Natural Food Recipes for Healthy Dogs Review

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(More customer reviews)I cannot recommend this book due to its many dangerous contradictions and its overly commercialized definition of the word "Natural". Dangerous Contradictions Abound: The author writes in the beginning of the book that "...while I cannot guarantee that (our dog's) diet alone yields the optimum nutrition,...I know that I am not filling his (our dog's) body with pesticides..." Since there is NO mention of using organically grown foods (vegetables, grains, meats and fruits), anyone using the standard supermarket ingredients listed in this book IS filling their dog with pesticides, from so-called "fresh" non-organic produce and from the canned non-organic foods recommended. Dangerous Levels of Salt, Fat and Sugar:Early in the book we have one very common sense page about limiting the amount of salt, including an excellent list of items to avoid using in food for your dog that includes parmesan cheese, prepared pasta sauces, chicken broth and bouillon cubes (very high in salt). In fact, most canine nutrition books I have read caution you to NEVER include salt, or if you do, to be sure it is no more than 1/100th the amount you normally use for human food.But then in the actual recipes we find: page 32 - Prepared Chicken Broth (no amount), 1 cube chicken bouillon page 35 - 1 cube beef bouillon page 40 - Salt, 1 cup chicken broth, parmesan cheese page 41 - 2 cups marinara sauce, parmesan cheese page 46 - 2 tsp. salt page 59 - 1 16oz. can of spaghetti sauce She also encourages us to reduce the amount of fat in our diet (p. 126) but then we have: page 40 - 2 tablespoons of butter page 58 - 1 tablespoon of butter page 121 - 3 tablespoons of butter And the same can be said for sugar: page 42 - 4!! tablespoons of white sugar. No dog in the wild would ever eat ANY of these things - why fill your pet with them? Just because it's easy to make your dinner and theirs at the same time??? For me the icing on the cake was her suggestion of serving your dog standard New York style cheesecake, topped with canned blueberry pie filling (p.102) Incredible. This is not my idea of "Natural" food - i.e. a food that is designed to meet a dog's unique nutrition needs. Is it yours?

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Should you and your dog be eating the same food? For years pet owners have been told the answer is "No." But what if you ate better food? You and your dog are both mammals, both omnivores-what's good for you should be good for the dog, right? Absolutely! Carol Boyle explains how you can change the diet of everyone in your household, including your dog, so that you are all eating healthy, tasty, nutritious food. You'll find a basic maintenance diet for your dog, plus specific diets for the growing puppy, the active dog, the sick dog and the older dog.
Every dog and every owner will benefit from the years of research behind the recipes you'll find here. From potato pancakes to macaroni and cheese to beef stew to fried tortillas, these recipes are simple to follow and use easy-to-find ingredients. They take the mystery out of home-cooked diets for your dog, and give you both a natural and healthy way to eat.A Howell Dog Book of Distinction

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