Dinner for Dogs: 50 Home-Cooked Recipes for a Happy, Healthy Dog

I have tried most of the recipes in Dinner for Dogs for my two mixed breed, female dogs. They love this food so much that they dance in the kitchen when it is time to feed them. Truthfully, fixing meals is not as convenient as scooping kibble from a bag, or simply opening a can. However, the extra work is worth the effort to feed my girls real food.I previously purchased the best commercial dog food that I could find. I always thought street dogs, as my girls once were, had iron stomachs. They were unable to properly digest the commercial food, no matter what I tried. They went through problems with loose bowels, burping, and flatulence. Now, the problems are all gone.I gave this recipe book 4 stars because, while the recipes are excellent, I feel that the author's instructions involve a lot of unnecessary work. Many recipes say to cook meat in one pan, veggies in another, and grain in yet another pot. I don't do this. I brown the meat, then add grains, veggies, and water as necessary to cook the meal. Perhaps a later edition could simplify the cooking instructions. I also do not finely chop the vegetables because my girls are perfectly happy to eat vegetable chunks. I do not form food into balls, either, as this is more work. I just mix it up and dish it out. As far as my dogs are concerned, it is all good. To make life easier, I double the recipes now, and freeze some meals for another day.The bottom line for me is happier, healthier dogs with these recipes. I feel confident that anyone can fix their own dog food using this book, and their dogs will benefit from this.

I have really happy babies! They have gobbled everything I have fixed for them. It sounds gross and smells as bad as you think, but their favorite treat is.....Peanut Butter flavored Bones! They are baked, and that's a plus. They have oatmeal, honey other normal kitchen pantry items and the real kicker of it is the smell that makes them such a draw, the Anchovies. The initial smell is gone quickly. Once mixed into the dough you don't know they are in there, but puppies can smell them and go nuts for them!!("If you have a sensitive nose and still have aa lingering odor, just put about 2 ozs of Apple cider vinegar in a very shallow dish. Set it up out of the way, like top of the fruit or a cabinet. The only reason for putting it up high is to avoid accidentally tipping and spilling the plate/saucer/bowls content.")Any recipe I have fixed for them has been gobbled up like wolves.The food prepared from recipes in this cookbook is of higher quality in comparison to store bought dog foods:Fresher ingredientsReal1st line food products, no fillers or food created as by-productsYou control the amount of fat, sugar, salt and other items that don't belong in their foodYou can add more vitamins and nutrients based on Veterinarian recommendations

My dogs love the recipes I've made so far.

The calorie counts for the recipes are wrong. And they are ridiculously wrong. Anyone with even the rudimentary understanding of math should be able to see this.Consider the recipe for Rice with Meat. If you add up the weight of all of the ingredients, the total is about 1500 grams. And if you add up the caloric values for all of the ingredients, you get about 1800.Now even if you assume that all 600 grams (1 ml of water weighs 1 gram), of the water evaporates–which is absolutely incorrect because most of it will be absorbed by the rice-then you still have 1800 calories in a mixture that weighs 900 grams. That works out to be about 200 calories per 100 grams. The books states that the calories for 100 grams is 400. That's completely wrong. The real number is probably about 150 calories per 100 grams of food.I would guess that the author doesn't understand that 'ounce' can be a volume ('fluid ounce') or a weight measurement. When you measure something using a 1/2 cup scoop, that's a volume measurement and doesn't equal 100 grams unless what you're measuring is water or a water-type liquid.And, honesty, if someone doesn't understand this basic distinction, they have no place telling anyone how to prepare healthy, nutritionally sound recipes for dogs.So if you're using this book, ignore the calorie counts, at least the 100 grams ones.

Great recipes and I also learned about different herb that I can use

Example: page 71 (Lamb Cupcakes) - one egg is not going to make a "sticky" paste out of the rice flour and oats; you need to add a liquid, in my case I add some juice from the meat I used. When you are a first timer like myself (and a male) you tend to follow the recipe as described - in this case I asked my wife why I wasn't getting a paste, "add juice my love, add juice" - so if you are like me and not a great cook who knows everything this book is good for ideas but ask you wife when something does not look good or you'll use the oven to no avail.

I've had my dogs on a mostly homemade diet for about five years now and its hard to find good well balanced cookbooks. This one is great. It pretty much follows the diet that I have my dogs on and gave me lots of ideas for new recipes. This would be a great book for anyone who is interested in getting their dogs off of industrial dog food or for people who just want to add a little variety to their dogs lives. In the back of the book there is also small guide to herbs with their health benefits to dogs.

Recipes looks good but my dog didn't like any of them. Not regret buying it even thou we don't use it anymore.

I am so impressed with this book! I have a rescue dog with a lot of gastro issues and have decided to feed 100 percent home cooked so that I know exactly what is in her food. This book has a lot of easy to follow, frugal and nutritious meals and it turns out that my dog loves salmon. This has been a really great resource for me and I highly recommend. I feed in combo with extra vitamins and minerals.

I was a very disappointed with the book. The receipts are good but they are very involved and time consuming to make and very expensive to boot. I did find out that what I was already making for my fur babies was very good for them, so the money spent for new meal ideas was well spent. It also give us an idea on how much we should be feeding each dog.

Très bien car inclut les calories pour chaque portion. Utilise peut-être un peu trop de grains dans les recettes…mais à chacun de réduire si desiré…

I love this book. You can make a snack for yourself and share it with your dog. Honestly, the recipes are fantastic - your dog will love them. Mine certainly do. Goodbye to tinned dog food forever! Here is just an example of what’s included:Banana Smoothie, Morning porridge, Frittata, Salmon and oat balls, Sardine bake, Chicken and rice balls, Lamb and veg stew with lentils, meat loaf, Superfood gravy, Tuna and Sardine fish balls, Oatmeal biscuits, Cheesy twists and so on and so on. Natural food for natural dogs. Brilliant.

I bought this book so I could make food for my dog as he suffers from food allergies I found it very hard to find food in the shops that he could eat. Now he has food that I know he can have