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Originally Posted by Melcakes  I don't get it. We hear that it is bad to feed table scraps to your dog and they should only make up 10% of a dogs diet, but yet so many people are home-cooking for their dogs with great success and table scraps are what one would find in a home cooked meal for a dog.. |
There is a big difference between table scraps and a home cooked meal for a dog. Those that home cook have to be careful to provide a nutritious, well balanced meal for their pooch. Essentially, they are cooking for the dog not the human. The difference is who the meal is tailored for and what the food contains.
Table scraps on the other hand are whatever is left over from a human's meal. A lot of what we put on human food could be dangerous to a pup. For example, dogs can not eat onion, it is bad for them. My parents made soup with lots of veggies. They know Kaji loves carrots, so they picked out carrot pieces from their soup and gave them to him. A few hours later, Kaji wouldn't stop throwing up. The carrot pieces had blended with all the other stuff in the pot, including onion. It made him really sick, and I had to put him on a bland diet for a few days.
Here's a list of foods that dogs can't have:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...oods-dogs.html
If you want to home cook for your dog, I would recommend you consult a canine dietitian to make sure you're feeding your pup everything he/she needs.