Any one else have a Gluten-Free dog? Make their own dog food?

**moasmom** · 02-09-2012, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by nodmicks

They do eat MUCH less of this than they do of normal dog food. Because they eat less I really don't spend much more than when I bought Proplan years ago.

This is a really good point. Higher quality food, with fewer carbs as fillers, has more calories in a smaller volume of food, so you can actually feed your dogs less (look for the guide on the package) than cheaper food. And less poop is good, too, especially when you have big dogs, like I do.

Kara

P.S. Costco also sells a Nature's Domain grain-free cat food, but I haven't bought it. I have been making my cats' food for years and will continue to do so until they die, but if they were younger, I would try the Costco food out on them.

**nodmicks** · 02-09-2012, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by shoiji

Sometimes I wish I could make my cat food. Unfortunately she rarely eats anything that does not come in a package labled CAT FOOD. Seriously, not even real chicken or salmon.

Wow want to trade? i can't even thaw meat on the counter or my youngest cat chews through the package on me.

**zakity** · 02-09-2012, 10:41 PM

I just bought the venison Taste of the Wild food. One cat has eaten out of the bowl so far. He chose it over the old food. Now, to see if the other three will eat it. The other cat will eat anything, so I don't worry about what he will eat.

Side note:
There is a total of five cats.

**bent** · 02-09-2012, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by shoiji

Sometimes I wish I could make my cat food. Unfortunately she rarely eats anything that does not come in a package labled CAT FOOD. Seriously, not even real chicken or salmon.

you could try this to get her to eat your homemade food- keep a few of her old cat pkg's wash them out and put your food in them... let her see you 'open' the pkg.... hey it worked for a friend who's dd was a bit of a clothing label snob- so my friend would buy off the rack jeans, tops etc from k-mart walmart etc then she'd place those purchases in the parisian's bag which she bought for .50 say with Belks, there were two more places dd loved to get clothes from but it's been so long I just can't recall them. I don't think she ever told her dd either. ahhh the things mom's do to keep their babies happy.

I have two cookbooks for dog, cat food will see if i have them saved on the external hd- my desktop where I think they may be died again last mth.

**shoiji** · 02-10-2012, 01:17 PM

She will eat the dehydrated salmon, but a little piece of fresh cooked salmon she will smell lick her lips then walk away. She does enjoy a tiny sample of roasted nori though. It seems the smellier the more likely she may try it.

She does eat the mini dog training rewards that I purchased that are bacon flavored. The ingredients look healthier than the ones listed on the pounce cat treats.