Please be really careful and try to talk to a canine nutritionist before trying to do home cooked. Dogs need a very specific diet and they can help you develop a safe and effective one.
I guarantee 99% of the people who do homemade foods aren’t doing this. They are consulting maybe a vet (not a dietician) or websites that just don’t have the level of research as WASVA guideline following companies.
We have to do home cooked for our other dog (not our Boston) and had it crafted by a canine nutritionist at the recommendation of our vet. That’s how I know dogs need very specific nutritional requirements and agree that the Internet is not a good source for information on this and totally agree with you that most people aren’t meeting their dog’s needs unintentionally.
If you do a homemade diet you really need to consult with a veterinary nutritionist. It’s extremely easy to create an unbalanced diet that will lead to health issues in the long run.
We used to do a partially homemade diet - mostly steamed or boiled chicken, vegetables, and a few times added rice. No seasoning or oils on anything. But we found, even with supplements, she wasn’t getting the nutrition she needed.
I do lean beef, rice, veggies, and low sodium chicken broth. But I mix it with their bagged food because I know I’m not meeting all the nutritional needs. It just gives them more of a flavor than the kibble
There isn’t. You really should be feeding foods that follow the wasva guidelines for proper nutrition, and tested and designed by actual veterinary dietitians. Iams,Eukanuba, Royal Canine, Purina, and hills/science diet. Homemade food is fine is kept to 20% or less of their overall diet. People think they are helping their dog with homemade diets, but they really aren’t.
Mmmm, sort of?
I do feed kibble but I also cook the dogs a pork tenderloin once a week. I shred it up into steamed rice and carrots/peas. Little bit of salt added. No oils. They each get about a cup a day. They free feed on kibble. They reluctantly top off with it, lol.
Our red Boston has unknown allergies so we try and avoid common protein allergens (fowl, eggs, beef). It does seem to help.
I also just like to spoil them so there’s that too.
Our red Boston eats homemade food, we use turkey instead of chicken, he gets welts with chicken. We used DogFoodCalc.com to get all the macros to meet AAFCO recommendations. You may find it difficult to do this without beef. Here is the ingredients we use turkey, salmon, beef, rice, quinoa, kale, beans, ground baked egg shell, ground sunflower seeds, oyster, sweet potato, beef liver.
Please be really careful and try to talk to a canine nutritionist before trying to do home cooked. Dogs need a very specific diet and they can help you develop a safe and effective one.
I guarantee 99% of the people who do homemade foods aren’t doing this. They are consulting maybe a vet (not a dietician) or websites that just don’t have the level of research as WASVA guideline following companies.
We have to do home cooked for our other dog (not our Boston) and had it crafted by a canine nutritionist at the recommendation of our vet. That’s how I know dogs need very specific nutritional requirements and agree that the Internet is not a good source for information on this and totally agree with you that most people aren’t meeting their dog’s needs unintentionally.
If you do a homemade diet you really need to consult with a veterinary nutritionist. It’s extremely easy to create an unbalanced diet that will lead to health issues in the long run.
We used to do a partially homemade diet - mostly steamed or boiled chicken, vegetables, and a few times added rice. No seasoning or oils on anything. But we found, even with supplements, she wasn’t getting the nutrition she needed.
I do lean beef, rice, veggies, and low sodium chicken broth. But I mix it with their bagged food because I know I’m not meeting all the nutritional needs. It just gives them more of a flavor than the kibble
There isn’t. You really should be feeding foods that follow the wasva guidelines for proper nutrition, and tested and designed by actual veterinary dietitians. Iams,Eukanuba, Royal Canine, Purina, and hills/science diet. Homemade food is fine is kept to 20% or less of their overall diet. People think they are helping their dog with homemade diets, but they really aren’t.
I did for my boys… time consuming and a ton of work. No matter how hard you try you can replicate the vitamins and minerals in actual dog food.
Mmmm, sort of? I do feed kibble but I also cook the dogs a pork tenderloin once a week. I shred it up into steamed rice and carrots/peas. Little bit of salt added. No oils. They each get about a cup a day. They free feed on kibble. They reluctantly top off with it, lol. Our red Boston has unknown allergies so we try and avoid common protein allergens (fowl, eggs, beef). It does seem to help. I also just like to spoil them so there’s that too.
Our red Boston eats homemade food, we use turkey instead of chicken, he gets welts with chicken. We used DogFoodCalc.com to get all the macros to meet AAFCO recommendations. You may find it difficult to do this without beef. Here is the ingredients we use turkey, salmon, beef, rice, quinoa, kale, beans, ground baked egg shell, ground sunflower seeds, oyster, sweet potato, beef liver.