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The recent dog food and pet food recall that has claimed the lives of dogs across the United States because of eating contaminated commercial dog food tainted with aminopterin, a rat poison, and melamine, a chemical found in making plastics and fertilizer. Subsequently many dog owners considering homemade dog food as a safe and nutritious alternative for their dog.

In a recently available news article, a law professor states that little change is anticipated ( in your dog food industry) after the current onslaught of dog food recall news and attention subsides.

The probable reason for this conclusion is that there are insufficient money and manpower to effectively monitor and regulate the dog food industry. You can’t trust your dog food industry to watch out for your dog and the federal government is not your answer either.

This is unfortunate. The dog food industry was born in postwar America to meet up a need….the need of business interests to recycle slaughterhouse and industrial waste. This refuse had potential uses as fertilizer, landfill and such, but a more profitable horizon existed in the packaging and selling this “junk” as food to unsuspecting dog owners. It is now a standard misconception that your dog can not maintain a healthy life unless he is fed commercial dog food. 犬 手作りご飯 注意点 could possibly be further from the truth.

To save lots of your dog’s life, you really should consider making your personal homemade dog food. That is one of the best ways to guarantee your pet a wholesome and safe diet.

Just glance at a number of the regular ingredients delivered by rendering plants to commercial dog food manufacturers in the Unites States, Europe and worldwide.

o Euthanized dogs -Toxic chemicals such as Sodium Phenobarbital, the euthanizing agent injected to kill dogs daily at dog shelters. (This includes the euthanized dog who is ground up at a rendering plant to be added to dog food. The dog may be wearing a flea collar and be in a plastic bag when rendered )

o Blood

o Feathers

o Undeveloped eggs

o Downed, dying, diseased and dead animals (Known as the 4Ds)

o Hooves, beaks, feet and hide

And a host of other unsavory, unhealthy and toxic products that may slowly kill or euthanize your pet with every feeding.

So what’s the choice? Well, in case you are willing to spend a while, and maybe even some money, there exists a better solution to feed your dog. You can halt the daily toxification, provide needed nutrition and boost your dog’s lifespan

What You Should Feed Your Dog

A variety of homemade dog food options are available for you to make your personal dog food in the home.

Some of these include completely natural dog food diets that are currently the rage with certain dog nutrition experts like the Bones and Raw Food,( BARF) diet also known as the Biologically Appropriate Raw Food diet.

BARF Diets typically add a selection of uncooked foods such as for example :

o Bones with meat flesh attached

o Organs

o Muscle

o Eggs

o Fruit

o Yogurt

o Enzymes

o Herbs

o Vegetables

o Supplements and herbs

o Cereals

As to the preferred meat, there is none. BARF proponents use beef, chicken, goat, buffalo, whatever is fresh and available.

The same philosophy seems to exist for vegetables. Again the emphasis is on freshness, availability and variety.

While anecdotal tales of remarkable results are reported daily by BARFers, some veterinarians have found that BARF diets can be deficient in certain required nutrients. The shortcoming to qualitatively analyze each prepared meal may take into account these research results.

Vegetarian Homemade Dog DIETS

Dogs, while primarily carnivores may also be actually omnivores. In the wild, 10,000 years ago, dogs would remove their prey, and eat not just the meat of the carcass but the contents of the stomach including undigested grains, berries and grass.

This natural desire for a balanced diet suggests to numerous dog nutritionists a vegetarian diet containing sufficient protein sources is desirable. The benefit of a vegetarian diet is that disease and other health related issues could be avoided aswell. Additionally, the philosophical objection of vegans to killing any animal as a food source is accomplished.

Homemade Dog Food Vegetarian Diets include

o Bread

o Brown rice

o Sprouting grains

o Carrots

o Apples

o Dog biscuits

o Cottage cheese

o Eggs

o Lentils

o Baked beans

Create a Combo Homemade Dog Food Diet

o A Combo diet is in essence a mixture of all philosophies and might include

o Meat

o Vegetables

o Eggs

o Brown Pasta

o Brown Rice

No matter which approach you choose for a homemade dog food diet there are several pitfalls. One may be the difficulty of preparing an adequately balanced dog food diet with each batch.

The Whole Dog Journal states that a properly balanced dog food diet should include whole meat, vegetables, fruit, grain and high quality dietary fats.

Others suggest that the best alternative is by using a very top quality dog food that’s natural, without preservatives, additives and the toxins that are found in many of the private and major kibble brands sold in retail outlets. These dog foods will typically cost a lot more than dog foods of lower quality, but guarantee a balanced diet for the dog .

If you do elect to prepare homemade dog food for the dog be sure to avoid certain foods which is often toxic and potentially fatal to your dog. These include but are not limited by avocado, raisins, grapes, and chocolate.

If the advantages and disadvantages, yin and yang, of the various approaches to making homemade dog food for the dog has your head spinning, don’t despair. I have been researching this field for a long time and learn something new daily that confuses me even more.