| When my last dog Jack died from lymphoma, I | | | | it.As I was considering writing my own doggy |
| got really angry. I found out that I had been | | | | cook book, I came across one that has |
| feeding him poison by giving him cheap | | | | everything that I would have written plus a |
| commercial dog food. I was even further | | | | whole lot more. John Miller's secret dog food |
| disturbed to learn that the "protein" content | | | | recipes. You can find a link to his book and |
| in cheap commercial dog food is often made up | | | | others on my blog at With the information in |
| of road kill and pound puppies!I determined | | | | his book, you will know how to feed your dog |
| from the day I brought Smash home that no | | | | to keep him healthy and happy without having |
| matter what, as long as he lived with me, I | | | | to have a degree in nutrition or doing all |
| would do my best to feed him only healthy | | | | the research I did.I have also found that |
| food.I learned about what wild dogs eat and | | | | there are a few dry dog food manufactures |
| what balanced nutrition means to a dog. I | | | | that have taken the responsibility to make an |
| have studied nutrition in humans for a long | | | | actual nutritious dog food from good |
| time and my mom writes so I had plenty of | | | | materials that you would use. However, these |
| background to draw from in establishing a | | | | are expensive. I am testing one right now |
| healthy diet for my dog.Because wild dogs eat | | | | that Smash seems to like and appears to come |
| the whole animal that they kill, they get a | | | | from good sources. I still prefer to feed |
| balance of vitamins and minerals naturally | | | | him food that I know the source of.When I |
| from their prey. Domestic animals need that | | | | took my dog Smash to get his puppy |
| same balance but unless you are ready to go | | | | vaccinations, my veterinarian remarked "What |
| hunting for your dog, you are going to have | | | | are you feeding this dog? I have not seen one |
| to find others sources.I have done a lot a | | | | so healthy!"So, if you love your dog, don't |
| research and found that dogs need raw meat in | | | | feed him another bite of cheap commercial dog |
| their diet and they need bones to keep their | | | | food. Throw that poison out! Start him on |
| teeth healthy and to balance the magnesium | | | | some raw beef until you have time to collect |
| and phosphorous levels. They also need many | | | | the ingredients for making your own healthy |
| materials only available in fruits and | | | | dog food and download John Millers book right |
| vegetables. Ever notice that dogs eat grass?I | | | | now.You know how happy your dog makes you |
| can now make day to day decisions about what | | | | feel, so return the favor.Mike Strawbridge is |
| to feed him based on what I have available. I | | | | the owner of StrawSolutions performance |
| also found some good recipes in the old book | | | | consulting. He loves his dog Smash and you |
| I had on the shelf "How to train a dog in six | | | | can read more about how he feeds and trains |
| weeks." This book is now out of print so I | | | | Smash at is also a contributing writer to |
| won't bother giving you an amazon link to | | | | for potty training humans. |