I do cook for my 3, Not particuarly because I know it is healthier but because they are VERY picky eaters and I could not find a dog food they really liked and would eat very well.
We feed them Biljac frozen dog food and they will eat it sometimes.
I boil a whole chicken, take the meat off the bone and mix it with cooked rice. I add some vegetables like peas and carrots and mix a little broth with it and they love it. It really doesn't take me that long and it lasts me quite a few days. About twice a week, I scramble some eggs for them and add a little cheese. Sometimes I will give them weiners for a snack. I cut them up in small pieces. I also put spam or some other kind of meat in their eggs sometime. If I don't have time to cook a chicken, I make them hamburger and rice.I also give them yogurt and cottage cheese. They like pieces of cheese as a snack. It seems as if they get tired of the same thing all the time and won't eat it as well. They do seem to like a variety. That is probably because of the way I have always given them different things. I have had dogs in the past who seemed perfectly satisfied with the same thing every day.
I try to keep dry dog food out all the time so they can eat a little at a time and help their teeth. THey don't eat it very well though. I bought a new kind last night. It was rice and lamb and I poured it in a bowl and they turned up their nose. I picked up the bowl went into the family room and sat down and hand fed them and two of them ate quite a bit.
My three are so spoiled. My husband says they eat better than he does.
Actually I like to cook. My husband is not in good health. He is a diabetic so I have to cook anyway
I have always been known as a very good cook and I love to cook and see people eat and enjoy it. Maybe that is why I don't mind cooking for my furbabies.
I am not criticizing anyone who gives theirs dog food. I would give mine more if they would eat it better. |