Homemade Diets.
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by: Scottie
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 Time: 9:30 AM
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There are several reasons why people feed homemade diets but the most common reasons are pets with special dietary requirements that may be hard to meet with commercial foods.
One group of animals that may be fed homemade diets are performance dogs such as racing dogs or sled dogs, since they require very high amounts of fat and protein that cannot be met by many commercial diets.
Another group include pets with food allergies or have a serious medical condition.
The advantage of using proprietary brands is that the manufacturers have performed the necessary calculations to ensure a nutritious and balanced meal. If you are going to “home cook” for your canine, you need to be consistent! Dietary changes are best introduced gradually and with your Vets consent, but let’s be clear about one thing.
Home cooking does NOT mean feeding table scraps.
To ensure a balanced diet, some meals may need to be supplemented with a daily vitamin, but there is no reason you cannot feed YOUR dog a homemade diet if you ARE consistent.
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Scottie is the owner of several loving dogs; he is a software author and has been the webmaster at www.software4me.net for over five years.
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