Helpful Guides on Homemade Diabetic Dog Food

This is a simple guide on what to feed your diabetic dog to keep them healthy and happy. A good way of keeping your diabetic dog healthy is to prepare meals for your dogs instead of buying commercial dog foods. This is a good way to keep track of what the exact ingredients are, what quality and what mix of nutrients go into your dog’s meal. Just be careful with your homemade dog food, you just can’t feed your dog anything. Homemade diabetic dog food is best if you follow proper feeding and nutrition for your beloved pet.

In preparing your diabetic dog’s food you will need to make sure that the meal contains protein, some complex carbohydrates and fiber plus vitamins and minerals and a little fat. You also need to avoid sugar and simple starches. These foods burn too quickly and tend to spike up the levels of glucose in your pet’s bloodstream.

Here are examples of simple foods that are safe for diabetic dogs: lean beef (80/20 or 20% or less fat), cooked eggs, rice, and vegetables, raw or cooked: asparagus, carrots, celery, cabbage, green beans, squash, zucchini, turnips and spinach.

While these are the foods to avoid for diabetic dogs: fast food (greasy food), pastries, cookies, cakes, other deserts and sweet fruit.

And finally foods that you should never feed any dog: chocolate, nuts, tomatoes and tomato plants (atropine which leads to dilated pupils, tremors and arrhythmia), onions and garlic (large amounts lead to anemia) and grapes and raisins (large amounts lead to kidney failure), food that is molded or even slightly spoiled (can get severe food poisoning, causing vomiting, diarrhea or even shock or death)

With this guide you can be creative when making homemade dog food for your diabetic dog. Just remember to follow the basics of food safety for your pets and never feed your dog’s food that is toxic to them.