If you take the leap of faith and decide to make your own raw dog food it's important to remember that bone meal must be part of the recipe. If your dog doesn't get the right amount of "fit for consumption" bone meal, their bodies will extract it from their own bone matter. Bone meal is not an optional ingredient, it's one of those must-have's. I'm not comfortable with giving my westies meaty bones which was where they were getting their bonemeal intake previously.
**** Make sure the bone meal is consumable. Do not use the bone meal for gardens as this will poison your dog.****
As far as supliments go, I also add something call Pet Essentials which is a blend of vitamins and minerals that make sure my dogs are getting all the things they need.
I've recently read a few articles pertaining to the importance of adding starch to the homemade diet. Adding sweet potatoes and serve this purpose, however, I have yet to do this. My most recent batch of homemade will take about a month to consume but after that I intend to add this form of starch.
