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Supplements for homemade dog food? Lots of questions! I was wondering if you put supplement in your yorkies homemade diet. If so, what kinds if supplement would you recommend? Where can I get the supplements? Are they just at Petco and Petsmart? I have really been considering switching over. I have tons of elk and deer meats in my freezer, so getting the ingredients aren't a problem. Elk is good for them, right? I have read some of the recipes on here and would love to make some! I know they will have to switch over slowly. Do some of you guys feed half dog food and half homemade? I have so much to look up. Thank you for your answers! |
https://secure.balanceit.com is where you can get the supplements and recipes if your dog has no health issues. You need to make sure whatever recipe you use comes from a vet nutritionist. You can't just cook any food and add the supplement to it. |
I home cook for Katie. I supplement her food with BalanceIt. You can get a recipe from them using their recipe generator, but you can also get one from a vet nutritionist. I have provided some links for you. For a healthy dog the cost from a recipe from this highly respected vet nutritionist is only $25.00 for the first recipe. Her diets use BalanceIt as a supplement, as well. https://www.petdiets.com/Homemade-Diets https://www.petdiets.com/userfiles/files/samplediet.pdf https://secure.balanceit.com/recipeg...er4/index.php? https://secure.balanceit.com/tools/recipegenerator/ |
 Amazon great book outlining all supplements required for home made diets. You need omega 3's and calcium for home cooking because your dog won't be consuming raw meaty bones or ground bones for calcium and fish oil contains omega 3's, chia and flax seeds are also a source of omega 3's. Spirulina and Blue Algae are also important and eggs contain all the amino acids our dogs require. You can also finely crush the egg shells and add to the food post cooking as a means of adding calcium |
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I've home cooked for many, many years with not problems at all. As for a supplement I make the Healthy Powder from Dr. Pitcairns book. I put a teaspoon over their breakfast and dinner. If interested in the recipe let me know. |
There will be many people who claim they've cooked for years and years without problems but that does not mean their diets are appropriately balanced. I would go with petdiets or balance it where your diet is guaranteed to be balanced for your pet by a board certified vet nutritionist. |
Here's another question, is there a difference in raw food diet and homage cooking diet? Just wondering, if there is, I think I'll be leaning over to raw food a little bit more. I've done a little more research and I think I might like that idea a little more. Not sure though, can you tell me the pros and cons of both? I might feed a little bit of both raw and homemade once I decide what I think is best for my babies. Could I possibly just talk to my vet about a diet that would be good for my yorkies? I have a friend who had to start feeding a specific homemade diet to her lab that my vet told her to do. The dog was getting old and was having stomach problems. What do you guys think? Oh, Yorkiedaze. I'd love to get that recipe! Thank you |
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Cooking increases food safety and digestability. Therefore I have always home cooked my food. My dogs have aged gracefully and one turns 14 next week and another next month, they are still very active and youthful. So cooked home prepared diets worked out pretty well for us. I have a 3 yo dog that also is eating home prepared food and so far so good. I would suggest you read petdiets.com / the ask the nutritionist section is interesting and discusses many of these issues. She is a vet who has specialized in nutrition for over 20 years and is very knowledgeable. |
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My guys are on 100% premade raw food (Primal and Stella&Chewy's) & they occasionally get proteins, whatever I happen to have, they get some too. I make a small batch for them, plain w/no seasonings. They also get fruits & veggies...right now, they're LOVING slightly blanched cauliflower! |
Thanks! This cleared up a little bit of questions. :) |
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