This Foolproof System Makes It EASY to Feed Your Dog Nutritionally Balanced, Fresh Homemade Food

Veterinarians often frown upon homemade diets because, much of the time, they’re not nutritionally balanced. Getting them right can be tricky and time-consuming. Now, there’s a simple, surefire way to create nutritionally balanced, fresh homemade meals, customized for your dog’s needs.

Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix and the Recipe Generator give you the tools you need to make fresh, nutritionally balanced meals for your adult dog while avoiding the biggest mistakes pet parents make in preparing homemade food.
The Recipe Generator provides customized recipes built off your choice of eight different meats and a variety of vegetables, as well as optional starches, and designed for your dog’s weight and activity level.
Providing a complete balance of species appropriate nutrients to keep your pet strong and healthy, Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix is made in a GMP-certified facility using only human-grade ingredients.

Remember the famous story from Aesop’s fables about the dog and his bone?

The happy hound is merrily carrying his bone home from the butcher when he comes to a bridge. In the middle of the bridge, he stops and looks into the water. He sees his own reflection, but thinks it’s another dog…with a bigger bone.

Craving the bigger bone, he opens his mouth to seize it. But in the same motion, his own bone slips into the river, and he loses both the bone he has and the one he hoped to get.

While the traditional moral of the story is to be content with what you have, there’s another moral here for pet parents who want to transition their dog from commercial processed food to fresh homemade food.

In reaching for that “bigger bone” of a healthier diet for your furry friend, there’s a risk of getting the nutritional balance wrong, causing you to lose the few benefits your dog got from the processed food and creating new problems.

Since you’re thinking about switching to a fresh, homemade diet, you already know that feeding your dog means more than just filling her belly. You want real, recognizable, species appropriate food to help your pet thrive, not just survive.

But when you decide to make the switch to feeding fresh food, it can be overwhelming trying to put it together in a nutritionally balanced meal that your pet will eat.

You don’t want to lose the convenience and basic nutritional balance of the old kibble – the “bone” you currently have – and at the same time not get the healthier, more nutritious diet you’re reaching for – the “bigger bone.”

Fortunately for pet parents, the “bigger bone” of a fresh, homemade diet is not just a reflection in the river. It’s real, and you can have it.

With an entire system to take the guesswork out of preparing nutritionally balanced fresh meals, your dog can enjoy the benefits and taste of fresh food while you rest easy knowing she is getting all the nutrients she needs.

First, let’s take a closer look at how you’re currently feeding your dog...

Today’s Pet Food Diets – Rated From Best to Worst

Recently, I ranked all of the different types of pet food diets available in big box stores, grocery stores and small, independent pet food stores. Here’s my list, from best to worst, starting with my absolute favorite type of pet food:

Balanced, raw, fresh homemade diet
Commercially available raw diet (found in the freezer section of your small, specialty pet store)
Balanced, cooked homemade diet
Dehydrated or freeze-dried food
Human-grade canned food (The label must say the ingredients are human grade, or they are not.)
Human-grade dry food (It must state human grade to ensure it doesn’t contain low-quality rendered by-products.)
Super premium canned food (found at big box pet supply stores)
Super premium dry food (found at big box pet supply stores)
Veterinarian-recommended canned food (purchased at your vet’s office or clinic)
Veterinarian-recommended dry food (purchased at your vet’s office or clinic)
Grocery store-brand canned food
Grocery store-brand dry food
Semi-moist pouched food
An unbalanced homemade diet – raw or cooked

While many of these types of foods may be super convenient, they don’t necessarily provide the biologically appropriate, food-based nutrients necessary to maintain vibrant health in your dog.

As you make decisions about how to feed your canine companion, it’s important to educate yourself about all the options.

What Pet Food Makers Don’t Want You to Know About the Food You’re Feeding Your Pet

Most pet owners have little idea of what they are actually feeding their pets when they buy processed pet food.

Whether it’s dried kibble, canned food, dehydrated or frozen food, the trendy, artfully designed packaging provides few accurate clues.

Here’s the truth about most pet foods on the market today:

Leftover meat industry by-products from rendered animals are used to make most pet foods.
Pet food is heated, on average, four times during processing, significantly depleting its nutritional content.
Carcinogenic byproducts, such as heterocyclic amines, acrylamides and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) can result from the high-heat processing typically used to make commercial pet food.
Cheaper, feed-grade forms of nutrients common in the animal feed industry – such as sulfates and oxides – are added to bring the food up to standard.
At only 12% moisture, dry food falls short of the 70% moisture in fresh food, which is needed to prevent organ stress and dysfunction.
Heavy metals, glyphosate, phthalates, flame retardants, BPA and pentobarbital (pet euthanasia solution) have all been found in a variety of commercial pet foods, triggering frequent recalls.
Additives such as chemical preservatives, artificial colors, dyes, rendered fats and fillers are typically used in processed foods.
Palatability enhancers are often added to trick pets into eating food that isn’t biologically appropriate for them.

It’s no wonder these dark truths about highly processed pet food aren’t widely advertised. These facts don’t inspire confidence, and pet parents want better for their furry family members.

What’s on Your Plate Isn’t Necessarily What’s Best for Your Dog

Many pet owners are shocked to find any type of homemade diet at the bottom of my list. How could a homemade diet be the worst food you can feed your pet?

After all, it’s fresh, it gives your dog variety and you’re controlling everything that goes into it. How can it possibly be worse than grocery store kibble?

An increasing number of well-meaning but misguided pet owners think they're doing the right thing by serving their pet, say, a chicken breast and a few vegetables and calling it a day.

Sometimes, pet parents take “homemade” to mean a little bit of everything they eat. Or raw feeding pet owners assume feeding a rotation of several different meats, bones and organs will provide “balance over time.”

Unfortunately, research shows this rarely ever happens.

Nutritionally unbalanced food, even homemade, can lead to serious health problems for any pet.

As a practicing veterinarian, I see dogs with endocrine and skeletal issues, and even organ degeneration, because they’re not receiving a diet properly balanced with the essentials, like trace minerals, omega fatty acids and calcium.

Because of these increasingly common scenarios – along with misinformation from commercial pet food makers – fresh homemade diets, especially raw diets, have been “black-listed” by many veterinarians.

I recognized this dilemma early on. With my passion for biologically appropriate fresh food for pets, I set out to find an easy and convenient way to help owners prepare affordable and nutritionally balanced homemade meals for their adult dogs.

I’m excited to tell you about it. Here’s a little more background on what makes it so beneficial...

An Important Reason to Be Proactive About What Goes Into Your Pet’s Food

Over the last century, the pet food industry has convinced owners to feed pets highly processed diets. These diets manage to sustain life, but they rarely nourish pets as nature intended.

Processed pet food is a relatively recent development in the long evolutionary history of canines. Dogs evolved to eat fresh food, even after branching off from Canis lupus (gray wolf) thousands of years ago.

In fact, the first bag of commercial dog food came on the scene less than 100 years ago, and while dogs are amazingly resilient, I believe what we’re feeding them today is nothing less than nutritional abuse.

Because dogs are so adaptable, they have the ability to consume species-inappropriate foods. But not without consequences…

One other significant factor that many people don’t consider is the quality of today’s soils. Food can only be as healthy as the soil in which it is grown. Nutritionally depleted soil yields nutritionally depleted food. And our soils today are appallingly depleted.

When you make your own food with wholesome ingredients – and appropriate supplemental vitamins and minerals – you’re in control. You know what your dog is getting, and what he is not.

Raw or Gently Cooked – Why a Balanced Fresh Homemade Diet Is the Best Food For Your Pet

Here’s the bottom line: dogs need to eat fresh, whole, species appropriate food to be optimally healthy. Fresh food diets resemble nutrient-dense ancestral diets. These are the foods that our pets are designed by nature to eat.

As you saw, a balanced raw, fresh homemade diet sits at the top of my best-to-worst list. This is the best choice for pets for many reasons, including:

Fresh, raw food contains all the enzymes and nutrients that are typically destroyed during cooking and other types of processing.
Homemade allows you to take complete control of the source and quality of the ingredients in your pet's diet.
Homemade allows you to take advantage of fresh, seasonal vegetables on sale and rotate your use of species-appropriate fresh meats and poultry.

Yet, when I recommend a raw, fresh homemade diet, I can’t stress this enough...

It must be nutritionally balanced or it is as good as worthless.

The trend among pet parents to feed a raw homemade diet is growing quickly. And it’s great that people are paying more attention to what they feed their pets.

However, this is only a good thing if that food is properly prepared with their dog’s personalized nutritional requirements in mind.

This is why I’m excited to introduce you to Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix – my surefire system for preparing fresh meals for your adult dog that he will love and you will feel good about feeding.

A Simple, Surefire System for Planning Fresh, Nutritionally Balanced Homemade Meals – That are Ready in Minutes

I firmly believe that owners who care enough to invest the time and money it takes to prepare their dog’s food want nothing more than to do it correctly.

Yet, if you ask anyone who has ever taken on the task, you know it’s not easy.

You have to do the research, hunt down the right foods, know how much to buy, figure out how to prepare it and mix everything together in the right amounts.

It takes a lot of knowledge and committed effort to get it right.

Often, you end up feeling like the dog in Aesop’s story, trying to get the bigger bone of a fresh diet, but only managing to lose the smaller bone of nutritional balance. It can start to feel like that bigger bone really is just a mirage in the river.

Which is exactly why so many caring, well-meaning pet owners give up, either after trying it a few times, or sometimes even before they make a first attempt.

I developed our Recipe Generator and Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix with the help of veteran pet food formulator Steve Brown for that very reason: To take the guesswork out of preparing a nutritionally balanced meal for your pet so you can feel confident giving him fresh homemade food.

Steve’s a real pro when it comes to formulating dog food. He created the first commercially available raw pet food diet in the U.S. more than 20 years ago.

The two-part Recipe Generator and Meal Mix system that we created together provides a way for you to know exactly:

Which ingredients to choose.
How much of each ingredient to buy.
How to prepare the ingredients for optimal nutrition.
How to ensure the food is nutritionally balanced.
How to make sure it tastes good so your dog will eat it.

Our goal was to create simple, easy-to-follow recipes that contain a variety of ingredient options to make homemade, nutritionally balanced pet food a reality for people who want to feed fresh food to their dogs.

Finally, an Easy Way to Provide the Nutrition You Want for Your Pet… Without Worry, Fuss or Confusion

Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix is much more than a simple nutrition supplement to put on top of a meal. Used together with the Recipe Generator, it provides a complete system for preparing truly nourishing, nutritionally balanced food for your pet.

This innovative total meal plan gives you unlimited access to recipes and ideas for feeding your dog a variety of healthy, balanced homemade meals.

Here is how the two parts of the Meal Mix system are designed to work together:

The online Recipe Generator allows you to customize meals from a variety of ingredients. You choose what works best for your budget and your adult dog’s nutritional needs, and Recipe Generator generates a recipe based on his or her weight and activity level.
Meal Mix is made with human-grade vitamins and minerals. It’s designed to help you create nutritionally balanced, fresh homemade food that you can trust in just minutes.

When Steve and I started developing the system, we established some very specific criteria that we felt our Meal Mix formula had to meet:

The nutrients needed to be human-grade, unlike what’s used in most processed pet foods.
The nutrients had to be free of soy, gluten and GMOs.
The nutrients had to be versatile enough to be used in many different recipes in order to allow for nutritional diversity and rotation of meats, vegetables and carbs (if desired).
The formula had to meet optimal nutritional requirements for trace minerals and vitamins, unlike most pet foods today that provide just the bare-bones minimum requirements necessary to sustain life.

While certain nutrients, like zinc, vitamins D and E, iodine and choline, are present in tiny amounts in many foods, they’re deficient in most homemade, fresh food diets, which is exactly why so many veterinarians oppose feeding homemade diets.

They know most pet owners are simply guessing when it comes to balancing nutrients. And they also know that adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that is a recipe for creating dangerous nutritional deficiencies.

The whole point of our Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix is to help pet parents prepare fresh homemade food without having to spend a lot of money on expensive, rare ingredients. We want to make homemade food balanced and simple.

Meet the “Brain” of the Meal Mix System – the Recipe Generator Does the Planning for You

It took me three years – with Steve’s help – to develop this two-part system: the groundbreaking, innovative Recipe Generator and Meal Mix for adult dogs.

Please note, this two-part system is designed to work together. It’s important to always use the Recipe Generator when planning and preparing meals for your pet with Meal Mix.

Let’s take a closer look at how to use the Recipe Generator – Meal Mix system to prepare nutritionally balanced meals for your adult dog…

Log in to our Recipe Generator at www.mealmixfordogs.com and enter your dog’s name, approximate weight and activity level. If you have more than one dog, you can create recipes for each one. You’ll get a scientific calculation of exactly how many calories your dog needs to consume each day.
Customize your recipes by choosing what type of meat, poultry and vegetables you want to use (and starch, if desired) as well as whether you want to prepare them raw or cooked. You have plenty of options so you can pick your pet’s favorite foods.
Click “Create Recipe” to receive an assortment of customized recipes along with preparation instructions, nutritional information and suggested feeding directions.
Choose a recipe and prepare according to provided directions.
Add a high-quality source of omega-3s and a premeasured packet of Meal Mix (the recipe will tell you exactly how much of each), and you’re done.
Store the uneaten portions in the refrigerator for up to three days or in the freezer for up to two weeks.

Starches and carbs are totally optional with Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix. They’re not required for a nutritionally balanced meal, so the choice to include them is yours. You might add sweet potatoes or quinoa if you’re working on a limited budget, or if your vet suggests reducing the protein in your dog’s meal.

With the Recipe Generator, you have access to hundreds of meals that allow you to choose from meat-only recipes, meat and vegetable recipes, meat and starch recipes, or meat, vegetable and starch recipes. You get to choose based on your budget and the nutritional needs of each dog in your family.

You can view, print or email the recipes and have unlimited access to hundreds of different recipe combinations.

The Recipe Generator tells you exactly what’s in each meal, too. It provides the full nutrient profile for a 1,000-kcal meal. Each recipe you create will have a specific kcal and feeding amount recommendation per day based on your dog’s activity level and weight.

You can double or triple recipes to create the desired batch size for your dog’s caloric needs, or to reduce prep time by creating multiple meals ahead of time to used later.

Because every recipe meets or exceeds the AFFCO nutrient standards for a complete and balanced meal for maintenance, you can be confident that you’re giving your pet what he needs.

What Makes My Meal Mix System Stand Apart

A few other products may appear similar to Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix on the outside, but if you look closer, you’ll realize there’s nothing else that can truly compare...

Here’s what sets Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix apart from the others:

You don’t need to use carbs if you don’t want to. We designed our system with the option to use just meat or poultry, or a mixture of meat and whatever vegetables you choose.
The Meal Mix supplement is human-grade, not feed-grade like the others. Plus, mine is made in a GMP certified manufacturing facility.
Contains no soy, gluten or GMOs. This is especially important considering the pet food industry’s current practice of using GMO soy as a filler ingredient in foods.
We use NO sulfates, oxides or sodium selenite, or menadione (synthetic vitamin K), which are all cheap forms of nutrients commonly used in the animal feed industry.
Our Recipe Generator program allows for nearly endless variety. If your dog is a fussy eater or has digestive issues, food allergies or sensitivities, you can choose from more than eight different proteins to meet his needs.
Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix is the only product on the market that can be mixed with red meats (ruminants like beef and bison), poultry or wild game (elk, goat, rabbit) to make a complete and balanced meal for adult dogs.
Can be added to gently cooked or raw food.

This innovative system allows you to be in complete control of every single ingredient going into your dog’s bowl. These days, that can bring tremendous peace of mind.

A long-time dream of mine, Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix system levels the playing field. It gives everyone the tools they need to feed their pets healthy, fresh food – by simplifying the process and taking the guesswork out of meal planning and prep.

Take Pride in Feeding Your Pet Fresh, Balanced Meals with This One-of-a-Kind Meal Mix System

Whether you’re already preparing a homemade diet for your dog, or considering adding a few homemade meals during the week, our Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix and Recipe Generator provide you with assurance that you’re doing it right.

This unique system makes preparing nutritionally balanced, fresh homemade food convenient and easy. There’s no guesswork... no searching for the right vitamin and mineral supplements... and, best of all, no hassle.

The only product on the market made with bioavailable, human-grade nutrients at a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) facility, this is my favorite creation ever.

No matter whether you offer your dog fresh homemade food at every meal or a few times a week, there’s no question about it. The more you can avoid highly processed, commercially prepared foods for your furry family member, the healthier and happier your pet will be.

With this two-part system, you’ll have just what you need to trade the old bone of processed pet food for the bigger bone of nutritionally balanced, fresh homemade food for your dog.

Enjoy the confidence of knowing you’re giving your dog the very best and order Bark & Whiskers^® Meal Mix today. Once your package arrives, you’ll receive instructions for how to log on to our Recipe Generator. Be sure to always use the Recipe Generator when planning and preparing your pet’s meals.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the suggested use for this product?
Select a recipe from the Recipe Generator on mealmixfordogs.com, and prepare the meal as instructed, and feed as according to the recipe. These are the recommended serving sizes for adult dogs:
- Toy Breed Dogs (up to 14 lbs.) – 6 oz. to 10 oz. per day
- Small Breed Dogs (15 to 29 lbs.) – 10 oz. to 1 lb. per day
- Medium Breed Dogs (30 to 49 lbs.) – 1 lb. to 1 lb. 10 oz. per day
- Large Breed Dogs (50 to 79 lbs.) – 1 lb. 10 oz. to 2 lbs. 6 oz. per day
- Giant Breed Dogs (80+ lbs.) – 2 lbs. 6 oz. to 2 lbs. 14 oz. per day
2. Do I need to use the Recipe Generator every time I prepare a meal with Meal Mix?

Yes. The recipes you receive from the Recipe Generator are designed specifically for your dog and meet unique needs based on weight and activity level, ensuring you’re preparing a nutritionally balanced meal every time.
3. Why do the recipes call for supplemental krill or fish oil?

Krill or fish oil is needed to meet EPA and DHA requirements. Because it’s impossible to keep the delicate essential fatty acids stable in a powdered mix, we don’t include it in the Meal Mix supplement. To remain viable, these critical fats should be added right before the meal is served, and you may choose any marine-sourced oil.

We recommend our Bark & Whiskers^® Antarctic Krill Oil for quality and convenience. Flax oil and other vegetable sources of omega-3 fatty acids do not provide adequate amounts of DHA or EPA.
4. Why should I add in a vegetable oil, like hemp seed, if I only feed my dog red meat meals?

We recommend adding this to replace the omega-6 essential fatty acids missing from red meats. Poultry is a rich source of omega-6 fatty acids, so if you are rotating between red meats and poultry, this addition isn’t necessary. If you don’t want to feed (or can’t feed) poultry, then adding in a source of omega-6 fatty acids is necessary.

Our recommended type of omega-6 oil is hemp seed oil, but you may also use other sources, such as walnut, sunflower or safflower oil.
5. Why should I use lean meats?

Usually the cheaper the meat, the higher the fat content. Fat is a great energy source for dogs, but it displaces other key nutrients needed for optimal health, as essential minerals are in the protein, not the fat.
6. Why can’t I use this with my growing puppy?

Puppies have different nutritional requirements at different ages of growth, and this formula does not account for these different needs.
7. I can only afford to feed one fresh meal a day. Is that enough?

No problem. Feed as many fresh meals as you can afford. If you feed your dog 14 meals a week, and you can afford to make half of those fresh, that’s a 50% improvement in your dog’s overall nutritional intake, which will provide valuable health benefits over time.

If your budget allows you to feed just two homemade meals a week, you might want to consider dividing the meals into snack-size portions and feeding a little bit every day as training treats or on top of your pet’s processed food, which you then reduce in portion size to account for the fresh food being added.
8. Are there risks involved in feeding a raw food diet?

A quick search of the FDA recall website reveals there are potential risks to feeding all types of dog foods, including raw food. We recommend discussing your pet’s nutrition with a veterinarian who understands fresh food to learn what type of food, amount and feeding frequency is best for your dog.

Most vets discourage raw meat diets if the patient has undergone GI surgery within the last month or has a white blood cell count that is below normal (indicating immunosuppression). Additionally, some oncologists recommend a cooked food diet for dogs undergoing chemotherapy, and then allow a return to raw food after treatment, provided they were eating it before.

If you and your vet decide a cooked meal is best for your dog, you may still use Meal Mix. It will supply the necessary nutrients to make the food complete and balanced. A lightly cooked balanced fresh food diet is still superior to any store-bought foods.
9. Can I give cooked vegetables, and are there any I should avoid?

Yes, this is a popular feeding approach. Some nutrient levels actually increase after gentle steaming (such as lycopene levels in tomatoes). Please avoid using onions, garlic, chives and rhubarb, as they are toxic to dogs. If you add potatoes, make sure you remove any sprouted “eyes,” as they are also toxic to dogs.
10. Can I add fruit to a recipe, and what fruits should I avoid?

Fruit may be included. We recommend berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries) because they’re loaded with beneficial antioxidants for dogs. Pits must be removed from fruits before feeding. Avoid starfruit, grapes and raisins.
11. I’ve heard that certain dogs must avoid several other foods besides onions – is this true?
If you have a healthy dog, then feed a little bit of all of them, except onions. Here’s what we know about some vegetables and other produce:
- Soy and yams have phytoestrogens. Soy is almost always genetically engineered and contains anti-nutrients, which may be harmful for your dog.
- Cruciferous veggies – such as broccoli and cauliflower – can be goitrogenic, which means they can negatively affect your dog’s thyroid health if fed exclusively.
- Vegetables have different oxalate concentrations, so some dogs predisposed to certain bladder stones do best avoiding high oxalate veggies, such as spinach and beets.
- The lectins in legumes can lead to gastric upset and leaky gut.
- Non-organic wheat, bulgur, spelt, barley, rye and oats contain at least some gluten (you can avoid traces of gluten by buying gluten-free oats). When these grains are non-organic, they often contain glyphosate, a likely carcinogenic herbicide.
- Some vegetables are sky high on the glycemic index, such as corn and potatoes, while some are very low. Better choices for your dog’s metabolic health include asparagus, dark green leafy vegetables, green beans and zucchini.
All mushrooms that are safe for people are safe for pets. Mushrooms that are toxic to people are also toxic to dogs.
12. What if I only want to feed meat (no added vegetables or starches)?

The meal is still balanced, but your dog will not get any fiber or roughage, food-based phytonutrients or enzymes present in fresh produce. Research shows dogs consuming a meat-only diet have a less diverse microbiome than dogs fed vegetable matter.

Nature intended dogs to eat small amounts of vegetables, and the wild ancestors of dogs naturally consumed the vegetables in the stomachs of their prey. This is why small amounts of vegetables are recommended.
13. If grains are unnecessary for dogs, why would I add them to my dog’s food?

Grains are typically added to reduce cost. Many people are able to afford fresh meals by offsetting some of the more expensive meats with other foods, such as grains, legumes or potatoes. A fresh diet that includes these foods is more nourishing than a processed diet. Some animals have medical issues that require them to consume a lower protein diet or higher fiber diet. As always, choose organic whenever possible.
14. How do I transition my dog onto fresh food?

There are many ways to transition your dog, but no one way works for every dog. To know if you’re transitioning your dog too fast or too slow, keep an eye on your dog’s stools. Here are some general guidelines:

The first step is to make a batch of food. You can calculate how much your dog needs to eat daily and divide the food into daily portions. Keep a few days’ worth in the refrigerator, and freeze the rest. We recommend making only the amount of food your pet will eat within two weeks.

If you have a finicky dog or a dog with a sensitive stomach, the “slow trick” is recommended: Remove 5% of your dog’s old food, and replace it with the same amount (5%) of new food. Watch your pet’s stools. They may become soft for a day, but they should firm back up.

If stools are normal, replace 10% old food with 10% new food, and watch stools. Continue replacing old food with new food until your dog is transitioned completely. If stools soften, simply continue feeding the same ratio of new and old food until the bowels balance themselves, then proceed with the transition schedule.

Another option is to divide up one freshly prepared meal, and give the food as treats throughout the day, then feed your dog regular food for the evening meal or vice versa – feed the old food for breakfast, then use the new food as treats for the remaining part of the day. Continue this for several days until stools are normal, and then discontinue old food entirely.

Some dogs may prefer the food cooked, initially, as cooking releases an amazing aroma that dogs find irresistible. If you wean your dog onto cooked meals and then would like to wean them onto raw food, gradually cook the food less and less.
15. Should I stop giving other supplements to my dog?

If you’re now adding certain nutrients, such as calcium or vitamin D, to your dog’s homemade meals as a means of balancing the diet, then yes, you should discontinue these supplements. Meal Mix provides all the required nutrients conveniently in one packet. Continue using probiotics, enzymes, joint or eye supplement, ubiquinol, astaxanthin or medications from your veterinarian.
16. Can I increase or decrease the amount of ingredients listed?

Do not increase or decrease single ingredients in the recipes – this can create nutritional imbalance. If you desire a higher recipe yield, double or triple the entire recipe. This will increase the amount of food while maintaining the calculated nutritional balance.
17. I am specifying which ingredients I want to use but receive too few available recipes. How can I access more recipes on the Recipe Generator?

If too few recipes are displayed after filtering the ingredients, choose your desired meat, and skip to ‘Create Recipe.’ All the recipes containing that specific meat will be displayed on the page.
18. Can I use vegetables in season even though there aren’t any recipes on the Recipe Generator with the seasonal vegetables I am looking for?

Yes, you may use your desired seasonal vegetable following the ‘Any Vegetable’ recipes. These recipes will list ‘Any Vegetable’ in the ingredient list and can easily be found by selecting ‘Any Vegetable’ when choosing your vegetable option in the Recipe Generator.
19. Why is Meal Mix only available in packets and not in bulk?

The individual Meal Mix packets are perfectly measured to deliver the appropriate amount of vitamins and minerals to the provided recipes in order to create a nutritionally balanced meal. Just as getting too little of a vitamin can cause deficiencies, too much of a vitamin may cause health problems, and AAFCO has recommended maximum daily intakes for these vitamins.

For this reason, Meal Mix packets should not be added to commercial pet food or recipes other than those found on the Recipe Generator, as this could cause a nutrient imbalance over time. Additionally, using a different amount of Meal Mix other than what is directed in the Recipe Generator is not advised for the same reason.
20. How do I use Meal Mix if I’m also feeding commercial pet food once a day?

Take the daily recommended amount of kibble found on the bag, or directed by your veterinarian, and cut it in half, then take the suggested feeding amount listed on your Meal Mix recipe, and cut that in half as well. Commercial pet food and Meal Mix recipes can be fed together or separately throughout the day. Alternate ratios may also be used, such as feeding one-third of the recommended amount of commercial food and two-thirds of the recommended amount of a Meal Mix recipe each day.
21. Can I give this product to my pet if she is pregnant or nursing?

This product was not formulated specifically for pregnant or nursing pets. We always recommend consulting with your veterinarian before giving your pet a new dietary supplement.

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Important Note:

This two-part system is designed to work together. It’s important to always use the Recipe Generator tool on mealmixfordogs.com when using Meal Mix and preparing meals for your dog.

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