Should I feed my dog this homemade natural ingredient recipe?

Hello. Whenever anyone asks me about feeding a homemade diet, I always refer them to this website. They are excellent in making sure your diet is healthy, nutritious & safe. https://www.balanceit.com. Thanks for using PetCoach.

The best option for feeding homemade food is to have a diet formulated by a veterinary nutritionist. This is important, because if Nala does not get adequate nutrients, then she can develop nutritional disorders. I usually recommend feeding the formulated dog food that you can buy at the pet store. These have all the nutrients and there would no need to add any supplements. Unfortunately, we cannot formulate a homemade diet for your dogs through this service, but I put a link below to a veterinary nutritionist who can do this for you. What I can say is that variety is good when formulating a homemade diet. It's definitely good to feed the ingredients you have suggested as part of the diet, but you will likely need other nutritional sources in the diet to make up some deficiencies. There are some foods you want to avoid like garlic and onion. It is also not recommended to feed raw food, as this will increase the risk of getting infectious diseases and parasites for you and your dog. Below is also a link to a list of toxic foods and more information about homemade diets. https://www.petcoach.co/article/10-common-foods-that-are-toxic-to-dogs-and-cats/ https://petdiets.com/Ask-the-Nutritionist http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2016/07/should-you-make-your-own-pet-food-at-home/ I hope that helps and all is well with Nala.

Yes it is, but make sure that: - you don't give anything toxic (onions and garlic for example!!) - do not give bones (gastrointestinal perforations or occlusions are very common). - home diet in my opinion should be given together with commercial diets (more balanced and complete).

I highly recommend talking to a veterinary nutritionist. They will formulate a diet and let you know what extra supplements Simba will need when on that particular diet. Www.petdiets.com is a website that have abhors certified nutritionist that can help. I don't know the cost but there is a few associated with it. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

I agree that home cooking is hard! I have a great resource that might be helpful for you. Many of my clients have used and like the site. You can plug in your recipe and they will guide you with what you are missing etc. www.balanceit.com I hope this is helpful to you! Good luck and happy cooking!

Hi there! It's certainly possible to feed Ziva a home-cooked diet if you want to, but it's almost impossible to correctly formulate this yourself without help - especially for a growing puppy. I recommend using a website called balanceit.com, which uses formulas set up by a veterinary nutritionist to help you put together a complete and balanced diet using whatever ingredients you choose.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! While this would be a good short term diet, this lacks some key nutrients, vitamins and minerals. For that reason, a more complete commercial diet such as any of the Purina Pro Plan or Science Diet foods would be more appropriate. Good luck!