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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Honestly, home cooking is not that time consuming. I cook for four pups right now and it takes me about 30 minutes each evening to prepare everything. It would be a snap for one pup! You could make it for a week at a time.
I am VERY happy with the diets I am feeding right now. My Armani and Pippi have always had weight issues. They are litter mates and I am convinced it is just a genetic thing...maybe metabolism? I don't know. Anyway...... I found myself having to put them on a diet every year and they hated it. When they would lose weight, I would put them back on regular food and they would gain the weight back. After a few years of this, I did a consult with Dr. Lenox, the vet nutritionist here in my area. She is the same one who had done Cookie's diet and the food that I fed Cookie was so much more in volume than dog food and she loved it....SO I decided to try it for Armani and Pippi. Meal time was always stressful previously...Pippi was stalking other dog bowls for other food and was miserable...I was feeding her less than 1/4 cup of food twice/day...just nothing. Then, I would fill the bowl with green beans and she started hating them. Anyway..........they went on home cooking in January and they have lost the weight and are maintaining now. They are both happy because they have more food than they did and they are not fat!! Makes me happy! 
As to your question, perhaps someone will have that answer. |
That's great!! To be honest one of the things I worry about is gaining weight. He's almost perfect right now. So it would be tricky to get the amounts to feed right. lol. I mean he would get fat if he was eating more than 1/2 cup per day of kibble. He's 17lbs and active. I have seen smaller dogs who get fed more than this! I guess it's just metabolism like you said. He does get some wet food too though.