| Pets are supposed to be part of our family.They also | | | | of difference between preparing food for a dog and |
| deserve to be given the same kind of dietary | | | | that for a cat.The nutritional requirement of both |
| consideration which we give to the other people in | | | | types of animals is entirely different and so are the |
| the family.There are multiple choices about the | | | | food habits. |
| packed pet food which is being promoted by many | | | | There are plenty of cook books available in the |
| brands in the market.These foods are recommended | | | | markets which focus on a healthy and nutritious food |
| by most veterinarians and pet lovers.It is supposed | | | | recipes for pets.There is a growing trend among the |
| that these packed foods are developed by experts | | | | pet owners to provide home cooked meals to their |
| in the field of veterinary nutrition and contain all the | | | | dogs and cats.This has emerged as a result of the |
| right ingredients needed for a pets healthy diet. | | | | health problems which come along with the packed |
| There is another school of thought which confers | | | | pet foods.Even though the companies producing |
| upon the idea of giving the pets home cooked | | | | these foods assure the users that they are made |
| food.Even though the packed foods are promoted as | | | | from the best material, yet many varieties of foods |
| being wholesome, yet they are not as fresh and | | | | had to be recalled in the recent past. |
| nutritious as home cooked ones.According to these | | | | Many a veterinarians and animal lovers have written |
| experts, pets too get bored with the daily intake of | | | | recipe books about pet foods.Some of the best |
| the same food everyday and definitely need a | | | | cook books that can be referred for dog and cat |
| change.One of the vets affirmed that his pet pup | | | | foods are Barkers Grub: Easy, Wholesome Home- |
| started losing appetite after a few days of ready | | | | Cooking For Dogs by Rudy Edalati, Natural Nutrition |
| mix food which resulted in bowel malfunction and | | | | for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy Schultze, The Natural |
| weight loss.But when he shifted the dog to human | | | | Pet Food Cook Book: Healthy Recipes for Dogs |
| ingredient food, there was a positive change in the | | | | & Cats by Wendy Nan Rees, Cooking the Three |
| animal. | | | | Dog Bakery Way by Mark Beckloff & Dan Dye, |
| According to another study conducted, the cats | | | | The Kitty Treats Cookbook by Michele Bledsoe, |
| need more nutrition than the dogs and therefore the | | | | Michael Walton & Kelly Schaefer. |
| ready made packed foods are very useful for the | | | | Given all these factors, the pet owners are going |
| cats.Dogs are omnivores like humans but cats are | | | | more for home cooked meals for their pets, which |
| absolutely carnivores.They absolutely must have | | | | have resulted in the increase in sale of cook books |
| meat and are susceptible to nutritional deficiencies if | | | | for pet animals. |
| they don't get properly balanced meals.There is a sea | | | | |