| As a pet owner, no doubt you want to give your | | | | even enjoy fruits!It's a good idea to always add a |
| dog or cat the best care possible. And caring for | | | | grain, such as Kibble, wheat germ, cooked oatmeal or |
| your pet means feeding him the best diet you can. | | | | whole wheat bread to meat dinners. For dogs use |
| By making your own pet foods, you'll be saving | | | | 75% carbohydrate foods (grains and vegetables) to |
| money, up to 80%. And to top it off, it's easy; | | | | 25% meat; for cats use half carbohydrate foods to |
| making pet food at home is probably a lot less | | | | half meat.You will find, once you begin making your |
| time-consuming than you may have thought. With | | | | own pet foods, that it is really relatively simple and |
| hundreds of websites offering free pet food recipes | | | | you will save some money as well. Remember that all |
| online, it's now easier than ever to make your own | | | | pet foods should be served at room temperature; |
| pet food.To prepare healthy and nutritious food for | | | | don't serve food cold from the refrigerator nor hot |
| your pet you should study your pet's natural habitat | | | | from the stove.Homemade pet food should take a |
| and food sources, and then prepare foods that most | | | | ridiculously small amount of your time. As a general |
| closely resemble their own natural or original | | | | guide meats should be raw and vegetables must be |
| diet.Animals, because they are color blind, choose | | | | finely chopped in a food processor or by a hand |
| their foods by smell. Most dogs like gamey flavors | | | | grater.When it comes time for feeding, it is important |
| best, as well as liver, fat, garlic, onions, horsemeat, | | | | that you let your dogs and cats eat as much as they |
| lamb, beef, cheese and fish. Cats enjoy chicken, liver, | | | | want at the time of feeding. Once their body |
| fish, turkey, lamb, and yeast, and prefer fresh to | | | | becomes nutritionally satiated, they will cut their food |
| aged flavors.Cats are fussy eaters and it is not wise | | | | intake, sometimes by half the amount, and go on a |
| to continually feed them their favorite foods. Soon | | | | maintenance diet. Incidentally, you should know that |
| they will refuse to eat anything else; it is your job to | | | | cats should be fed three times a day, while an adult |
| see your cat has a balanced diet.Animals do not need | | | | dog needs only one meal a day.To get started, find a |
| salt added to their diet as the natural salt in the food | | | | good book with pet food recipes and use it to start |
| is enough for them.Dogs may eat any vegetable | | | | preparing simple meals. You can also get free recipes |
| they want, but cats should not have any starchy | | | | from many websites online. |
| veggies, like peas and corn. Some dogs and cats | | | | |