Comments on: Homemade Pet FoodImportant Factors to Consider Before Feeding–Part 1 http://www.petfoodbible.com/blog/2007/04/15/homemade-pet-foodimportant-factors-to-consider-before-feeding/ by Amanda K. Jones, BS, LVT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Isabelle http://www.petfoodbible.com/blog/2007/04/15/homemade-pet-foodimportant-factors-to-consider-before-feeding/#comment-36 Isabelle Thu, 03 May 2007 20:29:20 +0000 http://www.petfoodbible.com/blog/2007/04/15/homemade-pet-foodimportant-factors-to-consider-before-feeding/#comment-36 I recently just gave up my natural balance for innova due to the pet food crisis and in the process considered the from scratch option but it seemed overwhelming. Do you have any suggestions on how busy people can make food? It seems complicated to make sure pets get what they need. Isabelle Care.com – Find Child Care, Tutoring, Pet Care, and Senior Care Providers and Jobs I recently just gave up my natural balance for innova due to the pet food crisis and in the process considered the from scratch option but it seemed overwhelming. Do you have any suggestions on how busy people can make food? It seems complicated to make sure pets get what they need.

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]]> By: Amanda http://www.petfoodbible.com/blog/2007/04/15/homemade-pet-foodimportant-factors-to-consider-before-feeding/#comment-39 Amanda Fri, 04 May 2007 15:53:54 +0000 http://www.petfoodbible.com/blog/2007/04/15/homemade-pet-foodimportant-factors-to-consider-before-feeding/#comment-39 Hi Isabelle, Pets have about 42 nutritional requirements (that we know about anyway). A lot of people say that making pet food at home is not as complicated as many other people make it out to be. However, these same people will usually try to sell you on some kind of recipe or prepare-at-home food product. Personally, I'm just not comfortable feeding my pet a diet that doesn't claim to be balanced just because it's convenient. But others may have different opinions. After all, people don't always eat complete and balanced diets. But how many people in this country are truly healthy? Just look at the problems we have with obesity. If you want to feed a homemade diet it's worth taking the time to learn about the nutritional requirements of dogs (or cats) because they ARE different than ours. A good place to start is by signing up for my free course or studying the information over at http://www.petdiets.com I wish I had an easier answer for you--I've also thought about feeding my pets homemade food but I'm just ready to make that kind of committment just yet. Once you learn the basics you'll learn how to evaluate different types of recipes that you come across. Please don't feed any recipes you find for free on the Internet because the majority of them are not balanced for your pet for the long term. It's worth paying a veterinary nutritionist to prepare recipes that are specifically formulated for your pet. Make sure too that if you feed your dog Innova that you have his urine tested in a couple of months. I fed my dog Innova for a long time and had to switch to a urinary prescription diet because she was very close to developing bladdder stones. But your dog may or may not have this problem--after all they are unique individuals just like us. :-) Hi Isabelle,

Pets have about 42 nutritional requirements (that we know about anyway). A lot of people say that making pet food at home is not as complicated as many other people make it out to be. However, these same people will usually try to sell you on some kind of recipe or prepare-at-home food product. Personally, I’m just not comfortable feeding my pet a diet that doesn’t claim to be balanced just because it’s convenient. But others may have different opinions.
After all, people don’t always eat complete and balanced diets. But how many people in this country are truly healthy? Just look at the problems we have with obesity.

If you want to feed a homemade diet it’s worth taking the time to learn about the nutritional requirements of dogs (or cats) because they ARE different than ours. A good place to start is by signing up for my free course or studying the information over at http://www.petdiets.com

I wish I had an easier answer for you–I’ve also thought about feeding my pets homemade food but I’m just ready to make that kind of committment just yet. Once you learn the basics you’ll learn how to evaluate different types of recipes that you come across. Please don’t feed any recipes you find for free on the Internet because the majority of them are not balanced for your pet for the long term. It’s worth paying a veterinary nutritionist to prepare recipes that are specifically formulated for your pet.

Make sure too that if you feed your dog Innova that you have his urine tested in a couple of months. I fed my dog Innova for a long time and had to switch to a urinary prescription diet because she was very close to developing bladdder stones. But your dog may or may not have this problem–after all they are unique individuals just like us. :-)

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