I thoroughly enjoyed @motolife313 thread Lets See The Dogs. It’s pretty obvious that there are a lot of dog people on the Forum. That got me wondering.
I feed Roxy dry dog food (one with the best list of ingredients I could find). But I’m afraid I have very little faith in prepackaged, manufactured, store bought food of any kind. So I always add a supplement to her supper. I make this supplement myself, at home, roughly every two months, keeping one container in the fridge and freezing the rest. It’s pretty much just meat, veggies and broth.
So….my question is: does anyone else make or buy a food supplement to increase the nutrition of commercial dog food????
I just finished making up a batch today, so I thought I’d include it.
Ingredients (varies from batch to batch)
1 liter Chicken Broth (approx. 1 quart)
Water as required
2 pounds carrots (sliced)
1 bunch celery (sliced)
Handful of garlic cloves (chopped)
Chopped cabbage (none in the fridge this time around)
6 pounds cooked turkey trimmings and leftovers
Small amount of raw chicken trimmings
Basically, you just make a thick soup, or a stew. I bring everything to a hard boil for half an hour, then reduce to simmer for about 4 or 5 hours. Let cool in the pot overnight, and package. Each container holds enough for about 2 weeks. After it cools in the fridge or thaws, it’s real easy to skim the fat off the top—Roxy’s “plump” enough as it is. She doesn’t need me feeding her more fat. Miss Linda’s always on me for the “occasional” treats I give her as it is. LOL.
Each batch is different, except for the veggies. It just depends what meat I have on hand. Sometimes it’s a variety of meat. The last one I made was 5 ½ pounds of beef trimmings and 2 quarts of concentrated bone broth from ½ a beef I bought. The main thing is that it is ALWAYS meat heavy.
The ingredients:
Everything in the pot:
Containers filled to the 2 week mark:
Ready for the freezer:
Gary
I feed Roxy dry dog food (one with the best list of ingredients I could find). But I’m afraid I have very little faith in prepackaged, manufactured, store bought food of any kind. So I always add a supplement to her supper. I make this supplement myself, at home, roughly every two months, keeping one container in the fridge and freezing the rest. It’s pretty much just meat, veggies and broth.
So….my question is: does anyone else make or buy a food supplement to increase the nutrition of commercial dog food????
I just finished making up a batch today, so I thought I’d include it.
Ingredients (varies from batch to batch)
1 liter Chicken Broth (approx. 1 quart)
Water as required
2 pounds carrots (sliced)
1 bunch celery (sliced)
Handful of garlic cloves (chopped)
Chopped cabbage (none in the fridge this time around)
6 pounds cooked turkey trimmings and leftovers
Small amount of raw chicken trimmings
Basically, you just make a thick soup, or a stew. I bring everything to a hard boil for half an hour, then reduce to simmer for about 4 or 5 hours. Let cool in the pot overnight, and package. Each container holds enough for about 2 weeks. After it cools in the fridge or thaws, it’s real easy to skim the fat off the top—Roxy’s “plump” enough as it is. She doesn’t need me feeding her more fat. Miss Linda’s always on me for the “occasional” treats I give her as it is. LOL.
Each batch is different, except for the veggies. It just depends what meat I have on hand. Sometimes it’s a variety of meat. The last one I made was 5 ½ pounds of beef trimmings and 2 quarts of concentrated bone broth from ½ a beef I bought. The main thing is that it is ALWAYS meat heavy.
The ingredients:
Everything in the pot:
Containers filled to the 2 week mark:
Ready for the freezer:
Gary