How to make your own dog food
By Catalogs Editorial Staff
Learn how to make your own dog food for quick and healthy meals for your pooch
With some of the recent recalls on pet food, it’s no wonder more dog and cat owners are looking for new ways to feed their pets. But, there are questions that arise in terms of cost, preparation time, and more.
- How affordable is it to make your own dog food?
- Is it healthy for your pets?
- How much time will it take to prepare on a daily/weekly/monthly basis?
- Can you actually save money on homemade dog food?
Why Make Your Own Dog Food?
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Recent recalls of some popular brand name dog foods may make you think twice about buying from the store. Over the years, pesticides, fertilizer, and many other harmful substances have somehow made their way into store bought pet food, resulting in the deaths of pets around the country.
While most dog foods are safe and reliable, making your own can actually be a creative exercise which allows you to know what’s truly going into your dog.
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Can It Be Healthy and Inexpensive?
In order to meet canine nutritional requirements, there needs to be a mix of protein, greens, and grains. Rice, carrots, and frozen ground turkey can be all you need to whip up that new dog food concoction in your kitchen.
- Brown rice will provide man’s best friend with the necessary grain in their diet.
- For fiber and complex carbohydrates, carrots will work well.
- The protein source can come from chicken, ground turkey, or any other meat with a high protein content.
A Simple Recipe for Homemade Dog Food
For a simple recipe to make your own dog food, there are many potential options and places to look. From a US Recall News website there’s a simple, easy to create dog food recipe that involves:
- One boiled cooked chicken (just the meat, obviously)
- Half a bag of brown rice, cooked in with the chicken
- One cup of oats, which will be added into the mixture when the chicken is done.
Resources:
Culinate: Going to the Dogs.
US Recall News: How to Make Your Dog and Cat Food the Simple Way.
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