Anyone do a Cooked Homemade Diet?
It seems like any of the Web sites that I've found are either just recipes or stuff for 'frugal" people. I'm more concerned about the nutritional value and making sure if I'm putting this together in a way that's balanced so she's getting everything she needs. Does anyone here feed a homemade diet or have any reputable information on starting one? |
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| I would first start out by learning what the exact nutritional requirements are for dogs (calories, fat, protien, etc... minerals, vitamins, the amounts of each) Then find out which foods offer the things she needs.
You may not be able to get everything from foods, but at least you'll have an idea of what you'll need to supplement. You might be able to mix up a huge batch and freeze daily portions to thaw, it sounds like fun actually... (the research part I mean, I'm a geek but not into cooking LOL) I'll see what I can find in the morning.... |
| I did with my previous Girl, cooked diet with supplements added a digestive enzyme powder which has all the good flora in it and also a Vitamin supplement powder as well. She lived on that for 7 years till 14 years of age after I took her off commercial dog food.
I have a wonderful receipe for a cooked doggie health loaf, it has everything in it, you can cut it up into segments and freeze portions of it for later. PM me if you want the receipe. It's easy to do and you can vary the receipe so each time you make it you can change a few things to help with variety. It was put together by a nutritional expert. |
| Jill, what is making you consider a homemade diet? From what I have read it is really very difficult to get the proper nutritional balance. I did discuss it with my Vet once because of Tasker terrible stomach and he discouraged me from it. He said (as Stacey did above) that he would need alot of nutritional supplements and vitamins.
We frequently have to go to boiled rice and chicken when he is having problems and even then I give him a suppplement. |
Tasker's Mom wrote: Jill, what is making you consider a homemade diet? From what I have read it is really very difficult to get the proper nutritional balance. I did discuss it with my Vet once because of Tasker terrible stomach and he discouraged me from it. He said (as Stacey did above) that he would need alot of nutritional supplements and vitamins.
We frequently have to go to boiled rice and chicken when he is having problems and even then I give him a suppplement. She's ridiculously finicky-- always has been. Just getting her to eat is a challenge. She won't eat dry food at all. When I first got her, she almost starved herself to death until I found food she'd actually eat. Most of the gravies that they add to the foods are way too rich for her. It seems she does the best on straight chicken and rice or noodles-- she likes it, better stools and, believe it or not, it seems like she even has more energy. She gets excited to eat. I know that there's a number of supplements that will have to be added. I've already done quite a bit of reading but I was really hoping just to get some firsthand experience with people who had done it-- what they used, recipes, how it worked for them. I don't mind the work since it's only for one dog and my smallest one at that. I trust you guys but I don't trust the internet! |
| AHHHH ! I see. I ask because I know what a pain in the are it is to cook for a dog. Tasker is much better now that I have found a food that agrees with him but we've done the boiled chicken and rice route more time than I care to remember.
Currently I feed Purina Sensitive Systems, but then Tasker is not a pickey eater (as everyone knoe he eats ANYTHING  ). |
| Hi Jill,
One of the Vets from Vermont issued these guidelines--- http://www.crvetcenter.com/homefood.htm Hope you find a diet that Lucy enjoys. I read a recent article on homemade dinners for dogs, if it has any books listed I will forward it to you. |
| Panda was a picky eater too and I basically cooked for her for several months to get her back on track. I cooked mac and cheese with hamburger in it, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy, peas and carrots, kibble a la fish sticks LOL etc... I mixed it with her kibble, about half and half for a long time. I gradually reduced the goodies and she now eats just fine kibble only. |
| Here is the article--on diet
http://www.spiritofchange.org/articles.php?id=218 There were no books cited  |
Willowsprite wrote: Panda was a picky eater too and I basically cooked for her for several months to get her back on track. I cooked mac and cheese with hamburger in it, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy, peas and carrots, kibble a la fish sticks LOL etc... I mixed it with her kibble, about half and half for a long time. I gradually reduced the goodies and she now eats just fine kibble only.
I tried that many years ago with her. She'd suck all the good stuff off the kibble and then either spit it back in the bowl or on the floor. I'd never even get one piece past her. Just for fun, I was showing someone how she'd find the dry food and skip it no matter how well it was hidden with good stuff. I gave her all kinds of good food and mixed 3 pieces of kibble in it. At the end of the meal, we went back and there were three pieces of dry kibble sitting in the bottom of the otherwise empty bowl.  |
| LOL smart girl....
My golden retriever Sam always got leftovers from supper. He wouldn't touch his food all day in case he got anything really good after supper (or at least that's what we thought LOL) He would eat anything except peas. You could pour a mix of a whole turkey or roast beef dinner in his bowl, and when he was done there would be peas left in the bowl. Clean peas. |
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