Dr Becker's Real Food For Healthy Dogs and Cats: Simple Homemade Food Paperback – 28 Mar. 2018

You are not going to find out the information you need on how to feed your dog off Internet articles! Believe me, most of them don't even mention offal in the recipes. Similarly most pet shops are selling junk in a bag or a can.Get this book, it will give you the info to feed your dog on either a raw or home cooked diet in the right proportions of muscle meat, organ meat, bone or bone substitute if doing home cooked, what extra vitamins and minerals you are going to need to give and additions like eggs and sardines. The book also covers what not to feed.I don't have cats but Dr Becker covers how to feed your cats too.Wonderful book. Thank you Dr Becker.

Of all the books I have on making my own dog food this is by far the best. It’s very detailed, full of very useful information, great recipes for meals, veg and supplements. One of my dogs despite trying all sorts cannot deal with raw food and has stomach problems, this is the only recipe food he will not only eat and lick the bowl clean, but will look for more. It’s been a life changer for us and him. Yes it is a bit of a faff to prepare until you get used to it but I now prep in bulk and it’s a breeze.

Good book lots of info way over your head simple if your Dr Becker

Far too much information than was needed

Excellent book, a must have for those interested in raw feeling!

Very informative book about how to start making food for your dog and cat.

The outer covers on this book curled up after opening, no need for this to happen, just cheaply made and expensive to buy.

The book provides good information on what meats, vegetables and fruits to use, plus how to prepare, mix and serve them, along with explanations for the various supplements needed to make a healthy, balanced diet. For that, it should get 5 stars.Where this book fails is lack of consistency. There are many tables covering the different ingredients for the meals. Some tables are shown as weekly requirements, some as portion requirements (it’s not clear if this portion is per day or per meal), some are calculated as daily, and some as “this recipe rotation only” (which I think means per week). For the bone meal replacement, some tables refer to bone meal (calcium and phosphorus combined) and some tables to calcium only. This made it very confusing to calculate the actual quantities for my dogs. I ended up creating a spreadsheet of the tables in an attempt to make sense of what was needed but even then was still left confused. For that, it loses 2 stars since, without clarity, it's not clear how to plan a balanced diet and your animal’s health will suffer seriously.There’s a section on vegetable and fruit mixes and 3 example veg & fruit mix recipes are provided, plus a lot of text on what veg and fruit can be used. What is lacking is guidance on what quantities to use for the fruit and veg not shown in the example recipes. As for the example recipes, when I calculated the calorie totals they differed wildly (ranging from 406 – 735 kcals). This doesn’t make sense since the same quantity of each recipe mix is added to the meal, meaning that depending on which veg & fruit mix you use, the meal fed to your animal differs in calorie count quite siginificantly. So, another 1 star subtracted for lack of clarity and consistency in this section.The author also recommends adding the supplements only at meal times rather than at time of batch preparation and freezing but doesn’t explain why. I couldn’t find any information on the internet as to why this should be the case. As a full-time worker, it’s essential I make this process as efficient as possible, reducing the need to weigh/measure several elements at each meal time for different dogs. So, for lack of explanation, it loses another 1 star, bringing the grand total to 1 star.There are also a couple errors in tables where incorrect figures are given. I was able to work out the correct figures by looking at all quantities and the pattern of change across quantities. Someone less vigilant would be using erroneous quantities, affecting the balance of the meals.Overall, if the tables were made consistent and clear, explanations provided for some of the recommendations, and the errors corrected, this book would be an excellent guide to healthy, balanced, home-made dog food. As it currently stands, I’m left thoroughly confused about how to proceed, rendering the book useless to me.

TONS OF EXCELLENT INFO

Este libro tiene todo lo que necesita saber para comenzar a alimentar con alimentos frescos.

Lots of information and recipes for pets. Can't wait to get her 3rd book.

A book that everyone should read.

Even though it’s a relatively small book, it manages to go through most - if not all - aspects of nutrition, including recipes, supplement considerations, discussion about the necessity of feeding bones vs bone replacement etc.I’ll keep referring to this book when making food for my cat.