Cooking For Your Dog?

take4roll10

take4roll10

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I know a lot of people on here feed raw/barf food for their dogs. Personally, I don't think I can. I thought about it and I've done a little research on it. Because of Bailey's stomach problems, it may not work for her and I don't want to take the chance.

I'm a little concerned about proctor and gamble, all these dog food recalls and you just don't know what really goes into their food. I really want to make sure that Bailey has a long, happy and healthy life, so I was thinking about cooking for her. I'll do it if I just have to cook one day, freeze it and it will last for a week.

Does anyone here cook their dog's meals? Do you recommend any books I can buy or websites for more information? thanks!
 
take4roll10 said:
Does anyone here cook their dog's meals? Do you recommend any books I can buy or websites for more information? thanks!
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Lew Olson's book that I talked about before has a lot of great recipes in it. It's available from Amazon for like $15. She does both raw and cooked recipes. She also explains a lot about the canine gut, and why certain ingredients are problematic, or why you should add certain things. I highly recommend it, no matter what food you choose.

http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Natural-N...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277419508&sr=8-1
 
I cook for mine. They often get kibble in the morning but in the evening they get human grade meat with vegies and some yoghurt or cheese or calcium powder. For meat they usually get roo meat or beef and for vegies I generally use a frozen vegie mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrot and add fresh pumpkin. They get egg yolk once or twice a week, liver fortnightly and sometimes I mix in rice or oats or cous cous(occassionally pasta). They love having a sauce - usually just tomato paste with some herbs mixed in.

I am lucky in that I can alternate home cooking with a product called 'Vets All Natural" complete mix - soaked overnight then mixed with meat it contains all the nutrients they need.

I work on the basis of a healthy balanced diet for humans with a higher ratio of meat and added calcium (because they dont get bones is winter so much and unlike us dogs dont snack on dairy food) In fact, my dogs eat better than me - I often sit down to a microwave meal while they are eating fresh.
 
*Caro said:
I cook for mine. They often get kibble in the morning but in the evening they get human grade meat with vegies and some yoghurt or cheese or calcium powder. For meat they usually get roo meat or beef and for vegies I generally use a frozen vegie mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrot and add fresh pumpkin. They get egg yolk once or twice a week, liver fortnightly and sometimes I mix in rice or oats or cous cous(occassionally pasta). They love having a sauce - usually just tomato paste with some herbs mixed in.

I am lucky in that I can alternate home cooking with a product called 'Vets All Natural" complete mix - soaked overnight then mixed with meat it contains all the nutrients they need.

I work on the basis of a healthy balanced diet for humans with a higher ratio of meat and added calcium (because they dont get bones is winter so much and unlike us dogs dont snack on dairy food) In fact, my dogs eat better than me - I often sit down to a microwave meal while they are eating fresh.
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that would be my thought too, there is nothing complicated in cooking for dogs, eliminate food that harmful for them, add more meat than you would serve for human, 60-70 % of meat and 30-40 % veggies, fruits, rice, oat, sweet potatoes, herbs etc
Add bonemeal if you do not feed bones but I would really suggest trying chicken necks, easy and usually get eaten real fast and clean, good source of cartilage replacement.
Balance your meals by changing it often by adding eggs, fish, organ meat, different meat and you will be fine.
 
If I do cook for Bailey, she'll definitely eat better than me. I don't even cook for myself :lol:

I just want to read a few books first. I want to make sure she gets the proper nutrients a dog needs.
 
Newton recommends fixing Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo....


[Janet pushes Newton away from the keyboard]

Sorry folks...Newton got three noodles and a small piece of chicken last night and now he's obsessing. Every time I go to the kitchen he's tagging along; and he generally won't go into the kitchen!
 
You know he does look Italian. Maybe That's the personality you were looking for. A little Danny DeVito. I can here him in that voice now. Hey Ma ! How bout a few more of those noodles. Us Italians need our pasta ya know and while your at it throw in a couple meatballs.....In his raspy N.Y. voice. hehehe:lol:
 
When we are a bit more settled, I want to cook one afternoon a week and make a week's worth of food, kind of a thick stew mixture and have that on hand.

And then supplement with eggs, fresh fruits and veggies and yogurt.

As far as calorie count, is there a standard set of calories needed for an active dog of 23 lbs? I don't want to starve him or overfeed him.

Of course he would say, I starve him ALL the TIME!

(I just caught him eating fresh picked carrots and green beans from our garden hod! The little thief!)
 
Today while getting Chandler his B12 shot my vet told me about a website he learned about at a recent conference. It's recipes for dogs and cats that a vet who specialized in nutrition put alot of research into and now does this for a living. I have not looked at it yet but I think you buy the recipes. I wouldn't mind paying for a good recipe for either of my dogs because you'll know it's a recipe created for your dogs specific needs and it will be used over and over.
My vet said he has won awards for the development of these recipes. Just so you know my vet makes no money by telling me about this. The vet who did these recipes spoke at the conference and my vet spoke to him in depth afterward.

I guess it would help if I gave you the web address balanceit.com
 
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