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With the dog food recall scare - and the stuff about wheat gluten and rice proteins and melamine - I’ve decided to make homemade dog food for my babies. http://cli.gs/homemade-dog-food from this recipe book.

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Chief Veterinary Surgeon of Darling’s Real dog foods, Tom Farrington explains why it is so important to feed your dog a raw food diet.

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I know, call me a bad owner. I’ve fed my dog Beneful which I didn’t care for. Now I’ve switched to Pedigree but I guess it’s bad as well.

So what kind of good dog food can I buy that is inexpensive? And I’m not talking 30 dollars for a bag. 6 dollars is really all I can afford.

The following is a list of dog food that I consider to be good quality food:
Wellness
Canidae
Merrick

Innova
California Natural
Percise
Pro Pac
Solid Gold
Natures Recipe

Brands I feel are not great:
Beneful
Kibbles and Bits
Cesar
Mighty Dog
HiPro
Dinner Rounds
Gravy Train
Come N Get It

Look at your first 5 main ingredients, if they consist of corn, bone meal, by products and fillers such as peanut hulls-it is not a good dog food

Hope this helped, Good Luck.

I recently got a persian cat and i got fancy feast food for him, but im wondering what the best food for persian cats is?

Two of my favorites are Evo can and Nature’s Variety. These 2 have no fillers or grain. Nature’s Variety dry version is small enough whereas a persian cat will not have problems eating it.

Good luck with your new baby! I love the breed and have 5 of them ranging from 5 months to 17-1/2 years old.

I took my 2-year-old goldendoodle to the vet today. He has some scabs on his face that he’s been itching and irritating for a week. The vet told me he has dermatitis, and most likely allergies too. Besides the treatment for the skin issues, the vet recommended trying a different dog food, preferably an organic one with meat as the first ingredient. Can you recommend any brands of dog food that would be good to try for a dog with allergies?

A higher quality dog food might very well help your mutt.

Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n’ Bits, Beneful, Ol’Roy.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature’s Variety Prairie, Nature’s Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.

A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature’s Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now!, Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Ziwipeak, and Taste of the Wild.

If he still experiences problems, you may need a food specifically designed for dogs with food allergies. California Natural is a good, high quality allergy food and Natural Balance puts out a few allergy formulas as well.

Darksong~

Preparation for home cooked meals for your dog is simple and need not be a pain at all. I have switched from commercialized pet food to home cooked meals 6 months back after my brother’s two lovely dogs died of cancer. They were on premium dried pet food all their life but still, both of them died at a young age at 6 and 7 of cancer.

I know that commercial pet food must have contributed it somewhat as both are really young. I put aside my initial struggle with thoughts about how difficult to cook home cooked meals for my dogs and just got started with it.

I do not even cook for myself! How can I cook nutritious meals for my pets! I started reading loads of books on home cooked foods and came out with my very own version that is simple and easy to prepare for busy executives like you and me. If I can do it, SO CAN YOU! So let’s step up and commit to making the lives of our pet a happy healthy one.

Take ote that we cannot change our dog’s diet overnight as it may cause stomach upset. Start gradually and mixing their feed gradually until they are completed switched to home cooked food.

Preparation

Purchase the following ingredients, all the ingredients below in equal proportions, supplement should be added separately. The amount to cook depends on your pet’s weight. Use your own judgment when it comes to quantity to feed. The suggestion below is meant for a week’s supply for a 1 medium sized dog, healthy dog with normal weight range.

Please Modify your quantity for your pet accordingly:

- Grains choice, 3 cups (Choose 1): Brown rice or pasta (organic preferably) - 3 cups

- Vegetables (Choose 3 varieties): Brocolli, cauliflower, any green leafy vegetables, Carrots. Pulp the vegetables or chop them finely for easy absorption.

- Meats (Choose 1) 400 gms: Chicken, Lamb, Beef or Kangaroo.

To keep it simple, when shopping for your family, add your dog’s selection as well. Just avoid night shade vegetables for your pets.

Quick Easy Cooking Steps

Step 1: Put some olive oil in your pot and cook meats

Step 2: Cook rice (or any grain choice)

Step 3: Pulp or chop finely the vegetables

Step 4: When meats are almost cook, add the pulp vegetables into the pot

Step 5: Do not overcook the vegetables. Keep them half raw.

Step 6: Add 3 eggs and cook with the vegetables in the pot to make the food more palatable.

Storage

For convenience, cook your pet’s home cooked meals up to one week’s supply (or more) depending on your choice. Freeze the rest in daily portions separately for convenience.

Just remember to place next day’s food supply from the freezer to chiller compartment of your refrigerator for next day’s meal. Place a note at your fridge to remind you to do so everyday if not, your poor pet has not food to eat.

Feeding Preparation

Step 1: Place the chilled food in your pet’s bowl

Step 2: Boil some hot water

Step 3: Warm up the food to room temperature with some hot water.

Step 4: Add necessary supplements such as Vitamin C, Flaxseed oil (organic and cold pressed preferred), etc.

Step 5: Mix and serve!

Emergency meals

In case you’ve forgotten to defreeze your pet food. Here’s a simple guide to a quick no hassle wholesome meal in 5 mins!

Ensure you home has these at all times in case you need to whip out a wholesome meal in 5 mins!

- Oats (get those quick to cook kind or just add hot boiling water)

- Eggs (Break an egg for a small/medium sized dog)

- Supplements (Add your regular supplement)

That’s all to it for a day’s meal! To ensure not tummy upset from change in diet, feed this option once a while so they are well adjusted to this diet.

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Veronica Eng
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Part one explains simply and clearly how regulations allow manufacturers to use ingredients in pet foods that most people would never knowingly give to their pets. In fact, some prospects may be shocked to learn whats really in their pets food.

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My cat had to be put down. We never really found out why because we couldn’t afford the testing the emergency vets wanted to do. We believe that it was from the pet food recall but it was possibly the early stages of feline distemper.

I feel bad I couldn’t make it the whole length of the song but some things…well many things actually…are hard to do when you are crying.

Watching this makes me cry.

The story behind his name:
A few years ago, I walked into my living room and saw my cat in labour. Never a pretty sight. (Even when I had seen it many times before. my cat used to get pregnant pretty much annually) I sat next to her doing my usual coaching, saying things like “ATTA GIRL” and petting her.(of course cats can & usually do, give birth on there own.)After a while I saw a kitten being born breach. She ignored him at first & sat on him while she was feeding the others. I felt bad for him so I picked him up gently & put him where he could eat. It felt like he was covered in raw egg (but of course it was something yuckier) so I decided there & then to call him egg. He was the only one with white feet so he was easy to keep track of. We decided to keep him. He was a good cat, always used his litter box, didn’t scratch & bite, kept us warm on cold nights & sometimes he got mice in the garage. He was a loved member of the family.

For those ho don’t know what Distemper is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_panleukopenia

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