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Is homemade dog food a good, balanced, and healthy choice for my dog?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pug | Male | 2 years and 2 months old | 27 lbs

Is it good to give my dog homemade dog food

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on February 7th, 2019

I typically don't recommend it because it's very hard to get the correct balance of nutrients needed. If you do want to feed Rascal a homemade diet, check out these two websites. They are run by veterinary nutritionists, and they provide healthy and balanced homemade diets for dogs. I hope this helps! https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

    Published on March 5th, 2017

    It is extremely difficult to get the correct balance of nutrients a dog needs to be healthy from a home diet, but I can give you some websites that provide recipes for homemade diets for dogs that are nutritionally balanced: https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

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