[QUOTE=DvlshAngel985;3194685]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.
Excellent post. Many of us feed home-prepared meals everyday for our pups. My constant is high quality complete proteins from meat. Canines digestive tracts are different than humans and require meat proteins for healthy digestion as well as for overall body health. Meat fat, grizzle, and scraps of that nature are not "good-eats" for our pups, and may induce unwanted organ disruptions like pancreatitis.