What should I feed my dog?

Yes — fresh, home-cooked food built on animal protein is excellent for dogs, and it is naturally high in moisture and animal protein. The one catch is that a plain meat or meat-and-rice bowl is not complete on its own: it is short on calcium relative to phosphorus, iodine, zinc, copper, vitamins D and E, and the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. It becomes a complete diet when those specific gaps are corrected to the NRC 2006 nutrient floors.

A puppy builds its whole skeleton in the first year, so its calcium, phosphorus and protein needs run well above adult maintenance, and large or giant breeds need calcium held inside a two-sided window for developmental-orthopedic safety. Feed a dedicated growth formula (PuppyPro™) through growth, then step down to adult maintenance (DogCore™) at around 12 months for small and medium breeds, 18–24 months for large and giant.

How much to feed is set by your dog’s daily energy need, which rises with body weight — a 5 kg dog needs roughly 320–430 kcal a day, a 40 kg dog roughly 1,500–2,070 kcal. Treat any chart as a starting point and adjust to body condition: you should feel the ribs easily but not see them, with a visible waist from above. Growlrr’s recipe-builder sizes the bowl to the gram.

Plain cooked rice, plain roti in moderation, cooked boneless chicken, egg and plain curd are fine for dogs. Never feed onion or garlic (toxic in all forms), chocolate, grapes or raisins, or cooked bones. But safe-as-a-treat is not the same as a complete daily diet — a chicken-and-rice bowl is safe yet nutritionally incomplete until the missing micronutrients are added.