November 1 National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay

Charlie and I wanted to let you know November 1st is National Cook For Your Pets Day. Charlie and I will be using the recipe below to make Dog Food for our Dogs this week along with these Treats. If your children are #Homeschooling and you have #Pets let them study animals and bring them into the kitchen and let them make Homemade Dog Treat for your Dogs as part of there classes today.

Everyone knows Pets give us unconditional love, companionship, and attention, so it’s the least we can do to return our Pets efforts on National Cook For Your Pets Day on November 1st! While we tend to feed our pets with food bought from the store, spending a day cooking for our pet is more than just a nice way to honor their place in our lives.

By consulting with the Vet about what foods to avoid and what foods might nourish the pet best, we’ll gain new insights into our animals’ diets and ultimately, become better at caring for our animals. So take National Cook For Your Pets to cook a delicious meal for your pets!

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before cooking checking with your Vet is the best way to learn what foods to avoid giving your pet, but the big no-no’s are anything Milk-based, Chocolate, Avocados, Nuts, Onions, Leeks, Chives, Mushrooms, and Walnuts. Our pet’s digestion is pretty fragile, so it’s important not to risk renal failure by trying to do something nice for the animal! Also, it should go without saying, but seriously, avoid giving your pet Alcohol which can be lethal for animals in any dose.
A dog likes a nice bowl of mixed cooked protein, including Vegetables and Rice. Together with fresh Fruit, and the occasional chew for healthy teeth, feeding a dog home-cooked food isn’t as complex as you might think. A Cat, meanwhile, is exclusively carnivorous, so you’ll be looking at giving the animal a nice piece of protein.
Julia Child would probably be horrified to learn that there are an increasing number of pet cookbooks on the market, but it’s true. Often, pet cookbooks are written in the personas of the animals doing the eating, and it’s a creative and hilarious new trend for you to explore.
One word of caution: A 2013 study by U.C. Davis researchers showed that many homemade recipes lacked the necessary nutrition, so it important to ensure that your recipe book does meet your pet’s needs, or that you’re just using the recipes as supplements to a more balanced diet.

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If your thinking about what to cook for your pet it might make you rethink your own diet, too! Thinking about what to cook for Fido but finding that you wouldn’t want to give him most of what you eat because you’re not sure it’s healthy? Wake-up call! Also, remember, Dogs don’t judge, so if you’re just learning to cook, then you’ll get some validation here. And most of us could use some validation in the kitchen.

There are many health benefits from owning a Pet, from lowering our blood pressure and encouraging us to take physical exercise to fewer incidents of mental health issues including anxiety and depression. I wouldn’t want my Dog to be depressed.

Since our pets do so much for our health, it’s only right that we should attempt to understand a little more what is good for theirs! And not to sound too selfish either, but if our pets are healthier, they’ll be around longer. So that’s good for everyone.

We feed our pets every day with Kibble in a bowl or maybe a can on the counter. But taking a little extra time to give your pet something healthy and delicious will make both of you feel good! Even animals delight in small acts of kindness!

Recipe for Easy Homemade Dog Food Recipe