Feed Your Best Friend Better: Easy, Nutritious Meals and Treats for Dogs

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Feed Your Best Friend Better: Easy, Nutritious Meals and Treats for Dogs
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rick Woodford
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 188
Category/GenreCookery, food and drink
General cookery and recipes
Domestic animals and pets
Dogs as pets
ISBN/Barcode 9781449409937
ClassificationsDewey:636.7083
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing
Imprint Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date 10 April 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

From Rick Woodford, the "Dog Food Dude" himself, comes Feed Your Best Friend Better, with easy recipes that will make even humans drool a little bit. Healthy food can enable dogs to live longer, healthier lives, just as it can for humans, and with these meals, treats, and cookies, dogs will never miss commercial kibble. Rick has researched nutrition for dogs and has used the same manuals veterinarians use to develop his recipes. Feed Your Best Friend Better makes the transition to homemade dog food simple, so you can make natural pet food for your dog every day. From nutritional value to portion sizes, these recipes will help dog parents know what their dog is eating. The meals are healthy, and dogs love them. Rick Woodford wants dogs in every family to be healthy and happy. His recipes use a variety of herbs and spices for their antioxidant properties but they smell so good everybody in the house will be drooling. Recipes include: * Puppy Pesto * Bacon Yappetizers * Barkscotti * Mutt Loaf * Gingerbread Mailman In addition to 85 recipes other helpful chapters include: * How to Pick out a Commercial Food; making the ingredient label easy to understand with a breakdown of ingredients that are good for the bowl and those that are best left on the shelf. * Determining Portion Size; information on body type and size help readers understand how much food their dogs need to be in the best shape * Problem Mealtime Behaviors; how to deal with the early morning wake up call, reluctant eaters, counter surfing and more

Author Biography

Rick Woodford operated Dog Stew, a company that produced nutritional, homemade dog food for dogs in the Pacific Northwest. He began cooking food for his dogs after his dog Jackson was diagnosed with cancer and given a year to live. Rick resolved to send Jackson out with style by cooking him food usually reserved for humans, only to find out the transition to human food made Jackson feel better and live for four years, cancer free. Online: dogfooddude.blogspot.com

Reviews

"We highly recommend checking it out for its inspiring, easy, super-healthy, vet-approved recipes your dog will adore." (Modern Dog magazine)