homemade pet food

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Not all home prepared diets are created equal

Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet.  A poor diet can have a deleterious impact on health.

Home prepared, species appropriate diets are the healthiest diets for our dogs and cats but, they must be balanced or you run the risk of nutrient deficiencies or excesses which can equally cause serious health problems.

A diet of primarily chicken necks or chicken wings is not a balanced diet.  A bowl of raw pork ribs is not a balanced diet.  Cooked meat with grains and carrots is not a balanced diet.  There are as many ways to do this wrong as there are ways to do this right.

Dogs and cats have different nutritional needs so please be sure to learn about those differences before you start making pet foods.  Also, not all information on the internet is from reliable sources so be careful of whose advice you are following.

If you are not able to provide a varied, balanced, nutritious, fresh food diet to your animals please consider purchasing a high quality, commercial raw food.  At least you will be providing the proper nutrients!

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Fresh, homemade pet foods

A diet of fresh foods should be eaten by humans and fed to our animals because it is absolutely the healthiest diet overall.  It will provide the maximum amount of nutrients and vitamins which is needed for good health and longevity.  A fresh species appropriate, balanced diet will enable the body to build a strong immune system, ward off disease, and thrive from the inside out.

Many studies have shown that chronic and acute diseases have been linked to the diet for both humans and animals.  Overall, as convenient as prepared, processed, and fast foods may be for some; the very best we can do for ourselves and our entire family (including our pets) is to provide a diet of fresh, wholesome foods.

There are many reasons to make your own pet food, some are listed below:

  • It can be less expensive than buying commercially prepared foods.  With a little labor, we can feed our pets a very high quality diet at a very reasonable price.
  • You are able to control the quality of the ingredients and the recipe that you use.  This leaves the shopping to us so we know exactly what has gone into the food, and we are able to customize the ingredients to our particular pet’s needs and likes.
  • Fresh foods always taste better, for both humans and animals.  We will know the expiration dates of the meat we use, and how long we have been storing it.
  • There is great satisfaction in preparing a homemade diet and I believe our pets know and appreciate it even more than anything store bought.
  • Making the food yourself, provides the most flexibility possible and makes rotating the diet simple.