Dog-Gone Good Cuisine

February 1, 2014

The movement to feed dogs the ancestral, raw diet, or to provide them with home-cooked meals began in the 1990s with Richard Pitcairn's The Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, and Ian Billinghurst's Give Your Dog a Bone. It was fueled recently by massive recalls of commercially prepared pet foods. To address the demand for easy-to-cook meals using simple ingredients and basic techniques, the author, a certified nutritionist and chef, has created more than 100 mouthwatering recipes with the bonus that over 70 of these recipes are intended for human as well as canine consumption. Additionally, Pruitt includes a discussion of essential vitamins and minerals and their role in preventing or addressing various conditions, as well as a chapter on supplements. However, she does not provide a nutritional analysis, e.g., percentages of protein, fat, etc., or any guidance on how to combine the recipes to create complete and balanced meals. Enhancing the text are endearing photographs of rescue dogs. VERDICT For dog owners who eschew commercially processed diets.--Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, NY

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