Life With Pugs » Food http://lifewithpugs.com So much crazy, in such a little package! Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:35:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Home Cooking http://lifewithpugs.com/2009/09/home-cooking/ http://lifewithpugs.com/2009/09/home-cooking/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:38:39 +0000 Debie http://lifewithpugs.com/?p=53 Last fall Eddie developed a rash all over his belly, between the pads on his feet, and in the folds where his legs joined his body. After several trips to the vet and 3 sessions of antibiotics and steroids we were all pretty sure he had a food allergy.  We wound up putting him on a special dry food that was specifically made for food allergies. Not cheap at $70.00 a bag, so we kept Bob on his regular food and gave Eddie his new one. The worst part was that while it cleared Eddie up, nobody really knew what he was allergic to, including the vet. The only way to figure it out was to start adding things back in slowly to see what caused a reaction.

So this was how we started out spending a few hours once a week cooking for the boys. After doing research on home cooking for dogs, what their nutritional needs are and what they cannot eat, we stared out with just plain chicken and brown rice. After a few weeks on that and no skin or digestive problems, we added in carrots and then some additional veggies. So far so good with that so the newest add in is egg.  The boys love cooking time since the get a whole extra meal of what falls on the floor! Here are some pics of the big production.

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