Dog food ...

I'll just start this post by saying everyone's dogs are different

and every dog owner is different

if you feed your dog commercial dog food, they love it

and have no side effects from it, that's great

I just happen to have made the choice not to do that

with my own dogs. I have a 13 year old Pek-a-Poo, a 2 year old

Teddy Bear and a 1 year old Teddy Bear

My dogs have always ate commercial dog food

but over the years, I cringed whenever I heard of yet another

dog food recall. Or read news of another pet losing their

life because some companies aren't always honest about their products.

I stopped feeding them commercial dog food just over a year

ago because my old girl Chrissy stopped eating. She has always been

a light eater but now she wasn't eating anything. I had to do something

as she was becoming just skin and bones. And after a check up at the vet, she was very healthy, just wouldn't eat. Also, my 2 teddy bears have pink skin so that usually indicates a greater chance of skin allergies. So I researched making their food and took the list to the vet for approval. The vet gave me directions

on things I could add to the list and vitamins I should give them.

So started my journey of cooking for them as if I had little kids

in the house again! I say that because that's how it feels now :)

In the beginning, I could only feed Chrissy and Bella Boo these foods

because Pippa Lou was still a baby and the vet asked that I not

take her off of puppy food until she hit one year old. I will say this....

it's a lot of work sometimes with my busy schedule.

On the nights I have Jazzercise I do not get home until 7:00.

If I do not have food prepared in advance, it's a pain. So those

nights, they usually get scrambled eggs with cheese and some

yogurt on the side. This also happens to be one of their favorites!
 

They eat  the following.......

ground turkey and chicken

yogurt

cheese and eggs

rice

sweet potatoes, carrots, string beans, white potatoes, pumpkin

cheerios and rice chex

plain granola

apples, celery, baby carrots

quinoa

fish

 

here they are having ground turkey, rice and pumpkin for supper

haha...all full from supper!

 





 

I always research before I feed them something new.

they also take a vitamin, all natural

Now Chrissy eats, I have no more issues with any of them

having upset stomachs.....they are very healthy.

I'll be honest, it's not always easy and sometimes I wish I

could just scoop food out of a big bag for them. But then I look at

my old girl Chrissy or I hear of another dog food recall or a pets death

and I'm glad I made the decision I did. They are my fur babies and

bring so much joy to mine and Johnny's life so I just know I'm doing

the right thing for them.

later......