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Home Cooking for Your Maltipoo

Home cooking for a Maltipoo can be a great way to offer extra delicious, super-healthy meals and snacks. And, no matter your level of cooking skills, making homemade food for your canine family member can be fun and rewarding.  

Here, we’ll cover the top 5 things home cooking helps you avoid, the 8 best things about it, and the introduction of a very colorful, fantastic recipe book. 
home cooked meal for Maltipoo dog
home cooked meal for Maltipoo dog
Pictured: Delicious and nutritious fish & egg dish with carrots,
lima beans, and zucchini, tri-colored quinoa, and fresh blackberries

The Top 5 Things Home Cooking Helps You Avoid

#1 Chemical preservatives. 

Highly processed food made in bulk needs added preservatives to stop it from quickly spoiling. There are two ways to do this: man-made vs natural. Adding in man-made synthetic preservatives is the method that many brands use because it is the most cost effective for them. 

While some of these preservatives are linked to serious health issues including cancers, the most common side effects for dogs is allergies. These typically manifest as breathing issues or skin issues. 

The list of preservatives to avoid include, but are not limited to: butylated hydroxyl anisol, butylated hydroxyltoluene, ethoxyquin, and sodium bisulfite. 

#2 Coloring dyes. 

The sole reason that these are added to dog food is to please pet owners. Colorful food is often equated with tasty and/or healthy food; though this is certainly not always the case. Some artificial dyes are used in human food products as well and it’s just shocking how dangerous these can be.   

Red #3 was found to be a carcinogen via animal testing. There is strong evidence, but not yet proof, that Blue # 1 and #2, Green #3, Red #40, and Yellow #6 cause cancer in animals. 

In addition, all of these artificial coloring dyes are linked to allergies. Signs include runny eyes, itchiness, rash, breathing issues, and more. 

And, these dyes are linked to hyperactivity, irritability and aggressiveness in children; it is uncertain but suspected that this applies to animals as well. 

#3 Questionable ingredients.

The guideline for what passes as ‘human-grade’ food per the USDA sets the bar low. It simply must be ‘edible’. However, lots of commercial kibbles and canned food do not even rise above that. 

By-products are found in lots of dog foods and are animal parts deemed unfit for human consumption. This includes beaks, spinal tissue, spleens, tails, undeveloped eggs, lungs, and more. 

Many brands contain 4-D meat which stands for dead, dying, diseased and disabled animals. 

Generic meats and oils which are labeled as ‘meat’ or ‘animal’ followed by ‘fats’, ‘meal’, etc. can consist of any animal whatsoever. Independent meat processing plants essentially consider nothing off-limits. They process road kill, euthanized animals, dead zoo animals, expired meat from butcher shops and supermarkets, and more. 
 
#4 High levels of wheat gluten.  

When Maltipoos or other dogs are sensitive or allergic to gluten, this typically does not involve all grains but rather is usually a reaction to wheat or wheat-by products. Other grains that contain some level of gluten such as barley and gluten-free grains such as brown or white rice or oatmeal is usually well-tolerated. The problem is that wheat is one of the cheapest types of grains and is used quite a bit in many dog foods. 

#5 Fillers. 

Fillers can be responsible for a Maltipoo eating feces (coprophagia) or grass, and are linked to malnutrition. These are very cheap ingredients that are added to food to plump it up though they offer very little to no nutritional value. 

One of the most common is corn. And, this is not the corn that you may eat off the cob at family barbecues. It is low-grade ‘feed corn’ that is often reserved for animals like cattle. This also includes by-products of corn like corn meal. Other fillers include hulls and husks (oat, peanut, etc.) and cheap cereal by-products. 

The 8 Top Benefits of Making Homemade Food for a Maltipoo

#1 There’s zero preservatives. You can cook in bulk but won’t need to add any preservatives since food will be refrigerated (usually up to 3 days) or frozen (up to 3 months) and thawed as needed. 

#2 There’s zero coloring dyes. You’ll only be using unrefined, clean ingredients, so there’ll be no fake coloring agents at all. But dishes you make for your Maltipoo will indeed be very colorful via a wide assortment of bright veggies and fruits. 

#3 High-quality, wholesome foods. Every ingredient is human-grade, wholesome food that you’ll be purchasing from your local grocery store. This includes fresh meats, vegetables, fruits, and (should you choose) healthy grains. There are also some nutritious additions that some recipes call out for such as eggs, a touch of honey, yogurt, coconut oil, and more. 

#4 It’s easy to adjust grains as you deem fit. Whether you know for sure that you want to entirely avoid grains or you want to experiment to see which your Maltipoo may tolerate just fine (like quinoa or rolled oats), homemade recipes allow you to have complete control over the type and amount of grains in each dish. 

#5 Flexibility for picky eaters. Small breeds like the Maltipoo are notoriously finicky about food. And homemade food can help solve this issue. Recipes can be adjusted to include ingredients that a dog prefers. This is particularly helpful for the main protein (lamb, fish, beef, chicken, etc.) but also when swapping out veggies (sugar snap peas instead of carrots, for example) or fruits (blueberries instead of apple). 

#6 Cook when you want to. If you enjoy cooking and would like to offer all sorts of new recipes, you certainly can. Or, if you want to cook in bulk and store a week’s or a month’s worth of meals, that’s an option too. 

#7 Meals burst with flavor. There is just no comparison between commercial kibble or canned food and fresh-made dog food prepared at home. You’ll be using juicy meats, crisp vegetables, and ripe fruits. And some recipes call out for creamy or sweet sauces. Given the option, a Maltipoo will run toward home cooked food each and every time. 

#8 No special culinary skill are needed. If you don’t consider yourself a seasoned chef but still want to make meals for your Maltipoo, that’s no problem at all. Many recipes require just basic skills such as boiling water, cutting up meat or produce into bite-sized pieces, frying food in a frying pan, and blending components in a bowl. 

Home Cooking Recipe Book

If you’re thinking about making homemade meals or snacks for your Maltipoo, you’ll want to check out this really fantastic eBook, The Healthy Wholesome Cookbook for Small Dogs. 
Healthy Cookbook for Small Dogs
Inside are 40 ultra-delicious and super nutritious recipes. 

First, there are 21 unique recipes for meals that are packed with flavor and bursting with goodness. 
examples of homemade recipes for small dogs
  • Echo’s Easy Egg Scramble 
  • Bono’s Berry Breakfast
  • Lollipop’s Liver Bonanza 
  • Max’s 3-Blend Meatloaf 
  • Fargo’s Fish and Eggs 
  • Velvet’s Lip-Smacking Veal & Chicken Medley
  • Banjo’s Beef Mashup 
  • Sammy’s Steak Stew 
  • Blossom’s Beef Berry Quinoa Mix
  • Yolonda’s Yogurt-Marinated Beef Blast 
  • Scout’s Sunshine Chicken Mix 
  • Yogi’s Yum-Yum Turkey Dinner 
  • Sullivan’s Salmon Dinner 
  • Faith’s Pan-fried Fish Feast 
  • Luca’s Doggo Lo Mein (Chicken or beef)
  • Poppy’s Pasta Supreme 
  • Marley’s Cheesy Meatball
  • Lucy’s Light Lunch and Tank’s Turkey Takeover (both low-calorie meals)
  • Eddie’s Easy-Does-it Blend (for upset tummies)
  • Samson’s Simple Dinner with Add-ons (a top method for testing food allergies)
Then, you’ll love the 19 recipes for baked, no-bake, and frozen treats. 
examples of homemade treats for small dogs
  • Nutty Cheese Drop Biscuits
  • Frosted Peanut Butter Cookies 
  • Classic Peanut Butter & Coconut Oil Paws
  • Veggie Crunch Bones 
  • Carrot Cheese Squares 
  • Sweet Potato Puffs (soft treat)
  • Frozen Double-Fruit Yogurt 
  • Frozen Yogurt Split Treats 
  • Coconut Berry Macaroons 
  • Frosted Pumpkin Cookies 
  • No-Bake Pumpkin Peanut Butter Balls
  • Mixed Berry Muffins
  • Mini Stuffed Fruit Disks 
  • Berry Crunch Bones 
  • Blueberry Dot Chews (soft treat) 
  • Banana Oat Bites 
  • Chicken Veggie Bites 
  • Liver Crunch Bites 
  • Fun Fruity Birthday Cake
Full Color Photos - One of the wonderful aspects that sets this book apart from many others is that each recipe includes step-by-step full-color photos of ingredients, cooking steps, and final plating. 
sample of pages from recipe book for small dogs
Super-handy formatting – This is a PDF eBook which makes it incredibly easy to access. You can keep it right on your computer, tablet or smartphone. And, you can also print it off to keep in a binder. Just place the sheets into plastic sheet protectors and you’ve created a mess-proof, splatter-proof book that endure countless cooking sessions. 
example of ebook printed out
For every pet parent – Whether you’re completely new to the idea of home cooking for your Maltipoo or you’ve been doing this for a while and are looking for new nutritious recipes, you’ll love this incredible cookbook. 

Exclusive - We’re proud to be one of few canine-related informational resources offering this incredible cookbook for small dogs. And, we’re very pleased to announce that this book is currently just $6.88. 
Just click/tap the button below to be on your way to having fun in the kitchen while offering super-nutritious meals for your little guy or gal (you'll be taken to GumRoad, our eBook delivery service for a fast & easy check-out). 
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Order now to receive a copy that contains bonus info. You’ll have 4 super-helpful lists: 1) Foods a Dog Can Eat 2) Foods a Dog Can Eat Once in a While 3) Foods a Dog Can Technically Eat, but Are Not a Good Idea and 4) Foods a Dog Cannot Eat: Toxic or Dangerous Foods 
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