A home-cooked diet is the best way to control what is going in your pet's mouth. You can choose if you want your pet to eat organic fruits and vegetables, free- range chicken or grass fed beef. You know it is safe because they are the same foods you are eating. It is a more natural way for them to eat and more like what they eat in the wild. And your pet has a better chance of dumping those extra pounds if they eat a home- cooked diet. Your pet needs variety in their diet to meet nutritional guidelines. Commercial pet food does not offer the variety they need. In the wild most canines stalk their prey until it has finished eating that way they get not only the prey, but the contents of it's stomach, usually grasses. Wild cats and dogs also forage on fruits that have fallen from trees or vegetables they dig up from the ground. These are the same ingredients you can offer them in a home-cooked diet. Dogs in the wild also don't eat the same thing everyday. They eat what is available. Are you responding with a yes answer to any or all of these next three questions? Has your dog been suffering from skin problems, allergies, or other health maladies? Are you tired of treating your pet with lotions, sprays, and creams with over the counter products as well as medications prescribed by your vet? Are you tired of seeing your pet scratching and scratching and appearing to be in misery with no relief in sight because his condition is chronic? You are at your wits end and starting to look to yourself to solve the problem. And the most obvious daily activity which you can supervise and control is food. Perhaps, you have come to the realization that there seems to be a lack of essential nutrients in commercial pet foods. If you are starting to take interest in food sources as a remedy for better health, you may want to check on the benefits of feeding your dog home cooked foods. Special foods do not need to be purchased for your dog. These foods are most likely available in your refrigerator and your pantry shelves. It is the same groceries that you have in stock for your family. Your pet health ia as important as your health, The type of good food you will wish to eat should also be what your cat will eat. Cooking your cat food diet at home is very very vital and essential to the health of the cat. Reason why you have to cook your own cat food is because, you can monitor what they eat and when they become sick, you can boldly speak to your doctor and give detail of what to say, they eat good nutrient food not a commercial food that is from the grocery or prepared without your knowledge. Keeping or training a healthy cat is not an easy task and not hard too but you need some important steps to follow.