Alternatives from raw diet?

[Newbie Ball]

I want my dog to eat healthy, but I can't do the raw diet for my dog, I fear he is too old for the change. Also it will be kind of hard to convince my mom to feed him raw.
Are their any alternatives besides for raw diet ? I've been cooking him treats all week. They consist of Powder, and eggs, also what ever left overs my family decides not to eat.
(Hot dogs, Veggies, Hamburgers, Fries, etc anything..) that isn't bad for him of course. But I want to convert him from Manufactures dog food, too something home made.

I can feed him meat, I just can't do raw. (it grosses out my family.)

Are there any alternatives? Is it as easy as just cooking the meat?
Also, hes a Pit mix (Don't know with what.) I don't have a weight on him, hes around the size of your average Pit.

[Wapadi]

Buy a quality dog food and the same with treats and leave it at that. We feed BilJac to our dogs. But Science Diet is good as well as Nutro.

Fries and hotdogs are not healthy!!

[Newbie Ball]

I don't want my dog eating that anymore though. I want to actually know what my dog is eating, For now on.

Also, it's treat he only gets em once in awhile, or otherwise they wouldn't be a treat .

[Raven01]

Well, if you knew what was in hotdogs not only would you not eat them, you wouldn't feed them to your dog.

Nutro Lamb and Rice I've found to be pretty easy on dogs with sensitive stomachs although this doesn't sound like a problem for you.

If you are making your own dog treats use only quality ingredients, not, "whatever scraps are laying around". about.com I think it was has several good dog treat recipes.

You could consider a grain-free commercial dog food as an alternative to raw. Or, there are also commercially available BARF diets available in sausage like tubes, which might be an easier sell with the family.


EDIT: There are normal healthy human foods that can do anything from give your dog wicked gas to make him very ill even fatally so.

[Mike41793]

Feeding raw meat to your dog grosses out your family but they'll give him fries and hot dogs....?

I'm sure in the wild wolves have butchers carve up their kills and gordon ramsay grills them to perfection for them! lol

Dogs are designed to eat meat, its perfectly fine for them. You can do it, your family doesn't even have to get involved.

[Siphon]

Homemade diets are best left raw, or mostly raw.

A quality kibble will have minimal ingredients and optimal nutrition. I feed my dogs Taste of the Wild, but I have fed raw and BARF-style diets and if you have the time, dedication, and resources I think they're great diets when done appropriately.

First things first though... Don't feed those table scraps anymore! Ground beef, fries (greasy and salty!), and things like that definitely don't belong in your pittie's tummy. A high-quality kibble is SO much more healthy than the foods we put into our own bodies. I personally recommend Taste of the Wild or even Tractor Supply Co's 4Health Grain Free kibbles.

I make dog treats for my training clients, if you want some recipes I can send them over your way As far as the diet goes, however, in your situation I think it is best to choose a high quality kibble.

[satomi325]

Cooking meats is pointless. The cooking process destroys the essential nutrients and the benefits of raw.

Stop feeding the dog table scraps. Too much sodium.

Science Diet is absolute crap. Its really unhealthy. Vets only sell them because they get endorsed.

Taste of the Wild is good. Nutro isn't the best, but not bad either.
Acana, Evo, Orijen, Nature's Variety Instinct, etc are top foods.
BARF diet is great too.

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[satomi325]

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/

Decent dog food guide.

[Newbie Ball]

Okay..just to calm everyone down, they are 100% beef hotdogs. I know what are in em, the fries are baked / lately salted. As far as I'm concern a little salt hurt no one.
The scraps, are just bits of vegies, meat, and what not 100% healthy. I wouldn't feed my dog anything I wouldn't eat. That is why I"m trying to switch him from that dried food crap. (Which is the bigger crime here).

Thanks for everyones feed back, and construct of feedback . I guess I'll just try and convince my family to switch him over.

[sorraia]

If you can't feed raw, look for a quality dog food. Read labels obsessively. Look for grain free, avoid by-products and meals, look for ingredient lists that actually list what is in the food (lamb, beef, chicken instead of just "meat"). Meat and organ should be the first few ingredients, not fruits and vegetables.

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If you can't feed raw, look for a quality dog food. Read labels obsessively. Look for grain free, avoid by-products and meals, look for ingredient lists that actually list what is in the food (lamb, beef, chicken instead of just "meat"). Meat and organ should be the first few ingredients, not fruits and vegetables.