How to Prepare Home Cooked Food for Your Dog

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If you have some interest in preparing food for your pet at home this article includes a step by step guide on how to prepare wholesome nutritious home cooked meals even when you are in a rush. There is a simple recipe which serves as a good guide.

Steps

Purchase the following ingredients:
- Grains choice, 3 cups (Choose 1): White rice, Whole Long Grain Brown rice, oatmeal, or barley.
- Vegetables (Choose a few kinds, and mix and match for variety):cauliflower, celery, any green leafy vegetables (kale, spinach), carrots, yam/sweet potatoes, peas.
- Protein (Choose 1) 400 gms: Chicken, Lamb, Beef, Venison or Kangaroo.
Rule of thumb: 40% protein, 30% grain, 30% vegetables
Put some olive oil in your pot and cook meats.
Cook rice (or any grain choice).
Pulp or chop finely the vegetables for easy absorption.
When meats are almost cooked, add the pulped vegetables into the pot.
Do not overcook the vegetables. Keep them half raw.
Add 3 eggs and cook with the vegetables in the pot to make the food more palatable.

Video

Here's another recipe. Maybe this will be better to cook instead!

Tips

Warm up the food to room temperature with some hot water. Then add necessary supplements such as vitamin C, flax oil, salmon oil, vitamin E etc.
For convenience, cook your pet’s home cooked meals up to one week’s supply (or more) depending on your choice. Freeze the rest in daily portions separately for convenience.
Just remember to place next day’s food supply from the freezer to chiller compartment of your refrigerator for next day’s meal. Place a note at your fridge to remind you to do so everyday if not, your poor pet will not have any food to eat.

Warnings

You must give a calcium supplement to replace the calcium dogs get from bone meal in kibble or raw bones in barf diets. Ask your vet for guidance in giving the correct amount of calcium. A calcium / phosphorus imbalance is the major cause of health problems related to homemade dog foods.
Monitor your dog carefully and look for changes in temperment, playfullness, and health. If your dog looks sick or lethargic go back to feeding your dog a commercial dog food.
Take note that we cannot change our dog’s diet overnight as it may cause upset stomach. Start gradually and mixing their feed gradually until they are completed switched to home cooked food.

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