jerry said:

Hey Shanna, this is new stuff to us, but obviously well known in pet nutrition. Where did you hear about it?

Here's a good source. We actually know these people pawsonally, they're from our old hometown:

I heard about it from the vet.  I read doggie home cooked diets until my eyes crossed and then sent Dr F a note and asked what he would recommend for a home cooked reducing diet.  He sent me one simple enough for 'anyone' to follow, but this one ingredient has totally eluded me.  It is for caclium - it is actually the ingredient in pills that keep them from crushing in the bottle.  There are a variety of supplements that list it as an ingredient, some as the primary ie) PetTabs Calcium.

I'm really glad to know you are familiar with that company, it was one of the only ones I would have considered from the google search.  My problem is that the shipping is as much as the product - and I admit that is a mental thing with me, it isn't the price, but my head telling me it is rediculous.  Unless I find it at a compounding pharmacy today, I'll place the order.  Thank you for stepping up for the hometown folks, it really did make a difference this time.

And Comet - the green beans were being added to Natures Balance reduced calorie kibble.  I wasn't real happy with it - too many carbs, but Dr F was wanting to try her on Science Diet, and we won't go there, just suffice it to say it is filled with corn which I know she doesn't do well on for the allergies.  In the evening she was getting a green bean snack.  Well two weeks into it, Trouble wasn't wanting to eat and would lay in the kitchen and cry, whine, and moan.  I was beginning to think something was really wrong.  I got her switched to the homemade diet Wednesday evening and the 'kitchen bitchin' has stopped, and she doesn't have to be coaxed to eat anymore.  If I can get this dicalcium phosphate thing in order, we'll be in business.