Discover finally tailor-made food
for your dog
Do you want to spend more time feeding your dog? Are the croquettes and industrial pâtés no longer satisfying you and you want to brighten up your meals? You may want to opt for the household ration, that is, house food for your dog. This consists of 5 ingredients whose objective is to ensure the supply of sufficient energy, 10 essential amino acids, 3 essential fatty acids, 14 vitamins, 7 major minerals and several trace elements. In order to develop balanced menus for your dog, consider calling a nutritionist specializing in animal nutrition, or your veterinarian directly, to prepare his meals, and not to risk omitting essential elements to his health. But in order to give you some ideas for better feeding your dog, here are common foods, simple to cook and excellent for establishing the basis of his Household Ration.
Household ration for dogs: advantages and disadvantages
A tailor-made diet offers many advantages due to its composition. In particular, it provides your dog with sufficient water, and offers the possibility of adapting his diet to his physiological needs and
By varying the menus, you can enhance the veterinary act and support your dog in the different stages of his life, by offering him a tailor-made diet. And what could be better than knowing exactly what is in his bowl?
But the household ration can also be complicated to develop and adhere to. On the one hand, its implementation is quite restrictive. Even if a nutritionist-veterinarian will be of great help to you, you will notice that the manual calculation of the quantities is quite complicated.
This way of eating also takes time. So be sure to be able to free up your schedule to build up and prepare your dog's meals.
In addition, the choice of noble raw materials, such as red or white meat, represents a significant cost, unlike croquettes for example.
Finally, it also poses the problem of conservation. It is necessary to take care to respect the consumption deadlines and other indications as for the conservation of such or such food so as not to risk poisoning your dog.
Home dog food: 4 foods to use
If you have opted for the Household Ration, then you have multiple choices. Choice of meat, fish and oils, carbohydrates, vegetables ... you can of course vary them, but here we suggest you discover common foods, easy to integrate into your dog's house diet.
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> Meat: chicken or turkey fillet
Meat is the staple of the home diet. All meats can be given as part of the household ration. Chicken is an important source of protein, and it is also easy to obtain and often much appreciated and valued by our dogs and cats. It is a safe bet for a good start.
Remember to steam it, preferably, in order to limit the bacterial risks and that the flesh remains very tender.
> Vegetables: green beans
Any household ration should contain a source of vegetables. If the list of vegetables to give your dog is long, green beans are a very good source of fiber. Easy to obtain in any season and to digest well, they often appear on the menu of house food.
Consume well cooked (or just rinsed if they are canned), they will delight your dog's taste buds!
