Crunchy, wet food or express cooked dishes?
How to stimulate Fido if he is inappetent and what dogs cannot resist?
To foods with a smoky aroma, to the smell of roast, to 'sulphurous' aromas (given off by garlic, onion, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels broccoli and others).
In addition to some dishes that smell of some fats and, of course, of meat.
How is the appetite then?
Sniffing, this is certain as the increase of inappetent dogs in front of bowls full of the usual ready-made baby food, witnessed by the flourishing of debates and advice that are popular on social media on the theme 'my dog is inappetent'.
If Fido, instead of aiming for his meal in the bowl, prefers to give alms by going around the set table of his adoptive family, the reasons are there.
The aromas released by cooked foods work best, in particular smoked, roasted, sulphurous and fatty smells, we read in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry where a curious experiment done by researchers from the American Chemical Society is published.
The authors of the survey tried to provide Beagle dogs with different meals flavored with 12 volatile molecules, or without odor, and among all the dogs they chose those with the aromas listed above.
This is a 'pilot' experiment, therefore limited and in the early stages and which will be extended to other dog breeds, explain the authors but lays the groundwork for a review of the scents of ready meals for dogs that are inappetent and perhaps in love with menus cooked on the spot. by families.
The
growing trend of
alternative
'fresh foods'
to kibble and freshly cooked gourmet recipes that is rampant in families that host dogs, are now combined with studies that aim to make
our four-legged friends
mouth water
even in front of
pets.
industrial foods, a market that the Assalco-Zoomark 2018 Report identifies as having a value of 2 billion and 51 million euros.
Has the fight between treats and express meals begun?
The tendency to prefer fresh foods is increasing but if once dogs were given the leftovers of meals consumed by 'humans', today the offer of
wet foods formulated for them and only with ingredients suitable for human
and non-
human consumption
is multiplying.
more just 'offal' and additives of dubious quality.
Consumers are more attentive to the composition of cans and sachets of ready-to-eat baby food and the 'without' phenomenon is also advancing in this field, which banishes many common additives, as well as refuses cans and treats with added sugar.
Industries change register in order not to lose market shares and also taking into account the historical moment in which we are, which sees us spending much more time at home and therefore available to cook for Fido too.
The web is full of tutorials
for chicken or beef menus with rice and vegetables, cakes, snacks, complete and balanced baby food and even 'treats' made with fresh ingredients (like the calcium-boosting yogurt that our quadruped friends).
Dog-chefs are a phenomenon that spreads from the United States to Europe.
In the States, the guru of cooking for pets, Kevyn Matthews, sets the trends, who even creates recipes for making snacks like brownies with a calming effect for nervous dogs because they contain cannabis (the Anxiety Squares).
Here the blogger Sonia Orlandi is the 'Cheffa Dog'.
Author of the cookbook 'Recipes for dogs' dispenses her secrets on social media and the trend of fresh cooking for pets saw, in 2017, the opening of the first delivery for dogs, the Dog's Bistrot in Milan.
Here you can order menus cooked on the spot and delivered directly to your home at mealtimes.
The recipes are prepared with the support of nutritionists and the foods arrive portioned based on the characteristics of the individual dog.
We read on the start-up website: “The transition to natural food will positively affect the character of the dog.
In addition to general well-being, natural food helps prevent diseases, often associated with poor nutrition ”.
