Cooking For Your Dog?

I have home cooked for my dogs for years. I have some great recipes for them and last September I had blood drawn from all three of my pups and their reports came back normal. The only supplement I use is calcium with D becasue they dont' get bones in their food. If you want some of my recipes just IM me and I'll be glad to share them with you.

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Judy
 
I just purchased the book that Rachel recommended. It got pretty good reviews.

Also, the vet where Cali goes for chemo treatment has a veterinary nutritionist. When I get some extra money, I am going to make an appointment for Bailey.

Judy, I will PM you. :biggrin2:
 
Spots Stew- homemade

I am making the kids a batch of spots stew, but I have added kale and took out the peas and celery for this batch. I put it in ice cube trays and freeze it and then I add a cube to their kibble. Fun to do some thing for the kids and they love it. I cook the chicken and just par boil the veggies so they are not cooked to mush chop it all up and "stew" is ready. Of course they are both underfoot just waiting.
 
Sumac3890 said:
I am making the kids a batch of spots stew, but I have added kale and took out the peas and celery for this batch. I put it in ice cube trays and freeze it and then I add a cube to their kibble. Fun to do some thing for the kids and they love it. I cook the chicken and just par boil the veggies so they are not cooked to mush chop it all up and "stew" is ready. Of course they are both underfoot just waiting.
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Great idea putting it in the ice cube tray.
 
I've cooked for my dogs for years. It's not rocket science people... You cook for your families without agonizing over portion control and other balancing acts for a perfectly balanced diet.

I use a simple rule of thumb. They are dogs, so the first 60% of their food should be protein. Then 40% should be carbohydrates for energy and the rest vegetables and fruit.

I use either chicken breast, chicken liver, eggs and canned salmon for their meat sources. You can use beef but I find that they don't do as well on the beef liver as they do on the chicken livers, I think it's too rich.

Carbohydrates includes either rice(brown or white), oat meal, white potato, sweet potato and once in a while pasta . I usually use the old fashioned oats that I have to cook, but have also used the one minute oats in thier raw state if I can't take the time to cook everything and cool it properly before I combine the ingredients.

All of the vegetables are either fresh or fresh frozen. I thaw them but do not cook either vegetables or fruit so that they retain Vitamin C.
My kids really love banana, apple, pear and pineapple. Along with green beans, peas, brocolli, cauliflower, spinach and carrots.

I select the variety according to what I have in the house at the time I cook a batch of food for them. Usually I have everything but like to change their tastes a little with each batch. One of the secrets I have found is to cook up a batch big enough to last no more than three days and store it in a container in the refrigerator. This allows me to plan ahead and the food doesn't have a chance to spoil before it's used. One can always freeze it in individual pouches and only take out as much as is needed for a day's food, but I found that it was just as easy for me to keep a large container in the refrigerator and that way if I forgot to remove the food from the freezer I don't have to nuke it...
As far as portion control. Watch your dog, if he's gaining weight back off on the amount you feed, if he's losing weight, then increase his portions.

Happy cooking!

Hugs
Judy
 
would feeding chicken necks for one meal compensate for no bone/calcium in the other meal? brit
SheltieChe said:
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.
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SunChaser said:
I've cooked for my dogs for years. It's not rocket science people... You cook for your families without agonizing over portion control and other balancing acts for a perfectly balanced diet.

I use a simple rule of thumb. They are dogs, so the first 60% of their food should be protein. Then 40% should be carbohydrates for energy and the rest vegetables and fruit.

I use either chicken breast, chicken liver, eggs and canned salmon for their meat sources. You can use beef but I find that they don't do as well on the beef liver as they do on the chicken livers, I think it's too rich.

Carbohydrates includes either rice(brown or white), oat meal, white potato, sweet potato and once in a while pasta . I usually use the old fashioned oats that I have to cook, but have also used the one minute oats in thier raw state if I can't take the time to cook everything and cool it properly before I combine the ingredients.

All of the vegetables are either fresh or fresh frozen. I thaw them but do not cook either vegetables or fruit so that they retain Vitamin C.
My kids really love banana, apple, pear and pineapple. Along with green beans, peas, brocolli, cauliflower, spinach and carrots.

I select the variety according to what I have in the house at the time I cook a batch of food for them. Usually I have everything but like to change their tastes a little with each batch. One of the secrets I have found is to cook up a batch big enough to last no more than three days and store it in a container in the refrigerator. This allows me to plan ahead and the food doesn't have a chance to spoil before it's used. One can always freeze it in individual pouches and only take out as much as is needed for a day's food, but I found that it was just as easy for me to keep a large container in the refrigerator and that way if I forgot to remove the food from the freezer I don't have to nuke it...
As far as portion control. Watch your dog, if he's gaining weight back off on the amount you feed, if he's losing weight, then increase his portions.

Happy cooking!

Hugs
Judy
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Are you feeding the potatoes raw and do you leave the peels on or peel them?
 
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