Fruits such as apples, pears and blueberries do great things for your dog when mixed with your homemade dog food recipe. Be sure to remove any seeds as dogs have difficulty digesting them. Fruit can add fiber and necessary vitamins to keep your dog healthy and happy.
If you are using a recipe that calls for 60% meat (10% of which is organ) and 40% vegetable, simply work in fruit to about 5% of that vegetable.
Fruits have natural anti-oxidants that work against aging.
Many premium dry dog foods contain fruit but just as the minerals are cooked out of the kibble, the goodness of fruit is greatly reduces as well.
I hope to review some of those dehydrated raw diet powders in my next blog. I have been experimenting a bit with Urban Wolf, however, I'll reserve my discussion on this until next time.
