| Home made diets can be an important part of | | | | insufficient quantities to help the proper |
| dog feeding. Many times,commercial diets | | | | metabolism in digestion -imperitive for |
| consist of food items that have artificial | | | | impaired renal cases. |
| colouringagents and flavouring agents that | | | | |
| are harmful to the dog's body. Home madefood | | | | The dog may have allergic symptoms like |
| items have the guarantee of freshness in the | | | | severe itching, which may not getcorrected by |
| preparation unlikeready-made commercial | | | | different kinds of medications employed over |
| items. | | | | a period oftime. Such cases may get easily |
| | | | treated once the dog food is changed fromthe |
| The preservatives added into commercial food | | | | commercial type of food to the home made food |
| items may not be the suitablefor dogs from a | | | | items. |
| health point of view. Even in case of renal | | | | |
| diseases indogs, the home made diets may be | | | | Often, home made food items are prepared |
| made with ground beef, slices of | | | | using freezing procedures to killany germs or |
| bread,calcium carbonate, boiled eggs etc. | | | | by adding grape seed extracts to provide |
| | | | sufficientantioxidants to the home made food |
| The purpose is to have a restricted protein | | | | items. Food grade vinegar is also addedin |
| supply in the feed items thatare prepared. | | | | many cases to the meat pieces prepared in a |
| This should be carried out with home made | | | | fresh manner. All these canbe enriched with |
| diets preparedexclusively for dogs suffering | | | | vitamin supplements that are available in |
| from renal diseases. Water is added | | | | fruit essences,fish oil etc. |