HomeMade Dog Food

[KBFlyer]

I have been thinking about making my own dog food for Haley. Researching recipes and lots of info out there for keeping the meals balanced for the dogs health. I ordered a add in for homemade dog food. Its just a sample but wow they sent a shit load of stuff. One was a treat called "calming"
Some how I don't think its working.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Been making this for a long time...

Homemade Dogfood

First let me say that our dogs are our 4-legged, fur covered children and we love them dearly. They are a very important part of our lives and everyone in our family has at least 2. That being said, I have been making my own dogfood for probably 10-15 years. I use this in addition to their dry...

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[Brokenhandle]

We supplement our dogs dry food with the same recipe as Charles, Gonna Smoke posted. But our vet recommended to not rely on a homemade dog food... dogs won't get all nutrients they need

Ryan

 

[forktender]

We supplement our dogs dry food with the same recipe as Charles, Gonna Smoke posted. But our vet recommended to not rely on a homemade dog food... dogs won't get all nutrients they need

Ryan

A lot of people think they are doing good by feeding homemade food, unless it's been tested by a "Lab" they most likely are not getting the required nutrients.

 

[gnappi]

My Lab/Pit mix has chronic kidney disease (ckd) and to supplement the $$ special canned kidney dog food I make her boiled white meat chicken (sometimes added beef or pork), carrots, zucchini, sweet peppers, green beans, squash and some white rice. Her ckd has not advanced much in 2 years and she is healthy as a horse.

PS: By bulk weight she gets an ~60/40 mix with my food in the 60% range

 

[forktender]

My Lab/Pit mix has chronic kidney disease (ckd) and to supplement the $$ special canned kidney dog food I make her boiled white meat chicken (sometimes added beef or pork), carrots, zucchini, sweet peppers, green beans, squash and some white rice. Her ckd has not advanced much in 2 years and she is healthy as a horse.

PS: By bulk weight she gets an ~60/40 mix with my food in the 60% range

Consider yourself lucky!!!
My wife has been in the Veterinary field for over 47+ yrs, so I've heard many horror stories about homemade dog and cat food. Furthermore, I've gone to week long 40 plus hrs of continued education seminars with her in Vegas. I've sat in on classes that DRS / Specialist, animal dieticians have taught. Feeding Dogs cooked prepared meals is most of the time not a good thing. A "raw balanced" diet is where it's at, if you want to be sure you're doing good for your dogs or cats. It's normally not hey, I'm gonna give them a little of this and a little of that, because it looks and sounds healthy.

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm not trying to talk you out of doing what's working for you, or saying that you're not doing the right thing for your dog. Because you're obviously seeing the results that you're looking for.
But it can never hurt to research an animal dietician approved recipe, to see how close you're to feeding your buddy a proven diet, and it's truly fascinating information.
It might be as simple as adding a few scoops of brewers yeast or parsley to what you're already feeding.

Good luck.
Dan.

 

[gnappi]

Consider yourself lucky!!!
My wife has been in the Veterinary field for over 47+ yrs, so I've heard many horror stories about homemade dog and cat food. Furthermore, I've gone to week long 40 plus hrs of continued education seminars with her in Vegas. I've sat in on classes that DRS / Specialist, animal dieticians have taught. Feeding Dogs cooked prepared meals is most of the time not a good thing. A "raw balanced" diet is where it's at, if you want to be sure you're doing good for your dogs or cats. It's normally not hey, I'm gonna give them a little of this and a little of that, because it looks and sounds healthy.

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm not trying to talk you out of doing what's working for you, or saying that you're not doing the right thing for your dog. Because you're obviously seeing the results that you're looking for.
But it can never hurt to research an animal dietician approved recipe, to see how close you're to feeding your buddy a proven diet, and it's truly fascinating information.
It might be as simple as adding a few scoops of brewers yeast or parsley to what you're already feeding.

Good luck.
Dan.

Thanks Dan for the thoughtful reply.

I did quite a bit of digging into recipes and wound up where I am though I had never heard of adding yeast into her diet. There's a lot of yeast types and I've found zero out there on details.

As it is, she is 65 pounds and my vet said that water intake is a key to flushing the kidneys and in each of four daily servings she gets 5 ounces of food with 16 ounces of filtered water. My vet is (so far) amazed that she's doing so well.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Thanks Dan for the thoughtful reply.

I did quite a bit of digging into recipes and wound up where I am though I had never heard of adding yeast into her diet. There's a lot of yeast types and I've found zero out there on details.

As it is, she is 65 pounds and my vet said that water intake is a key to flushing the kidneys and in each of four daily servings she gets 5 ounces of food with 16 ounces of filtered water. My vet is (so far) amazed that she's doing so well.

My wife calls me a softie and I spoil our dogs... yep I am and I don't spoil them... just return the love they give me!

Ryan

 

[ajbert]

I've been grinding up the scraps from elk and deer for our dog since we got him about 10 years ago. No cooking but I haven't added anything except "sprinkles" of his dry food. He eats the dry food in the morning and the raw ground in the evening. The vet asked me what we feed him and approved.

I'll be grinding up the deer meat from this year's hunt in a week or so, but I'll be changing his breakfast as I've got enough pike in the freezer for that. I will grind that along with some veggies, and of course "sprinkles". Might have to add in some rice as that is considered a grain, right? Or maybe corn?

The only problem with his dinner is he inhales it, I'm not even sure he has time to taste it. Will have to see how he does with breakfast.

 

[forktender]

My wife calls me a softie and I spoil our dogs... yep I am and I don't spoil them... just return the love they give me!

Ryan

Ryan, we are dogless right now, but I've been accused of being the same with our past dogs. I just haven't found the right dog for us yet, I'm not spending $5000 to $7000 on a Lab again, probably end up with a small dog first, my wife has been throwing down not so subtle hints for a while now.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Ryan, we are dogless right now, but I've been accused of being the same with our past dogs. I just haven't found the right dog for us yet, I'm not spending $5000 to $7000 on a Lab again, probably end up with a small dog first, my wife has been throwing down not so subtle hints for a while now.

I've never bought a dog my entire life... always thought the best ones in the world are free. Have 4 buried out by the garden and one in an urn on the entertainment center. And a lifetime of great memories! Now add to that seeing my 7 month old granddaughter around her dogs... one is Duke, the great Dane I posted a Pic of in the dog thread. It's neat to see the connection they have with kids.

Ryan