A unique diet for your unique dog Remember, every dog is unique and what is best for one may not work well for another. Feeding a variety of foods is a good way to provide all or most of the nutrients that your pet needs. Basically, a homemade raw diet should consist of 40-60% meat, 20-50% vegetables, and the rest, optionally, grains. The choice within each category is vast, and depends on your budget, availability, and what your dog does best on. Food allergies often dictate what is used. Raw Diet for Beginners:Transitional diets for dogs that have never been fed raw foods can begin with raw veal, turkey, chicken, beef and ground meats, preferably organic meats. If you can locate a butcher or an organic farmer you can buy bulk and have the meats ground. Also chicken, liver, calves, kidneys, chicken giblets, sardines, yogurt, cottage cheese all with no fat can be a quick meal for your dog. Introduce the new diet to dog gradually You should introduce the new diet to your pet gradually. Switching suddenly from one type of food to the next can cause an upset stomach, and many pets might not take to the new food right away. The best way is to mix the new food in with their old and slowly increase the new food over time.