If dogs and cats have changed very little over the years, doesn't it make sense that their foods change very little as well?
Homemade pet food should take a ridiculously small amount of your time, while the rewards of knowing you are doing the very best you can for your carnivore friend is absolutely incredible. Just watch for the smiles on your pet's face. The smiles say why it is all worth it.
- Meats should be raw
- Vegetables, when fed, must be finely chopped in a food processor or by a hand grater
Finely chopped raw vegetables, when fed, can help to simulate the stomach and intestinal tract of prey because after the kill this is usually, but not always, the first place the carnivore goes. After the stomach, the carnivore then moves to other body parts which is what the raw muscle or organ meat helps to recreate. Anyone who has seen a nature show will understand this.
Anyone who has ever seen a salmon run will also understand this too as bald eagles and other animals of prey only eat the bottom half of the salmon, when there is an abundant supply, and leave the rest to rot.