1) Basic Dog Meal
This one is from Balanced Living Magazine.
And I disagree a little with only finely chopping the vegetables. Dogs don't have molars to grind the way we do, and they don't have enzymes to break down any nutrients in vegetables, so if you want your dog to get any benefit from the veggies (besides low-calorie filler), most people say to puree them.
Serving yield will vary depending on the size of dog.
1.5 lb ground meat, lightly steamed
1 medium potato, cooked and mashed
2 C cooked whole-grain brown rice
½ C cooked oatmeal
½ C cooked barley, mashed
½ C raw carrots, grated
½ C raw green veggies (broccoli, spinach, green beans), finely chopped
2 T olive oil
2 T minced garlic
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2) CBD Therapy Dogs' Home Made "Canned" Food Recipie
IMPORTANT NOTE: This recipie is from This recipie from Jennifer Boswell of CBD Therapy Dogs originated from Heidi Choquette, a Saluki person on the Saluki-L. She posted to the list about cooking chicken in the crock pot.
Jennifer was the one who posted this recipie this way - in the crock pot and adding veggies/macaroni, etc... She does not mind this recipie cross posted, as it has become a huge hit with many Greyhounds. She does ask that credit goes where credit is due, so I am including their names and the link.
- 1 10lb bag Chicken Leg Quarters
- 1 large box macroni noodes OR 1 large bag rice
- 1 large bag frozen green beans
- 1 large bag frozen peas and carrots
- 1 small jar minced garlic
- 1 6qt Crock Pot
- 1 large slotted cooking spoon
- 1 five gallon bucket
- 1 metal potato masher (plastic are too flimsy)
- several Gladware dinner containers
1. open the bag of chicken leg quarters, empty into sink, and rince off all chicken.
2. place chicken in crock pot (yes, a 6qt will hold all 10 pounds), add water enough water to cover chicken, then sprinkle garlic on top of chicken. I use 1 tbl for an entire 6qt pot
3. turn pot on low and forget about it for a full 24 hrs. I normally
start this in the morning and don't use it until the following evening since I -pack- my crock pot full, anyone else heavily packing their pot should do the same.
4. after 24 hours, take the lid off, use the potato masher to mash up your chicken AND bones. You read correctly, the bones. The crock pot will slow cook the bones until they turn into mush at the very slightest of pressure, so you can feed your hound that good calcium and marrow-this is "home-made chicken meal", in case you've wondered what Chicken meal is in your dog food.
5. use the slotted spoon to scoop out the chicken meal into the 5gal bucket. Add the macaroni (or rice) to the crock pot and let it cook in the left over chicken broth. Add more water if needed.
6. Pour frozen veggies into bucket. Once noodles/rice is done, pour pot ingredients into bucket and throughly mix. The hot chicken and hot noodles/rice will cook the frozen veggies.
7. Divide the mixture into the containers. Freeze what you don't need immediately (with in a weeks time).
8. Feed this as you would canned food, with 1 cup equalling 1 can.
Side notes:
- only chicken will break down in 24 hrs, beef, pork, turkey, etc... has too dense of bones.
- get creative with this dish. Add ground turkey or ground beef or fish! Add different veggies, or different carbs (yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, potatoes, barley, oatmeal), or even add fruit.
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I have made my own dog food (using things like heart and tripe) and I personally like to add supplements. There are those who make their own, but I just buy the Super5 from Wellness and add it in.