Recipes for Homemade Dog Foods - Useful Tips and Pointers

When you're looking for recipes for homemade dog foods, it's important to make sure that you are giving your pet the most nutrition possible.

Dogs need different nutrition than people, and there are some things that they shouldn't eat at all, so make sure to educate yourself about your dog's nutritional needs before you consider making homemade dog food.

Learn the basics

Before you begin the search for recipes for homemade dog foods, it's also important to know which ones will actually be healthy for your dog and which ones won't be so good for your pooch. So, there are some things that you should be looking for in any kind of homemade dog food recipes.

• Protein - As a general rule, your dog's protein needs depend on how active she is. For instance, if she's a puppy or pregnant, she will need more protein than if she's just a normal, healthy dog. Also, keep in mind that there are two types of protein: complete, which comes from eggs, fish and meat. There is also incomplete protein, which comes from grains and veggies that your dog will eat.
  
  
• Carbohydrates - Since dogs need carbohydrates for energy and to keep their digestive systems functioning well, it's a general rule that about 50% of your pooch's diet be in the form of carbs. These are grains and rice. Good recipes for homemade dog foods will contain a healthy balance of carbohydrates.
  
  
• Fats - Yes, like people, dogs do need fats in their healthy diets, but it's important to make sure that they don't get too much. Aim for only about 25% of fats in your dog's diet. Recipes for homemade dog food should call for lean meats, which will reduce your dog's chance of having too much fat.
  
  
• Vitamins and Minerals - A healthy dog needs vitamins and minerals to stay healthy, just like people. However, there is the possibility that homemade dog food recipes won't offer everything your pooch needs. It's a good idea to talk to your veterinarian when you're planning to make your own dog food.

Find the recipes

Once you know what you should be feeding your dog, it's time to start looking for some recipes for homemade dog food. You might be worried about the source of these recipes, so a good place to start is with your veterinarian. He or she can give you some places to look for them and might even have some for you to try.

Be ready to do some cooking when you're working to make homemade dog food, so you might want to try cooking ahead of time and plan on freezing some of the meals for your pooch. This can be cost and time effective, plus your pooch will love the ready to eat benefits of making her dog food this way.

When you're looking for your recipes for homemade dog foods, you want to make sure of a few things, or else your dog friendly dishes will be more like table scraps and less of a nutritionally beneficial choice for your pooch.

First of all, look to see roughly how much of the necessary elements are in each recipe. If you don't have the right amount of nutrients in one meal, you may need to make sure that there is more than enough in another meal, so it's usually easiest for those who are new to homemade dog food to choose nutritionally balanced meals for each feeding.

Also, consider how complicated the homemade dog food recipes are. Choose to make and freeze the recipes that are more difficult and supplement with meals that are easy to whip up in a pinch.

Once you've found some really good recipes for homemade dog foods, you'll begin to know what to look for and making your dog's meals will become easier and easier.

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