Homecooked is indeed better.... Jaunty using BARF method a bit...

Anyway, there are rules to home cooking.... use very little oil to no oil if possible lah. Never include salt or any kind of seasoning.

No fatty parts included. Only lean meat. There is no need to make gravy and all.

Well, one thing you can do is this. Buy mince meat and some meat pieces(any sort of meat) and boil or lightly cook with very little olive oil. Put aside. Then later boil some potatoes or rice(the best is brown rice)... You can also give a bit of boiled pasta too. Make sure all this no salt. Then you can lightly boil some carrots. Peas, broccoli, leafy veggies can be blended fresh until pulpy like a puree, add a small drop of oil coz the oil helps absorb the nutrients into the body. You can add some apple into the puree too. Mix it with the meat, boiled carbs and you got yourself a good meal for your dog. A few times a week, introduce some boiled liver, boiled heart and lightly cooked tripe. A hard boiled egg is also good.

You also need to supplement some minerals and vitamins so get hold of a good bottle of multivitamins and minerals for dogs. Try and not use human ones coz we do not know what a dog needs, sometimes human vitamins can overdose.

If you are unsure about the diet, write down your ideas, then ask your vet about his thoughts, if he agrees it is a good diet then go right ahead.

Well, what White Palace said is true.... you won't know if your home cooked is balanced or not. That's why I said, list your ideas and check with a vet first. Alot of people think "Just give the dog what we eat is enough" But this is so wrong.

I won't suggest homecooked meals for puppies coz they are at a growing stage, they need the proper nutrients to grow properly and develop fully. Dog food companies hire food nutritionist to come up with a balance diet for dogs, but  we do not have such people doing it for us....

You can switch home cooking when your pup is any adult as they have finished growing and you can check with your vet about a balance diet but really, most vets would tell you just stick to dog kibbles coz easier. I mean, are you really willing to slave away at a stove and super market, getting the best ingredients and all for your dog every day or weekly? You may say yes at first but after the 1st year, if you are working or a student with lots of assignments, you may start to neglect the diet and end up feeding an unbalance meal to your dog.

Some dogs are allergic to beef, some chicken, some lamb..... that's why we got so many different meat base dog kibble. Got the pork kind, fish or salmon kind, even vegetarian coz there are some dogs that are allergic to any animal protein.

Beef can cause a dog to develop body odour that attracts ticks.... so many dog kibble actually use chicken coz chicken is easier to digest...

Did she had her vaccin  2-3 days ago?  Did the breeder dewormed the puppy?  Check with your breeder for those info.  It is easier for you to tell the vet if anything went wrong.  Did you add milk into the food?

Better don't add milk since its poo is watery.  A bit soft poo is quite common for puppy, but should not watery like purging type.  Observe its poo and see any worms coming out?  Since it has been dewormed 2 days ago, should spot the worms coming out then.  Does the nose dry or wet?  When the dog is not feeling well, its nose will be dry or very watery like running nose. 

Why don't you take it to the vet for check up since you can't really sure what went wrong with her.

Artificial flavourings and colourings, some would mention, some would be in weird codes.... If you go Pet Shack again, ask Joan to show you ProBest dogfood, you read the ingredients then you would know heheheh.

Usually I'll just throw in the whole sack without cutting them open. Mine's not EPO though, its just regular fish oil.

Yes I do but Casper is ok with milk but Moonie is not. Every time milk is added, she gets diarrhea... dog milk.

does all pug get skin problem often. Mine sometime got some skin problem. How to solve this problem?

You can try feeding it more lamb than chicken based kibbles.

is it true that for those toy breed dog, home food is not advisable?

i got this website recommend from a forumer here. It's selling pet's food online..free delivery but no discount, market price only..
https://buddypetwagon.com/catalog/index.php

nope, now FIFI on Nutro holistic adult.


For ur info : http://www.nutro.co.uk/dog/adulth.htm

So far so good...........
But quite expensive loh. 2kg about RM38-RM39 leh.....

How you check whether the kibble is fresh or not?

nutro choice seemed to be out of stock at some places..what happened huh?

can feed letichin granules to dogs ma? like mix inside with kibbles.i