A
bowl of comforting porridge or congee brought me back
childhood memories as I remember my dog likes to eat
home cook porridge. And I will tell you why.
I used to have this
dog which is a cross breed. I had the dog when I was about 13 years old.
Our family friend advised us that to make the dog fur looks shinny and
thick, we must give him natural black "gula melaka" (a kind of
traditional palm sugar in Malaysia) mixed with porridge. It really makes
his fur thick and shiny black. Even few of my neighbors asked us what
special food we gave him that make him looks so good
A bowl of comforting
porridge or congee brought me back childhood memories as I remember my
dog likes to eat home cook porridge. And I will tell you why.
I used to have this
dog which is a cross breed. I had the dog when I was about 13 years old.
Our family friend advised us that to make the dog fur looks shinny and
thick, we must give him natural black "gula melaka" (a kind of
traditional palm sugar in Malaysia) mixed with porridge. It really makes
his fur thick and shiny black. Even few of my neighbors asked us what
special food we gave him that make him looks so good and healthy.
Ancient Chinese
Food - Porridge
The Chinese porridge
(or otherwise known as congee) is a soupy or liquidized version
of boiled rice. Once upon a time, the poor in China made porridge to
prolong the household consumption of rice grain; because it uses much
smaller amount of rice for each meal. However, due to its soft texture,
it is also a traditional Chinese baby food. The fact that it is easy to
digest and curative effect on the body, those who are recovering from
sickness could use it as a main food intake.
Porridge is good
for humans. What about for dogs?
Porridge alone may be
easy to digest but may lack certain nutritional values essential for
your dog's health maintenance. To make the porridge diet for your dog
more balanced, it is important to include a combination of fats,
carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water in a balanced
diet that provides sufficient calories to meet their daily needs for
growth, activity, and repair.
My Dog's Special
Diet
"Gula Melaka"
(Palm sugar) was originally made from the sugary sap of the Palmyra
palm or the date palm. Now it is also made from the sap of the sago and
coconut palms and may be sold as "coconut sugar." The sugar is a golden
brown paste, sold in tubes, blocks or tin cans. It may be light-colored
or dark, soft and gooey or hard. As a lightly-processed product of
cottage industry, it varies greatly from batch to batch. In Indonesia,
sugar made from the Borassus (Palmyra palm) is known as Gula Jawa
("Javanese sugar") or gula merah (red sugar). Sago Gula Melaka is a very
popular soft dessert in Malaysia. You can see it in almost every
traditional function, such as parties, wedding reception, gathering, or
school parties.
We never feed our dog
a lot of meat. My mother will cook porridge mixed with a bit of "gula
Melaka", "ikan bilis" (malay word for a family (Engraulidae) of
small, common salt-water fish) or small amount of beef. We usually used
low grade brown rice (at that time we do not know it is actually organic
rice and nobody ever heard of organic food at that time).
Avoid products that
use meat by-products like bones, feet, and intestines, chemical
preservatives like BHA and BHT and difficult-to-digest grains like corn,
wheat, gluten and soy. These grains are sometimes listed as a protein
source in place of meat in commercial dog food.
Many health problems,
like allergies that cause itchy skin, are simply caused by a poor diet
and improper allocations of the wrong kinds of food. It is recommended
that you start making note of the ingredients until you notice an
improvement.
My dog was so used to
eating porridge that he will refuse to eat if it is rice. The porridge
smells good even to people. That is why I believe in homemade natural
food that is best for human is guaranteed good for your dog.
Protect Your Dog's
Health
The health of your
dog is very important and hinges on good nourishment and plenty of
exercise. The pet owner who feeds their dogs a good balanced diet
consisting of
special dog food will save a lot of money and have a happy healthy
pet.
If your dog has a
healthy skin and coat, is energetic, and gets good marks from the
veterinarian on the annual checkup, you can continue to feed the same
diet of natural food no matter which they have chosen. If the dog is
having problems, it is important to investigate if its food might be a
contributing factor and take steps to fix things by adding a supplement,
switching to another food, or asking the vet to run some diagnostic
tests.
Shocking News
On March 15, 2007,
FDA (US Food And Drug Administration) learned that certain pet foods
were sickening and killing cats and dogs. FDA found contaminants in
vegetable proteins imported into the United States from China and used
as ingredients in pet food. FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations
announced that two Chinese nationals and the businesses they operate,
along with a U.S. company and its president and chief executive officer,
were indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 6, 2008. The indictments
are for their roles in a scheme to import into the United States
products they claimed were wheat gluten. The products were contaminated
with melamine and used to make pet food."
How can we protect
our animal companions? Make your dog healthy and happy by feeding him
healthy,
natural dog food now!
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