Dog Zone Guru

Making a personalized blend of chow for your prized puppy can be a rewarding experience, and it’s always nice to spend some extra time in the kitchen whipping up a new concoction. Before you try your hand at creating some gourmet kibble, make a checklist of your dog’s nutritional requirements. Youthful, active and pregnant dogs can benefit from a much different diet than a non-working adult dog.

You can cross chocolate, onions, grapes and garlic off your ingredient list immediately, as these foods have been shown to cause health problems – digestive and otherwise – in dogs. Take a peek at a bag of store-bought food for tips on ingredients. Generally speaking, dog foods are rich in protein, so they should contain some combination of beef, lamb and chicken. Rice and eggs also provide a good base from which to get creative with homemade dog food recipes.

Over the last few years, there have been many new types of dog food to have emerged in the marketplace. Many of these companies have successfully created a niche market, be it non-alcoholic beer for dogs or non processed food.

Many dog owners have gone a step further and feed their dogs a homemade diet. These diets generally consist of some form of cooked meat or raw meat, ground bone, pureed vegetables, and multivitamin supplements.