[PistolPaknMama]

For people who don't feel up to home-cooking,

At this point I would home cook, but now the talking heads are warning against it because most pet owners don't know how to balance the diet. We buy dog food manufactured in our state (SC) but now I'm wondering if they get their base products from China. I'll check out your link, thanks for that.

[Arizona Carolyn]

It is sooooooo easy -- beyond easy! and if you are nervous Monica at K9Kitchen will help you balance out a homemade diet for your pets... I've fed raw for 9 years and home-cooked for a lot of years before that... trust me, cut the grains and your dogs will thrive.... just remember meat, some organ meats (about 10-20% of their diet) and purreed vegetables... 1/2 tsp powdered egg shell calcium for each pound of meat...

There is a supplemement called DINOVITE that you can sprinkle on their food, contains some natural vitamins as well as Human Grade Diatomaceous Earth -- DE cleans them out so they don't get worms and don't need working... There is some great lists on yahoo for people working through the process... k9nutrition as well as k9kitchen are both excellent.