| Pets are supposed to be part of our family. They | | | | meals. There is a sea of difference between |
| also deserve to be given the same kind of | | | | preparing food for a dog and that for a cat. The |
| dietary consideration which we give to the other | | | | nutritional requirement of both types of animals is |
| people in the family. There are multiple choices | | | | entirely different and so are the food habits. |
| about the packed pet food which is being | | | | There are plenty of cook books available in the |
| promoted by many brands in the market. These | | | | markets which focus on a healthy and nutritious |
| foods are recommended by most veterinarians | | | | food recipes for pets. There is a growing trend |
| and pet lovers. It is supposed that these packed | | | | among the pet owners to provide home cooked |
| foods are developed by experts in the field of | | | | meals to their dogs and cats. This has emerged |
| veterinary nutrition and contain all the right | | | | as a result of the health problems which come |
| ingredients needed for a pet's healthy diet. | | | | along with the packed pet foods. Even though the |
| There is another school of thought which confers | | | | companies producing these foods assure the |
| upon the idea of giving the pets home cooked | | | | users that they are made from the best material, |
| food. Even though the packed foods are | | | | yet many varieties of foods had to be recalled in |
| promoted as being wholesome, yet they are not | | | | the recent past. |
| as fresh and nutritious as home cooked ones. | | | | Many a veterinarians and animal lovers have |
| According to these experts, pets too get bored | | | | written recipe books about pet foods. Some of |
| with the daily intake of the same food everyday | | | | the best cook books that can be referred for |
| and definitely need a change. One of the vets | | | | dog and cat foods are Barker's Grub: Easy, |
| affirmed that his pet pup started losing appetite | | | | Wholesome Home- Cooking For Dogs by Rudy |
| after a few days of ready mix food which | | | | Edalati, Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by |
| resulted in bowel malfunction and weight loss. But | | | | Kymythy Schultze, The Natural Pet Food Cook |
| when he shifted the dog to human ingredient | | | | Book: Healthy Recipes for Dogs & Cats by |
| food, there was a positive change in the animal. | | | | Wendy Nan Rees, Cooking the Three Dog Bakery |
| According to another study conducted, the cats | | | | Way by Mark Beckloff & Dan Dye, The Kitty |
| need more nutrition than the dogs and therefore | | | | Treats Cookbook by Michele Bledsoe, Michael |
| the ready made packed foods are very useful | | | | Walton & Kelly Schaefer. |
| for the cats. Dogs are omnivores like humans but | | | | Given all these factors, the pet owners are going |
| cats are absolutely carnivores. They absolutely | | | | more for home cooked meals for their pets, |
| must have meat and are susceptible to nutritional | | | | which have resulted in the increase in sale of cook |
| deficiencies if they don't get properly balanced | | | | books for pet animals. |