Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs, Revised Edition: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Meals

Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs is a guide to preparing balanced, home-cooked raw meals for dogs. Written by Lew Olson, founder of a natural pets product company with over thirty years of experience, the book addresses the concern that home meal preparation is too complex by presenting canine nutrition in accessible language. The book includes step-by-step instructions, recipes, and charts for preparing home diets. It covers guidelines for keeping diets simple and balanced, preparation methods, ingredient sourcing, and appropriate portion sizes by body weight. Recipes are provided for healthy adult dogs, puppies, senior dogs, and dogs with specific health conditions such as pancreatitis, renal problems, gastric issues, allergies, heart disease, liver disease, and cancer. The author traces the history of commercial dog food and discusses canine nutritional requirements, comparing home-prepared foods to commercial processed options. The revised edition adds information on feeding pregnant dogs, newborns, performance dogs, toy breeds, senior dogs, and addresses the safety of raw food diets for dogs. The guide is designed for both experienced raw feeders and newcomers to home feeding.