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The recent dog food and pet food recall which has claimed the lives of dogs across the United States due to eating contaminated commercial dog food tainted with aminopterin, a rat poison, and melamine, a chemical found in making plastics and fertilizer. As a result many pet owners considering homemade dog food as a safe and nutritious alternative for his or her dog.

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

The probable reason behind this conclusion is that there are insufficient money and manpower to effectively monitor and regulate your dog food industry. You can’t trust the dog food industry to consider your dog and the government isn’t your answer either.

This is unfortunate. Your dog food industry was born in postwar America to meet a need….the necessity 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 your dog cannot maintain a healthy life unless he is fed commercial dog food. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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

Just glance at a few of the regular ingredients delivered by rendering plants to commercial dog food manufacturers in the U . S, Europe and worldwide.

o Euthanized 犬 手作りご飯 メリット -Toxic chemicals such as for example Sodium Phenobarbital, the euthanizing agent injected to kill dogs daily at dog shelters. (This comes with the euthanized dog who’s 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 (Referred to as the 4Ds)

o Hooves, beaks, feet and hide

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

So what’s the alternative? Well, for anyone who is willing to spend a little time, and maybe even some cash, there exists a better way to feed your dog. It is possible to halt the daily toxification, provide needed nutrition and increase your dog’s lifespan

WHAT YOU OUGHT TO Feed Your Dog

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

Some of these include completely natural dog food diets that are currently the rage with certain dog nutrition experts including the Bones and Raw Food,( BARF) diet generally 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 appears 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 could be deficient in certain required nutrients. The inability to qualitatively analyze each prepared meal may account for these research results.

Vegetarian Homemade Dog DIETS

Dogs, while primarily carnivores are also actually omnivores. In the open, 10,000 years back, dogs would remove their prey, and eat not only 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 plan containing sufficient protein sources is desirable. The benefit of a vegetarian diet plan is that disease and other health related issues can be avoided as well. 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

Make a Combo Homemade Dog Food Diet

o A Combo diet is essentially a blend of all philosophies and may include

o Meat

o Vegetables

o Eggs

o Brown Pasta

o Brown Rice

Whichever approach you choose for a homemade dog food diet there are many pitfalls. One is 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 very best alternative is by using a very high 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 shops. 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 your 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 benefits and drawbacks, yin and yang, of the various methods to making homemade dog food for the dog has your head spinning, don’t despair. I have already been researching this field for a long time and learn something new daily that confuses me even more.