Let’s start with the conclusion: homemade dog food is better than dog food, and leftovers are the least recommended.
1. Cost: granular dog food > homemade dog rice > leftovers.
With granular dog food as the staple food, we should pay attention to the selection of ingredient list (the specific selection method will be changed if someone watches it). The unit price of dog food with good quality should be 20RMB+/ kg. Never buy cheap dog food from an unknown small workshop. Such dog food may not be as good as leftovers.
Homemade dog rice can generally choose chicken breast, beef, fish and other meats with low fat content as animal protein sources, add a small amount of rice and steamed bread as carbon water sources, and add some vegetables as vitamins and minerals sources. Take chicken breast as an example. The price of our supermarket is generally 8 yuan/kg, and it will be cheaper if it can be wholesaled in the farmers’ market, so the cost of homemade dog rice can be controlled at 10RMB-/ kg.
2. Nutrition: homemade dog food > granular dog food > leftovers.
Dogs are carnivorous omnivores. Normally, the diet should be: animal protein 60%, carbohydrate 20%, vitamins and minerals 20%.
Most dog food is low in protein, high in carbohydrate, difficult to digest, and easy to get fat. In addition, some food additives are not good for dogs. The so-called “scientific dog raising is to eat granular dog food” is actually from the brainwashing of merchants, but it is not very scientific.
Homemade dog food is easy for the owner to keep the ingredients fresh and balanced, and dogs love it more.
Leftovers can’t be said to be balanced in nutrition. Only the owner can eat what he has left, and all kinds of problems will be caused by high salt content. There are many other answers, so I won’t go into details.
3. Convenience: granular dog food > leftovers > homemade dog rice.
Homemade dog food is indeed more troublesome than the other two options, but it is not too troublesome. Thaw the ingredients in cold storage the day before, boil a little water the next morning, add some leftover rice or steamed bread noodles, cook them into paste, cut some vegetables and cook them for a few minutes (note that some vegetables such as onions are not allowed for dogs! ), turn off the torch and cut the diced meat into it. Just mix it and it will change color slightly. You don’t need to cook the meat. In fact, dogs can digest raw meat more easily. Proficient, basically 10 minutes to get it done ~
Note that if you use frozen chicken skeleton to cook dog rice, don’t cut it into small pieces. Anxious dogs will swallow it in one gulp, which is easy to get stuck in their throat or stomach, and there is also a risk of intestinal obstruction.
The meat used should be as low in fat as possible, and pork with high fat content is not suitable for dog rice. Meat such as chickens and ducks should pay attention to removing skin and visible fat as much as possible, and fish should remove fishbones.
To sum up, it is suggested that you make your own dog food if you have energy, and choose dog food if you don’t have energy, but you must choose high-quality dog food with guaranteed quality. If you have no energy or money, it is recommended not to have a dog.
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