Many pet owners want the best for their animals, in particular the kind of food that they are being fed. They search for healthy foods for their pets put it can often be confusing or impossible to determine the good from the bad. More people are providing home cooked dog food for their pets, rather than use commercial foods, especially after the recent rash of recalled commercial dog food stories in the papers and on television.

Although not all dog foods are bad, some commercially available dog food can contain some rather undesirable ingredients, such as artificial colors and fillers. But you can ensure that your pet never eats these types of ingredients and that he is getting all of the nutrition he needs by cooking your own dog food at home. Your home cooked dog food will contain only the ingredients youve selected to put into it, so you can be sure that your dog is getting only quality, human grade meat, vegetables and grains.

Many of the dog food recipes found on the Internet look good, but they often don't have the nutritional requirements for your dog. It has been proven that a homemade dog food diet can help your dog live up to 8.3 years longer, but before you use a dog food recipe there are things you need to learn.

How do you go about picking your dog food? Most people don't know how to read the ingredients list nor do they understand what they really mean.

I got a call today from one of my partners, who wanted to tell me about what one of the participants in our test group had told him. Our test group had tested my ultra pure pharmaceutical grade fish oil for a few months, before it was released, and the female participant that had spoken to my partner was, for lack of a better term, our guinea pig.

If you are a dog lover, it's important you understand the dangers of using commercial dog food. With the number of dog food recalls that have happened in the recent future it's no surprise more and more people are starting to research the food they are putting in their dog's dish. Much of the dog food you find in the stores has been linked to all sorts of disease and illnesses - obviously you don't want to put your pup's health at risk.

One of the most important decisions you make when taking on the responsibility of a pet is what to feed them. After all, the statement "you are what you eat" has just as much meaning to your four-legged companion as it does to you.