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There are many different types of home made diets. The best thing about them is that they can be tweaked according to your dog's needs. You can address intestinal issues, allergies, etc by adjusting the ingredients. We use Donald Strombeck's "Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets" as a base and tweak according to our dogs' needs. One of my dogs gets salmon for every meal because she has dry skin. Another never gets brown rice because she has intestinal difficulties and oatmeal is easier on her digestive tract. There are other considerations. As a result, I don't believe in a one size fits all kind of thing.

The main components of our dogs' diets are:

Meat and/or fish
Starch (potatoes, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, brown rice)
Fruit and Vegetables
Sardines
Once a week additions (garlic, yogurt, cottage cheese)
Commercial vitamin supplements and bone meal

One of our dogs also gets digestive enzymes and two get vitamin C for mild urinary issues.

There's a sticky on diets too.