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Real Food for Dogs: 50 Vet-Approved Recipes for a Healthier Dog
Feed your dog like a member of the family. Inspired by the tastiest dishes served to humans, Arden Moore brings you 50 well-balanced, nutrition-packed meals for your four-legged friend. Howling Good Stew and Canine Casserole are just the beginnings of a mouthwatering menu that is entirely veterinarian-approved, with due consideration paid to dogs who have individual health problems or dietary restrictions. With simple, easy-to-follow recipes and charmingly funny illustrations, Real Food for Dogs will soon become your favorite cookbook — for any species.
- GenresDogs
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2001
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Arden Moore
83 books15 followersArden Moore is an animal behavior consultant and the author of 20 books on cats and dogs, including What Dogs Want. She has appeared on The Today Show, Fox News, CNN Headline News, HGTV's "Smart Solution," Martha Stewart Living Radio, NPR and hundreds of other programs. She has been the editor of Fido Friendly and Catnip magazines, and host of "Oh Behave!" weekly radio show on Pet Life Radio.com.
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June 12, 2013
Has some good recipes but some of them call for a lot of garlic and garlic can make dogs/cats very sick.
November 18, 2013
I know this is not the kind of book I would normally review, but after being asked many times if I have any recipes for dog treats, and what do I feed our very old dogs, I decided to review this book of recipes.
Since it was recommended by our vet, who is very much aware of what ‘rubbish’ they put into the generic store bought dog foods; and once I received the seal of approval from her to use it with a couple of tweaks for our dogs, it is a book that it used on an almost daily basis in our house.
Having older dogs, and being aware that as they age even more their taste buds tend to deteriorate, this is an ideal book full of recipes for people who are worried about their dog not eating or enjoying their food as much as they used to. It is chock full of tasty recipes that can be cooked ahead and frozen, plus a section on recipes that can be made for both human and canine (with some tweaks) consumption. Some of the recipes do call for a large amount of garlic and as too much of this is not good for our furry friends, I either ramp back the amount I use, or omit it all together from the recipe. This doesn’t seem to affect the enjoyment the dogs get out of this food, and since I have been cooking for them they have lost a lot of that ‘middle age spread’ so many breeds (especially labs) seem to suffer from. Not giving them processed foods has also resulted in a decline in that nasty gas dogs are able to conjure up at a moment’s notice, and has put a spring in their step.
One of my complaints about this book is that the Author, both vets themselves, seem to be under the impression that the reader has bottomless pockets with which to buy the ingredients; I find that there are some very well priced substitutes for some of the items listed in the ingredients that will not break any pet owners budget. On the plus side of this review are the recipes for dog treats; the favourite on for my dogs is the peanut butter dog treats which only involves 4 ingredients, and makes enough treats to last a couple of weeks. Another good thing about this book is that is caters to dogs of all sizes, so there is no scaling up of amounts for large dog breeds or reduction for their smaller counterparts.
I would recommend this book to all dog owners who are looking to remove processed foods from their animal’s diets; however, please make sure to check any and all new recipes or food items with your vet before feeding them to your pet. And, for the cat lovers out there, there is also a cat recipe version of this book.
Originally reviewed on: http://catesbooknuthut.com/2013/11/18...
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Since it was recommended by our vet, who is very much aware of what ‘rubbish’ they put into the generic store bought dog foods; and once I received the seal of approval from her to use it with a couple of tweaks for our dogs, it is a book that it used on an almost daily basis in our house.
Having older dogs, and being aware that as they age even more their taste buds tend to deteriorate, this is an ideal book full of recipes for people who are worried about their dog not eating or enjoying their food as much as they used to. It is chock full of tasty recipes that can be cooked ahead and frozen, plus a section on recipes that can be made for both human and canine (with some tweaks) consumption. Some of the recipes do call for a large amount of garlic and as too much of this is not good for our furry friends, I either ramp back the amount I use, or omit it all together from the recipe. This doesn’t seem to affect the enjoyment the dogs get out of this food, and since I have been cooking for them they have lost a lot of that ‘middle age spread’ so many breeds (especially labs) seem to suffer from. Not giving them processed foods has also resulted in a decline in that nasty gas dogs are able to conjure up at a moment’s notice, and has put a spring in their step.
One of my complaints about this book is that the Author, both vets themselves, seem to be under the impression that the reader has bottomless pockets with which to buy the ingredients; I find that there are some very well priced substitutes for some of the items listed in the ingredients that will not break any pet owners budget. On the plus side of this review are the recipes for dog treats; the favourite on for my dogs is the peanut butter dog treats which only involves 4 ingredients, and makes enough treats to last a couple of weeks. Another good thing about this book is that is caters to dogs of all sizes, so there is no scaling up of amounts for large dog breeds or reduction for their smaller counterparts.
I would recommend this book to all dog owners who are looking to remove processed foods from their animal’s diets; however, please make sure to check any and all new recipes or food items with your vet before feeding them to your pet. And, for the cat lovers out there, there is also a cat recipe version of this book.
Originally reviewed on: http://catesbooknuthut.com/2013/11/18...
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
April 26, 2012
I'd recommend it to any pet parent with a picky eater dog like myself. I've realized that once my dog, Alex, started to get older she got pretty picky about her food. There were days when she only would eat 1/2 a cup of food and other days were even worse because she'd only eat after 2 1/2 days without any food. I did not know what to do and I found out that it was due to two things: one, the food I was using was actually making her sick and I had to take her to the vet for some costly tests and she looked very skinny; two, the vet said that older dogs usually loose some of their taste buds as they get older. I changed her food and I started to also look for recipes that I could cook and add them to her food. I found this book at the library and I love it, to say the least. My girl's favorite recipe is canine casserole. She licks her dish until it looks clean. Excellent book. Since I changed her food and started cooking for her, she has been consistent and has been eating every single day. That makes me very happy.
June 25, 2008
This fun cook book has great recipes (my dogs love them); most of the recipes are easy to make.
July 16, 2016
Maybe a little too much oil and garlic for my preference, but the book was Presh and had lots of fun recipes!
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