Fruits n' Vegetables for Dog Food

Should you feed your dog fruits and vegetables? Absolutly! All the wonderful vitamins and minerals we get from fruits and vegetables are also needed by your dogs. Young dogs like to chew things as they grow up. Why not start them on carrots? Carrots are very nutritious and help keep teeth clean as they chew on them. The carrot habit will last into their adulthood. Cooked carrots and other vegetables like green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, avacado, zucchini, kale, broccoli, spinich, and parsely are also good mashed into brown rice and meat is also very good and naturally healthy. BUT NO ONIONS! Onions are very toxic for pets.

Good sources of the mineral potassium are fruits, peanuts, potatoes and tomatoe sauce.

What fruits can dogs eat? NO GRAPES or RAISINS. They are toxic and will make you pet very sick. I work with a man whose dog loved grapes so he fed them to her often and as much as she wanted. She became very ill and died. But most fruits are safe for pets to eat. Dried figs, dates, prunes, blueberries, and apricots are excellent treats. Also, try some fresh apple slices, berries, pumpkin, peaches, nectarines, cranberries and bananas. Vitamins, minerals, and fiber... you can't beat it.

There are some natural human grade, organic, and holistic dog & cat foods that contain these healthy fruits and vegetables in the ingredients. At EverythingNaturalPetFood.com you can find these pet foods for sale. Some featured brands are:

• Neuman's Own Organics
• Wellness
• Taste of the Wild
• Fromm Family Dog Food
• AvoDerm
• Breeder's Choice Pinnacle
• Artemis
• Nature's Logic
• Natural Planet Organics
• and other brands

Our animals are our partners in our lives and we are meant to take care of them. Please feed your pets the best that you can afford. Buy natural human grade, organic, and holistic dog & cat pet food or try getting a pet food recipe book and cook for them at EverythingNaturalPetFood.com . Remember, feed them life!

Recovery Recipe for Dog Stomach Bloat

My dear little Goober is resting at home from his 22 hour stay at the emergency vet center. His stomach had bloated up dangerously. Never having seen that before, I looked it up in my book, "Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog" and found out if left untreated his stomach could twist (called torsion) and he would have it operated on or I could loose him. This usually is a condition of larger dogs with deep chests.

He now needs 3 to 5 days of a bland diet. He needs to eat 3 to 4 smaller meals a day instead of his two meals a day. The stomach has to rest during his recovery. Too much food is hard on the digestion. This is the bland food diet for any doggie recovering from tummy troubles:

3 lbs chicken boneless and skinless (I use thighs, tastier and softer)
3 cups white rice (no brown rice during recovery)
10 small red potatoes (other kinds of potatoes can be used)
6 big carrots chopped into 1 inch chunks
1 large tablespoon of McCormicks Chicken Base, or Chicken Broth, or Boullion (not enough to make it salty)
12 egg whites (no yellow egg parts during recovery, good protein source)

• Cook all ingredients, except the egg whites, in large slow cooker (half the recipe for small slow cooker) for six hours
• In the last 45 minuets, add the egg whites, they cook faster
• Take out the chicken pieces, let cool, cut in small pieces or shred with a fork
• Mash the mixture until carrots are tiny pieces and you can't see chunks of potatoes
• Add the chicken into the mixture and stir
• Dinners ready!

Lastly, divide the normal amount you feed in one day into four serving sizes. When it's time to feed your dog, heat in microwave for one minuet. Heat on a plate or bowl that is not plastic. Some plastics emit cancer causing toxins into the food in microwaves. We don't want that.

All of us need good refernece books for our pets for wellness care, feeding advice, and making homemade pet food recipes. I'm glad I had mine during this emergency. I buy mine at "EverythingNaturalPetFood.com". I'm very thankful I have my little Goober back with me. Thanks to good advice, he got to the vet in time. May all of your pets be safe and healthy.

Homemade Dog & Cat Cookie Recipes

For all of you who want to make some homemade cookies for your four legged loved ones, I have included recipes, one for dogs and one for cats. Bring out your favorite cookie cutters, or buy a bone & fish shaped cookie cutter in the nearest kitchen store. You can find a “Dog Treat Kit” which includes 10 dog-themed cooked cutters packed in a bright red pail. Use the tin for storing treats or the cookie cutters. The set includes dog treat mix and the Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook. Cookie Cutters include, 1-dog paw 3", 1-5" dog bone, 1-3" dog bone, 1-2" dog bone, 1-3" fire hydrant, 1-3" dog house, 1-5" daschund, 1-3.5" scottie, 1-schnauzer, and 1-3" poodle. IncludedUltimate Dog Treat Cookbook (hardbound)10 Dog themed cookie cuttersDog treat mix (chicken flavor) USARed dog treat pail. Find at http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/PetEducationBooks.html .

Apple Cinnamon Doggie Biscuits

Ingredients
1 package apple, dried
1 teaspoon Cinnamon -- (I usually just shake some in)
1 Tablespoon parsley, freeze-dried
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 cup ice water
1/2 cup Corn Oil 5 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered milk
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon corn oil

Directions
1. Put the apples in a food processor so that pieces are small.
2. Combine in a bowl all of the ingredients -- can add oil or water if dough is
too dry.
3. Using a rolling pin roll out dough to about 3/16" thick (can make thinner or
thicker).
4. Using a cookie cutter -- cut into shapes -- place on cookie sheets.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for approx 20 -25 minutes (until golden).
NOTE: if you substitute corn meal just subtract about 3/4 cup from flour and add
Corn meal.

CAT COOKIES

Ingredients
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp catnip
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup powdered milk
2 tbl butter or vegetable oil
1/4 cup Soy flour
1 egg
2 tbl Wheat germ
1 tbl Unsulfured molasses

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix dry ingredients together. Add molasses, egg, oil and milk. Roll out flat onto oiled cookie sheet and cut into small, cat bite-sized pieces.
Bake for 20 minutes and let cool. Store the cookies in a sealed container.

Have fun making natural homemade cookies for your pets and please visit www.EverythingNaturalPetFood.com for natural human grade, organic, holistic dog & cat pet food. You’ll find books on making homemade pet food, natural pet wellness care including acupressure, using sound to improve your pets behavior, massage, helping your dog fight cancer, and many holistic-homeopathic-good veterinary care books for your dogs and cats. Recently added is a section on horsemanship and horse nutrition. Check it out and feed your pets life!

The Answer to Safe Natural Pet Food

The following link is to my new website. http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/ After the scare of the Chinese Melamine which killed thousands of US and Canadian pet in 2007, people became more aware of what is in pet foods. Little did we know that the Chinese ingredient (melamine)was not the only killer ingredient in pet foods. Did you know that many cities, Los Angeles is a good example, take all the dead animals who have been put to sleep by veterinarians and give them to rendering plants to be cooked down for protein in pet foods. They don’t even take off the collars. These pets have been put to sleep with Sodium Phenobarbital which has been found in most of the commercial pet foods according to a study of these foods. So along with the diseases that these animals were put to sleep for, is the murderous ingredient that we feed our pets! Rendering plants also include road kill animals, bad meat from stores (the plastic wrapping and Styrofoam plates are not removed), and many other awful things.

Then we can get into the other pet food ingredients like meat by-products. This is skin, beaks & feet of poultry, and all the crap parts of animals that humans would never eat. This also includes the meat surrounding the cancerous parts that have been cut out. By-products are not a suitable source of good nutrition for our pet. Downed animals that can’t get up due to sickness and mad cow disease are hoisted by forklift and sent to the rendering plant and pet food plants. Along with many other unnecessary chemicals, preservatives, etc.

Is it no wonder that our beloved pets have been coming down with cancer, renal failure, and other diseases. Eating this daily in their food eventually causes their organs to shut down, or malfunction. This cuts years off their lives.

I for one am done with putting to sleep my suffering wonderful dogs & cats from these diseases. I had no idea I was doing it to them from feeding them pet food that said “Healthy” and “Nutritious” on the labels. I read there is a class action law suits currently pending against some of these pet food companies and the stores which sold them. Good luck to them as proving it will be hard and these companies have deep pockets for affording lawyers.

But there is another answer. Many pet food companies have taken up the challenge to make natural, human grade, organic, holistic, and some vegetarian dog & cat pet foods. They are fighting back and so am I. I have developed a website where you can find these new natural pet foods, pet snacks, and 115 books about cooking homemade pet foods, natural pet wellness care, and pet training. I know if we educate ourselves to the right way to feed & care for our pets, then we can prevent our pets from suffering and dying as a result of these awful pet food ingredients in the future. I've switched to natural, human grade, organic, or holistic pet food. It is available in abundance if you know where to look.

Pet food recalls are still going on. There are still mistakes and ingredients that should not be included being put into pet foods. Please, as loving pet owners, take a look at this site and see if there is anything that could help you help your pets. I have changed the way I feed my pets as a result of this knowledge. This website is for my pets, your pets and everyone’s pets.

The website is http://www.everythingnaturalpetfood.com/ and I hope you will share this site and information with all your friends & family who have pets. Ask them to share this website also. We all need to fight back. It’s time to feed our pets life!

Pet Food Recipes & Wellness Books

Have you heard about the pet food recalls? Have you decided to find some natural homemade pet food recipes and cook your pet food & snacks? Well, many of us decided the same thing! EverythingNaturalPetFood.com has over 100 books for sale on natural homemade pet food recipes, natural pet wellness care, and pet training.

I have personally read several of these books myself. Here are two reviews:

1. "Real Food for Dogs" by Arden Moore, 50 Vet-Approved Recipes to Please the Canine Gastronome: A recipe book with categories like Treats, Meaty Meals, Fish and Fowl (cats might like these foods), Vegetarian Meals (Instructions on how to start your dog into this natural vegetarian style), Special Occasion Meals (Birthday, Thanksgiving, etc.), Special Diets (Puppy Growth, Active dogs, Senior dogs, Inactive dogs, Hypoallergenic Diet). This fun and easy to cook dog food looks good enough to eat yourself. Why not, it's made out of people food ingredients?

2. "Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog" by Wendy Volhard and Kerry Brown, D.V.M.: This book promotes a raw meat diet balanced with grains, healthy fats, cottage cheese, herbs, honey, kelp, egg, and blackstrap molasses. Vitamins, minerals, digestion time, and much more are all explained so you can make this wonderful homemade food yourself with all the necessary knowledge. You will learn how this diet can help correct your dogs allergies, attitudes, and other problems. There are cleansing diets and other information on caring for your pets wellness. If you have tried Holistic care for yourself, then this book is for your dogs.

Maybe you work and don't have time to cook for your pets everyday. Then it is necessary to buy a canned and/or dry pet food that is natural, human grade, organic, or holistic. Feed this for two meals a day and supplement with the food you cook on your day off. It's lots of fun making pet cookies and treats using your cookie cutters. EverythingNaturalPetFood.com even has a book with a dog bone shaped cookie cutter. Can it be more fun than that? Give it a try. Buy a pet food recipe book and watch the satisfied faces. You know the furry ones with the begging eyes. After all, we do all this for them because they are worth it! Right? So let's feed them life!