Making own dog food

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I never thought I would cook all of my dog’s food, but that’s what she needed. It is a vet recipe from a vet at Tufts Nutrition program. Had a phone consultation. For a 17 lb adult dog with a history of pancreatitis and food allergies, I cook turkey breast 151 grams/day and 183 grams rice/day with 1 and 3/4 tsp Balance it plus powder and 1/8 tsp sea salt. I batch make it on weekend, divide into daily amounts and freeze. Has healed my dog. She plays like a puppy again. I add greens or sweet potato occasionally. I keep trying to find a gently cooked commercial food, but so far nothing has worked as well as the home cooked recipe.

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Rice, chicken, sardines, egg. First two are a sick-day food, last two are occasional treats. Kids leave him a bit of sausage on Sunday mornings and sometimes dump the remains of their lunchbox in his bowl if they haven't finished. The rest of the time, kibble it is!

That's awful. Would you eat that? I would never feed my animals someone else's old rejected food that's been sitting out for 8? hours.

Yes, I would eat it. Sometimes my kids do eat it when they get home from school. I make real meals to put in their bento boxes! But sometimes the dog gets it, and he doesn't complain

The dog cannot complain. For real- be more responsible. That is ridiculous.

Not sure what the problem is. For one thing, dogs are better able to neutralize harmful bacteria because their evolutionary history includes scavenging for carrion. And a dog doesn't care if someone else took a bite of something before he did.

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Rice, chicken, sardines, egg. First two are a sick-day food, last two are occasional treats. Kids leave him a bit of sausage on Sunday mornings and sometimes dump the remains of their lunchbox in his bowl if they haven't finished. The rest of the time, kibble it is!

That's awful. Would you eat that? I would never feed my animals someone else's old rejected food that's been sitting out for 8? hours.

There's nothing wrong with giving the dog the kids rejected food, even if it has been sitting out for 8 hours. There are humans that survive on worse.

When I was a child, my Mum used to sometimes cook rice on a Sunday, 2 to 3 days later we were still eating what was left of the rice. Obviously our food wasn't rejected food, but you learn to survive on what you can afford.

I'm sure if the rejected food was bad, then the dog wouldn't eat it.

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Rice, chicken, sardines, egg. First two are a sick-day food, last two are occasional treats. Kids leave him a bit of sausage on Sunday mornings and sometimes dump the remains of their lunchbox in his bowl if they haven't finished. The rest of the time, kibble it is!

That's awful. Would you eat that? I would never feed my animals someone else's old rejected food that's been sitting out for 8? hours.

Yes, I would eat it. Sometimes my kids do eat it when they get home from school. I make real meals to put in their bento boxes! But sometimes the dog gets it, and he doesn't complain

The dog cannot complain. For real- be more responsible. That is ridiculous.

Oh please. Dogs wolf down food they find in the gutter if you're not fas enough.

[Anonymous]

Please talk to your vet before switching to homemade food. Dogs need a proper balance of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Remember the taurine deficiencies related to grain-free commercial dog foods and the resultant cardiomyopathy? My vet provided me with a recipe for homemade food. It involves meat, veg, and supplements to suit my dog’s needs. Please don’t feed table scraps and assume that’s nutritionally adequate.

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Anonymous wrote:Please talk to your vet before switching to homemade food. Dogs need a proper balance of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Remember the taurine deficiencies related to grain-free commercial dog foods and the resultant cardiomyopathy? My vet provided me with a recipe for homemade food. It involves meat, veg, and supplements to suit my dog’s needs. Please don’t feed table scraps and assume that’s nutritionally adequate.

I agree. This is important for a dog and absolutely even more crucial for a cat, FYI. I do think about making my dog’s food sometimes (and she often gets a scrambled egg, meat, smoked salmon, a portion of whatever we’re eating when it’s safe for her etc. in addition to her regular kibble) but it’s a risk if you don’t get it right. Unless there’s a real reason to do so, I’d just stick to a good commercial dry/canned for the main nutrition source.

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Rice, chicken, sardines, egg. First two are a sick-day food, last two are occasional treats. Kids leave him a bit of sausage on Sunday mornings and sometimes dump the remains of their lunchbox in his bowl if they haven't finished. The rest of the time, kibble it is!

That's awful. Would you eat that? I would never feed my animals someone else's old rejected food that's been sitting out for 8? hours.

Yes, I would eat it. Sometimes my kids do eat it when they get home from school. I make real meals to put in their bento boxes! But sometimes the dog gets it, and he doesn't complain

The dog cannot complain. For real- be more responsible. That is ridiculous.

Oh please. Dogs wolf down food they find in the gutter if you're not fas enough.

Yeah I can’t really feel bad for the dog who gets lunchbox scraps because our beagle scarfs up anything and everything she finds on the street or on the floor in the house. She’s completely indiscriminate when it comes to food and luckily has an iron stomach because she’s certainly sought out some nasty stuff. She LIVES for everyone’s food scraps. Not seeing the issue. It’s not like they purposely feed the dog rotting or unsafe food.

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Rice, chicken, sardines, egg. First two are a sick-day food, last two are occasional treats. Kids leave him a bit of sausage on Sunday mornings and sometimes dump the remains of their lunchbox in his bowl if they haven't finished. The rest of the time, kibble it is!

That's awful. Would you eat that? I would never feed my animals someone else's old rejected food that's been sitting out for 8? hours.

Yes, I would eat it. Sometimes my kids do eat it when they get home from school. I make real meals to put in their bento boxes! But sometimes the dog gets it, and he doesn't complain

The dog cannot complain. For real- be more responsible. That is ridiculous.

Oh please. Dogs wolf down food they find in the gutter if you're not fas enough.

Yeah I can’t really feel bad for the dog who gets lunchbox scraps because our beagle scarfs up anything and everything she finds on the street or on the floor in the house. She’s completely indiscriminate when it comes to food and luckily has an iron stomach because she’s certainly sought out some nasty stuff. She LIVES for everyone’s food scraps. Not seeing the issue. It’s not like they purposely feed the dog rotting or unsafe food.

My beagle used to eat wicker, toothpaste, coffee grounds, candles, literally anything we found on a walk, and her own poop. Seriously, PPP, it’s a DOG.

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It’s enough work to make sure the humans in my house are getting a decently balanced diet. The dog can eat...dog food.

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Also, you could add some cottage cheese or canned pumpkin as a side.

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Half chicken meat, quarter cottage cheese, quarter rice
He has a sensitive gut and vet recommended this

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I do ground meat (chicken, beef or turkey) plus peas, carrots, have also added spinach and zucchini, plus rice.
Then I mix in some fish oil for pets and a packet or two of probiotics for dogs. After cooking it, I put it through the food processor. Freezes well, he loves it. I mix in some dry food so I’m not missing any nutrients