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The recent dog food and pet food recall that has claimed the lives of dogs over the United States as a result of eating contaminated commercial dog food tainted with aminopterin, a rat poison, and melamine, a chemical used in making plastics and fertilizer. As a result 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 the dog food industry) after the current onslaught of dog food recall news and attention subsides.

The probable reason behind this conclusion is that we now have insufficient financial resources 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 government isn’t your answer either.

This is unfortunate. Your dog food industry was created in postwar America to meet up 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 far more profitable horizon existed in the packaging and selling this “junk” as food to unsuspecting pet owners. It is now a common misconception your dog can not maintain a wholesome life unless he is fed commercial dog food. Nothing could possibly be further from the reality.

To save your dog’s life, you might like to consider making your own homemade dog food. This is one of the better ways to guarantee your dog 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 dogs -Toxic chemicals such as 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 put into dog food. Your 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 dog with every feeding.

So what’s the alternative? Well, in case you are willing to spend a while, and maybe even some cash, you will find a better way to feed your dog. You can halt the daily toxification, provide needed nutrition and increase your dog’s lifespan

What You Should Feed Your Dog

Many different homemade dog food options are for sale to you to make your own dog food at home.

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

BARF Diets typically add a variety 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’s 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 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 wild, 10,000 years back, dogs would take down their prey, and eat not just the meat of the carcass however the contents of the stomach which included undigested grains, berries and grass.

This natural desire to have a balanced diet suggests to numerous dog nutritionists a vegetarian diet plan containing sufficient protein sources is desirable. The benefit of a vegetarian diet is that disease along with other health related issues can be avoided aswell. Additionally, 犬 手作り ご飯 注意 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 blend of all philosophies and may 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 many pitfalls. One may be the difficulty of preparing a properly 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 high quality dog food that is natural, without preservatives, additives and the toxins which are found in many of the private and major kibble brands sold in retail outlets. These dog foods will typically cost quite a bit more than dog foods of lower quality, but guarantee a balanced diet for your dog .

If you do choose to prepare homemade dog food for the dog be sure to avoid certain foods and this can be toxic and potentially fatal to your dog. These include but aren’t limited by avocado, raisins, grapes, and chocolate.

If the benefits and drawbacks, 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.