The Good Food Cookbook for Dogs: 50 Home-Cooked Recipes for the Health and Happiness of Your Canine Companion Book

I grabbed this book at a library book sale hoping for some fun things to incorporate into my dogs' diet. I was extremely disappointed by the recipes included. First of all, the author has zero nutrition experience and only had a vet's input on "certain sections" of the book - never mind that vets typically don't get much nutrition instruction in vet school, unless they are specialists in nutrition. So that was my first red flag. The second came as I quickly perused the recipes. I noted that there is very little guidance on things like purchasing low sodium ingredients or what leanness of ground beef should be used. Therefore, these recipes could easily result in high sodium or high fat foods which could be incredibly problematic for certain dogs. The third red flag quickly followed as I noted certain very questionable ingredients, such as chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, or "Westie White Sauce" which solely consists of butter, flour, and milk. (???)

I am not by any means a dog nutritionist; however, I have self educated on this topic for years. In my opinion, the best recipes for dogs are going to be appropriately balanced blends of protein/fat/carbohydrates and simple in ingredients. With the possible exception of some of the cookie recipes, I would not feed my pets any of these recipes. Although Roberts does include a caveat that this food should be added to dry dog food, I don't understand the point of why someone would go to the effort and expense of purchasing and preparing these ingredients and then continue to feed kibble. I think someone could do some selective research online, using qualified references, and probably come up with easier and better recipes than any in this book. I definitely do not recommend.