1. Fully understand pets

First, clarify the age, weight, and physiological status of your pet, and select the corresponding nutritional standards. For example: the puppy stage is the peak period of growth, and the required protein requirements, vitamin requirements, and fat requirements are correspondingly higher; the above nutritional indicators for adult dogs can be appropriately lower; pets during pregnancy and lactation have special nutrition requirements Requirements;

2. Nutritious food preparation

Determine the type and quantity of nutritious foods according to the characteristics of household food resources, so as to make it economical and convenient to purchase. Most families will have some rice, white flour, cornmeal, meat, eggs, fish, carrots, spinach, fruits, etc. These can all be reasonably applied to the formula of homemade dog food. It is worth noting that there are some foods that humans can eat that pets must not eat, such as onions, ginger, chocolate, cocoa, etc.;

3. The principle of “more vegetables and less meat”

Although pet dogs are mainly carnivorous animals, in the actual feeding process, they should be designed according to the principle of "more vegetables and less meat". Because too much meat will not only fail to provide sufficient nutrition to the dog, but will also cause a lack of some elements and an imbalance of protein nutrition. In fact, the protein content of meat is very limited. Generally, 25% of fresh meat can only provide 4 to 5% of protein. Therefore, more protein sources must be obtained from other foods.

4. Record the ingredients in detail

Before making your own dog food every time, it is best to use a pen and paper to list the types and quantities of raw materials used to prepare dog food. It should be noted that you should try to choose more varieties with better digestion and absorption. High fiber content is difficult to There is less to digest. We know that it is beneficial for pet dogs to eat a certain proportion of crude fiber. However, dogs have relatively short intestines, and the weight of the digestive tract only accounts for 2.7% to 7% of the body. Excessive crude fiber can cause indigestion and difficulty in pets. For absorption, especially for dogs in the puppy stage, they should add less. And record each ingredient in detail on paper, so that you can form a stable and healthy homemade dog food ratio record through observation and comparison.

5. Trace vitamin adjustment

After initially planning the variety and quantity of food, the content of trace vitamins, amino acids, calcium and phosphorus must be further adjusted. In the childhood stage of pets, you can add some pet-specific calcium tablets or other mineral-rich foods. At this stage, dogs are in a rapid growth stage, and bone growth requires abundant calcium to supplement. Be sure to prevent calcium deficiency caused by excessive growth. What needs special attention is that the nutrients of some vitamins will be destroyed or completely destroyed during the high-temperature and high-pressure curing process. Many types of vitamins will lose 30% to 100%, so attention must be paid to vitamin supplements in the later period. You can add some vitamins again after steaming and cookingBiobiotic nutritional food prevents pets from eventually suffering from vitamin deficiency due to long-term intake of vitamin-deficient foods.

6. Balanced nutritional ratio

Taking into account the balanced ratio of nutrients, the traditional concept of simply providing energy and maintaining life and development should be improved. In a sense, nutritious food should also have the function of preventing and treating diseases. Therefore, in self-made dogs When eating food, you should consider adding some drugs to increase resistance, enhance immunity, and prevent the occurrence of diseases.

7. Improvement of palatability

When making homemade dog food, you must fully consider the palatability of the prepared food, because the olfactory membrane area of ​​pet dogs is 60 to 200 square centimeters, while humans are only 2 to 3 square centimeters. The olfactory cells of pet dogs are human 100 times that of food, which means that pet dogs are very sensitive to the smell of food, so do not choose spicy or bitter food during the production process. This will affect the pet's choice of food, even if it has rich nutritional value. But pets not eating is also a very troublesome thing for pet lovers.

8. Add fat appropriately

The reasonable addition of fat is also essential in the preparation of pet food. As an essential nutrient for the growth and development of pets, fat can participate in cell formation and repair, and at the same time provide pet body energy and reserve energy and other important functions. However, excessive intake or long-term consumption of products with high fat content will cause many serious health hazards to pets, such as body obesity, physiological and metabolic disorders, decreased appetite, nausea, sexual maturity disorders, decreased reproductive rate, and empty pregnancy. , postpartum lactation, etc. Therefore, when making homemade dog food, fat needs to be added reasonably. More or less is inappropriate. This should be added according to the pet's own characteristics and related nutritional ratios.

9. Steamed and cooked dog food

The prepared pet dog food must be steamed and cooked, because the food contains a large amount of starch. The starch is degraded during the digestion process and then absorbed by the intestines in the form of glucose molecules. Starch can only be absorbed by the intestines after being fully matured. For pets to digest and absorb, insufficiently mature starch can cause weakly acidic diarrhea in the large intestine.

10. Appropriate quantity ratio

The quantity of homemade pet food should not be too much each time. It should be prepared according to the pet’s needs for 2 to 3 days. Any leftover food should be stored in the refrigerator. It must be heated before each meal. Do not let pets eat cold and frozen food to prevent it from causing diarrhea in pets.