# Home made diets for dogs

I've been doing some pretty intense research in the last week or so about grain free homemade dog diets. I actually added organic oats to Tsuki's chicken/kidney/veggie dinner last night and she did fine with them, but I'm still aiming for grain free. Does anyone have + or - about Dr Pitcairn's Book…

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## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2008-08-26T15:11:27.000Z
I've been doing some pretty intense research in the last week or so about grain free homemade dog diets. I actually added organic oats to Tsuki's chicken/kidney/veggie dinner last night and she did fine with them, but I'm still aiming for grain free. Does anyone have + or - about Dr Pitcairn's Book of Natural Health for Dogs and Cats? or Andi Brown's The Whole Pet Diet? Some good websites for starting to understand the why's and hows: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Totally\_Home\_Cooking/ -> this group has an amazing file system with spreadsheets and calorie indicators, protein analyzers, how to replace the enzymes 'robbed' from cooking, etc. Its awesome. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9Nutrition/ http://www.hcfrgroup.com/ http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/cooked-diet/ http://www.nutritiondata.com/ I found these recipes if anyone is interested: http://halopets.com/resources/homemade-pet-food-recipes.html http://www.hcfrgroup.com/recipes/spdiet-allergies.html if anyone is interested, i'll add more to this, if not, i'll probably just start a topic on my blog.

## kwyld · 2008-08-26T15:25:33.000Z
"Home Prepared Diets for Dog and Cats" by Strombeck is good too. I like Pitcairn's book better though, but Strombeck's is very scientifically based and explains why he recommends certain diets for certain diseases and how the diseases effect the body.

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2008-08-26T15:34:23.000Z
thanks kelly! I think I will look into Strombeck's book, I'm finding as I make my way through Pitcairn's book, he has great info, but it seems not a lot of it is referenced, just fact, you know?

## kwyld · 2008-08-26T16:42:29.000Z
Yeah I know what you mean Jen. There is a boarded doctor of internal medicine at the clinic I work at that uses Strombeck's book when she has owners who want to home cook for their pets if they have IBD or kidney issues who are opposed to feeding prescription kibble diets.

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