Homemade Dog Foods

i am from peru. back in my country i had a german shepherd that would eat anything we would give him chicken, meat, pork anything… like homemade food. now i bought a chiweenie at petland a couple weeks ago. he is 3 months old and the veterinary said he cant eat anything but the food they give us(dog food) otherwise he can die.. why did he say that? is there any difference between american dogs and others? i mean are they forced to follow a stricted diet? can i give my puppy regular food? thanks in advance for your help
i didnt have idea bout petland and puppy mills im so upset i feel reaaly bad for all those puppies:( fuck petland

ok so i know what i want to write about. My ony problem is starting the paragraph. I was trying to look for examples online and then make my own out of all, but i can’t find any…i was thinking about "his little black nose wiggles when he smells the fresh scent homemade food." or "at twenty pounds and less than a _____" im not sure. could someone give me ideas, if you were to write about your dogs? thank you very much if you took the time to help.

what are your opinions on raw diet homemade food premium kibble and low quality kibble. eg. Prey model, cooked meat and veggies, taste of the wild, purina. which is best for a dog and why?

I have a 4 month old min pin who has had nothing but homemade food since we first got him. This is my first time ever cooking for a pet as opposed to using commercial dog food and I have been very skeptical about recipes which include crushed eggshells. After several weeks of research and seeing the benefits of eggshells, today I finally gave in. So I boiled the shells, dried them in the oven, and crushed them to a very fine powder.

So anyways… my questions are:

1. How long do eggshells keep? I use plenty of eggs in my house so I figured it would be great to just crush them after use and keep the powder in a spice jar for convenience. I just don’t know if they will spoil/expire.

2. Do eggshells need to be refrigerated or can I just keep them in my spice rack unrefrigerated??

Thanks!!

i need tips! getting it soon and preparing. i need to know what theyre special needs are and what kind of homemade food should i give as wel as dry foods? or is canned actually better? should they stay in the house or sleep outside in the cage? what food should i NOT give? are they independant dogs or spoiled? i need all the details! thankyou sooo much, your answers will help alot
i researched, and im getting in on december, so theres still time. but i rather get opinions from common people

I have an American Pit Bull Terrier with really bad food allergies and a Morkipoo(Maltese, Yorkie, Poodle mix) who can eat anything. The problem is I’m going back to school in the fall and I won’t be able to afford to feed them the higher end foods that are filler free(I usually feed them either Wellness, Blue Buffalo, or Evo) so I’m considering feeding them a homemade cooked diet(I can’t give them raw food because it gives them diarrhea). I was planning on starting with a chicken and beef vegetable soup with brown rice. The plan is to mix it into the diet that I currently have them on which is Wellness core dry and wet and then gradually increase the amount given until they’re totally eating the homemade food. Is there anything in particular that I should know before I make the switch from commercially made to homemade foods?

If it helps: the APBT is 59lbs and the Morkipoo is about 25lbs
I can’t feed the Pit any kind of food because he has really really bad food allergies. The little one can eat whatever you give him. With the Pit he’s allergic to things like barley. So certain wheats/grains have to be avoided at all costs. I tried searching for the normal foods at a cheaper price but its next to impossible to get wellness, blue buffalo, or evo at a cheap price. I’d rather they stay on commercial foods but with the college expenses I won’t be able to afford forking up 100 dollars a month.
I got the dogs way before I decided to go BACK to college. BACK is the keyword in this whole thing. Again kirkland brand foods cannot be fed to the APBT because of his food allergies. No the soup isn’t premade. Its homemade meaning I’m going to the butcher to purchase the meats and to Stew Leonards to purchased the fresh veges, so no its not loaded with sodium.
Besides if I needed the lecture on why I got my dogs i’d ask for it. All I simply asked for were some tips.

I rescued my dog from the streets about a year and a half ago. I think she’s a Havanese, or some kind of mix. She was hit by a car long before I found her.

Ever since I’ve had, she’d had problems with her poop. The first time I took her to the vet for blood in her stool, the vet told me she was on her period. I had to go back a second time with a lovely sample!

Since then, she’s had seriously bloody stool twice more. I was told it was a bacterial infection all 3 times and was fine after some antibiotics.

She doesn’t have parvo or corona, and was checked for parasites. She also never has a solid poop. It’s not usually diarrhea, but sometimes it is. Other times it comes out like mucus. There are also times when her poop and her butt have a terrible almost a bit of a metallic smell. But she’s never lethargic and always has a healthy appetite.

I’m not sure about the quality of the food I’m feeding her. My other dog is fine on the same diet. I went a couple of month making homemade food with a recipe I found in a training book (rice, boiled chicken, vegetables, a bit of oil). It didn’t make a difference though!

I live in Korea where going to a vet is really cheap, but communication is really really difficult. I was hoping someone could give me advice about what to ask my vet to look for? It’s kind of difficult giving him the long complicated list of symptoms.

I appreciate any help you can give me!
Thanks!

i just adopted a dog and she won’t want to eat dog food, i was a little worried because she wasn’t eating but then i realized that all she wants to eat is homemade food. It seems like all they used to give her before was homemade food. How do i make her eat dogfood?

OK so my mom and i keep fighting over the fact that my mom thinks wet/homemade food is better. She says well i make it fresh ur saying fresh chicken and vegetables are not good?! and i say. I’m not saying that i’m saying that wet food is not good because it rots their teeth. Dry food has the same (I have Innova dog food) chicken, vegetables and all that other stuff. Plus, dry food is better for their teeth! My mom thinks dry food is bad so she never gives it to them. When i tell her that its better she will say, "well why is it that wen i give it to them they never eat it." i say back, "its because you got them hooked on this wet food and homemade crap!" I give up on feeding them because she is always switching their food. I like feeding them dry because it is simple and i don’t have to always get worried about going to the grocery store and having to buy all the vegetables and chicken to make their food. So in conclusion, is dry food better than Homemade/ any wet food?
BTW, the homemade food my mom makes is like a soup with just chicken and vegetables, something us humans can eat. but yea is dry food better than wet/homemade food? thanks for the help

My 3 year old Dachshund suddenly started having seizures a couple of weeks ago. The vet wanted to watch him at first but then put him on Phenobarbital 2x daily due to the increased seizures. My dog is extremely healthy and is on a vet recommended homemade food diet. Does any one have any advise? My dog is very very high strung but the vet says that is NOT why he is having these. Does anyone know why he would just suddenly start having seizures? Thank you for any help!