Dog Nutrition
Dog nutrition entails meeting your dog’s nutritional requirements with a well balanced, appropriately proportioned and varied diet in order to maintain its overall health and wellbeing. Like human beings, dogs are omnivores. Their digestive systems have evolved to benefit from both plant and animal-based ingredients, where quality and digestibility are more important than the source of the ingredient. And your dog’s health is more closely related to good dog nutrition than anything else.
Food is Food
So just remember when you doubt your ability to make properly balanced and nutritious homemade food for your dog – at the end of the day, when all is said and . . .
Commercial Pet Food Recalls
2007 was a particularly bad year for the commercial pet food industry. If you lived in the USA and had a number of friends with dogs and cats, chances are you knew . . .
Why Complete & Balanced Dog Food is neither Complete nor Balanced!
At the end of the day, ‘Complete & Balanced’ is a marketing tool invented by the American pet food industry. It means nothing. We in the UK don’t even have . . .
Dogs & the Need for Calcium
Calcium is a mineral essential in developing and maintaining a healthy dog. It helps in the development and maintenance of strong bones, teeth, nails and coat . . .
Change Your Dog’s Diet One Day at a Time
Whether you’re worried about the additives in commercial dog food, concerned about pet food recalls or simply want the best for your dog, changing his or her diet . . .
Essential Nutrients
Herb Blends for Dogs
| When making homemade food for your dog, no recipe is complete without adding one of our unique blends of 100% natural essential vitamins & minerals, all hand-blended by our team here in rural Somerset. |
Eggshell Powder
| Next to raw meaty bones, Eggshell Powder is the richest source of essential calcium for dogs. Ours is naturally made in rural Somerset from eggs laid by our own free-range chickens! |
Shape the Future of Your Dog’s Diet
Both Henrietta Morrison of Lily’s Kitchen and John Burns of Burns Pet Nutrition are advocates of homemade dog food. As a practicing vet, John Burns . . .
Change Your Dog’s Diet One Ingredient at a Time
So you’ve decided you’d like to change your dog’s diet. Maybe you’re worried about the additives in commercial dog food or concerned about the alarming . . .
Help Your Dog Gain Weight
If your dog struggles to maintain weight but has been given a clean bill of health by your vet, try bulking up his or her food by adding some extra . . .
Organic Diets for Dogs
Feeding your dog an organic diet would be nice, but for most of us, it’s just not realistic. Just be happy you’re doing your dog proud by making homemade . . .