Recently my mini Snauzer had a 2 day hospital stay with Pancreatitis. This digestive disease is painfull and can be life threatening. So, as a result he has to be on a low fat, high fiber diet. So, we switched his dry dog food and used the prescription I/D canned food. I am out of the can and back to using Pedigree. When I compare the Pedigree to the I/D canned food, there is a massive difference. I love Pedigree, but I believe the I/D is better quality. Anyway, I have 4 dogs all together. Three large breed and the one small breed. I go through 40 lbs of dry dog food a month and I go through 60 cans of wet every month. Yes, that adds up to a chunk of change. LOL
Have you ever read the ingrediants to dog food? It really isn’t very good. It is very fattening and full of left over meat and corn. I am thinking this can’t be healthy for my dogs. So, the dry food will be switched over to Science Diet Lite. It is low in fat, high in fiber and protien. I am also seriously considering making my own canned food for them. It will be healthier for them. I am sure their bodies will use up all the nutrients and that will undoubtadly lead to less stool in my back yard! I don’t know if it will be cheaper though. It doesn’t really matter, however.
We are also making homemade dog cookies. Nathan was given a recipe book for dog cookies and making these for our dogs and gifts will be fun!
So, I will get back to you on the success of the homemade dog food. It will go over well with these dogs, because food is so important to them. LOL I am more concerned about their digestive system and that is what is prompting all this.
