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It is a well known fact that home-made dog food is better than commercial dog food. The less you process a dog food, the more nutritional value it carries for your pet dog. A balanced homemade dog food should comprise 40% raw red meat, 30% starch, and 30% veggies. This proportion of dog food contains the maximum nutritional value.

You can therefore use a home-made raw whole grain based diet in the above recommended proportion to better the health of your dog. Only thing that you need to remember is to vary the varieties of meats, grains, and vegetables in it in different meals. You can choose raw chicken on one day along with boiled brown rice and add plantains and elms to it.

The next day you can provide raw fish to your dog and along with it lightly steamed peas or carrots, with brewer’s yeast and garlic powder added to keep dog flu, fleas, and viruses away. You can also go on rotating the vegetables too. You can choose between alf alpha sprouts, zucchini, green beans, broccoli, collard greens, steamed pumpkin, and potatoes.

You can also make dog biscuits at home. All you need are 2 cubes of vegetable bouillon, chicken, or beef, 1 ¾ cups filled with potable water, 1 ½ cups filled with whole wheat flour, and a cup full of rye flour. You will also need a cup full of quick rolled oats, ¼ cup brewer’s yeast, half a cup of olive oil, a beaten egg, and 2 tablespoonfuls of garlic powder.

 To prepare the dog biscuits at home, set aside the bouillon cubes after dissolving them in water. Next combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and make a well in the center of the mixture. Stir in the oil, the bouillon mixture, and the beaten egg until they blend.

You need to knead the blended contents into a sort of dough ball. It will take about 3-4 minutes for the kneaded dough to become soft.  Next roll the dough into ¼ to ½ inch thick rolls on a surface that is already floured. Bake the cookies on a baking sheet for 1 ½ hours at 300 degree Fahrenheit after cutting the rolls using a cookie cutter. When the baked biscuits cool to a hard state, store them in a container and keep that in a refrigerator.   

Even the staple unprocessed dog kibble that you make at home is much better for your dog than its commercially made processed counterpart is. Actually processing kills most of the nutrition from reaching your dog. Vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that are good for your dog’s nutrition are lost during the processing. Moreover, the preservatives, coloring agents and emulsifiers in any processed dog food are well most of them bad for your loved pet.