Making your own dog food is smelly and will stink up your kitchen.
This was my own personal reason for not making my own dog food. I am a vegetarian and I know that a vegetarian diet isn't optimum nutrition for my dogs but I thought the smell of meat would gag me. Initially you might think your kitchen will smell like a giant can of dog food but that's not the case at all. I decided the health of my dogs meant more than my nose and I was surprised to find that making your own dog food doesn't stink in the slightest. You can use raw or cooked meat in most dog food recipes (your choice) and there is little to no odor and the scents you do occasionally get when you're putting together your own dog food recipes are just delicious. One summer day when I was making a Veggie Loaf for my dogs my neighbor popped on my porch and asked what the delicious smell was and the look on his face was priceless when I told him I was making dog food!