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My dog struggles to eat. What safe ingredients for homemade food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 2 years and 2 months old | 7 lbs

My dog has a hard time eating so I want to start making his own food. What vegetables can I give him? what else beside meat and vegetables can I give him?

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 1st, 2017

Hi there and thank you for using Pet Coach! If you are planning on formulating a diet for Tipou, I would highly recommend visiting the following website: www.balanceit.com This website will help you formulate a homemade diet that is balanced and complete. It will also list ingredients that are safe for use in homemade diets. Use the Autobalancer feature on this website and remember to look into buying one of the vitamin / mineral supplements on this site to ensure Tipou is eating a well balanced diet of vitamins / nutrients / minerals. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I am also available via phone or text consultation. Please remember to rate this post as helpful or not. Thank you!

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    Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

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    Hi there and thank you for using Pet Coach! If you are planning on formulating a diet for Tipou, I would highly recommend visiting the following website: www.balanceit.com This website will help you formulate a homemade diet that is balanced and complete. It will also list ingredients that are safe for use in homemade diets. Use the Autobalancer feature on this website and remember to look into buying one of the vitamin / mineral supplements on this site to ensure Tipou is eating a well balanced diet of vitamins / nutrients / minerals. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I am also available via phone or text consultation. Please remember to rate this post as helpful or not. Thank you!

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