Dog Food Blog

Have you ever wondered what food tastes like to a dog? Well, I have! And I have tasted a few samples of dog food myself. What can I say… I’m a curious person and I’d like to form my own opinion . Sometimes I could make sense of my dog’s response, but other times I just couldn’t.

We have more taste buds, but dogs can smell much better than we can. But if they have such good smell, than how can they love that dirty paunch so much? It smells just really offensive! Guess that’s only our (human) opinion. By the way, I have never tasted paunch, ever.

Science hasn’t figured out what really lights up the “Mmmmmm” inside that doggy brain. Though animal nutritionists do have the knowledge it takes to create a dog food recipe that contains all the required nutrients. When you decide to cook for your canine, you need to go and seek advice. You can’t just invite your dog to dinner (sorry) and have him eat the same meals as you do. There are a lot of differences between you and your dog when it comes to digestion, nutritional requirements, likes and dislikes and… table manners (I hope ).

Continue reading to find a list of commonly used ingredients in human meals that should not go into your dog’s dish.

Some regular ingredients can be toxic and life-threathening to your furry family member.

• Grapes and raisins have a toxin that can cause kidney damage.

• Chocolate contains theobromine that can cause fatal heartproblems.

• Garlic and onions have sultoxides and disulfides that damage red blood cells.

And these are just a few examples!

So get yourself informed, read all you can about dog nutrition, take advice from experienced canine cuisine experts or go and select the best prepackaged off the shelf dog food.