Nutritional Defiency Risk When Feeding Home Made Dog Food
July 25th, 2007 by 
Barbara
There appears to be a trend in home made dog food and canine cuisine classes. Surely this can be tied to the massive recall that started in March 2007 that involved multiple brands. It certainly feels safer to use ingredients that you buy at regular grocery stores selling human food.
It’s perfectly fine to supplement commercial dog food or switch to home made dog food for a while, either because your favorite dog food brand is missing on the shelves or because your furry friend is suffering from stomach upsets or recovering from an illness.
Nutritional deficiencies in dogs that are fed commercial dog food are rare.
As knowledge of pet nutrition grows commercial dog food recipes are enhanced. For example: Cat food is enriched with the essential amino acid taurine after seeing cases of dilated cardiomegly in cats. This is a heart condition caused by taurine deficiency. Meat is the most important source for taurine and cats are, unlike dogs, true carnivores.
When you’re cooking for your dog for a long time there is a risk of ‘diet drift’. Home made dog food is assembled with the best intentions but you could be short in nutritional knowledge or perhaps you adjust your recipes based on time constraints or ingredient availability.
So when you are into the art of canine cuisine then please keep this in mind. Get yourself informed really well or take it as just a hobby to treat your furry friend once in a while to a superb home made meal.
For more information about amino acids for dogs, visit Best -Dog-Food-Guide.com
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