Homemade dog food

[sonya123]

Here are some raw diet/cooked food recipes I use when I have the meat and offal to spare.

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/raw-dog-food-recipes/

that looks like something I would cook for us !!! LOL ( the meat would be cooked of course)


Can't afford to feed 4 big dogs ( well 3.5) on homemade dog food...so they get dry dog food plus scraps from butchering plus the organ meats we don't eat , plus some canned dog food at least once a week
I also buy $1.50 a lb ground up scrap meat from the meat processor when they have it and we go there

oh and the livestock dogs eat ground hogs and whatever else they catch i

 

[sonya123]

my stupid dog probably ate half a firestarter. It was next to the microwave on a cart in the kitchen ( low enough for him to reach ) and was missing this morning. He threw up a little bit yesterday too .
He seems to be ok today

 

[Weedygarden]

https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/easy-diy-sweet-potato-dog-chews/

So after doing a bit of ye ol' internet research, I found out it was super-duper easy to make your own. All I have to do is dry out some sweet potato slices in the oven at very low for a couple of hours. Boom. Done. The result was that some pieces were a bit dry and crunchy, but most pieces had a chewy jerky-like texture. And did Chickpea dog like them? Watch as she discovers the treats. ↓




Yeah, she liked them all right. Really, really went nuts for them and couldn't understand why I was teasing her with it. For photography Chickpea! You're an internet-famous dog, don't you know?

Of course, you could feed these treats to the humans of the household as well. I taste-tested them, and dried out sweet potatoes don't do much for me... But to each their own!

TO MAKE EASY DIY SWEET POTATO DOG CHEWS:​

Take 2 sweet potatoes. Or you could do just 1, or 7, or however many you like! I found that 1 sweet potato took up about 1 baking sheet, so I did two baking sheets worth. Lay them all out on parchment paper-lined baking sheets in a single layer.

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APR 16, 2017

EASY DIY SWEET POTATO DOG CHEWS​

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Easy DIY Sweet Potato Dog Chews are here! After so many dogs (and people apparently) loved my Peanut Butter & Pumpkin Dog Treats, I thought it would be fun to make another one for the pooches. My pet store sells these sweet potato chews which Chickpea dog loves, but they are like $8 for a package!! Which, I swear, is barely 1 potato worth of slices. Seems a bit silly to me when there is only one ingredient.

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So after doing a bit of ye ol' internet research, I found out it was super-duper easy to make your own. All I have to do is dry out some sweet potato slices in the oven at very low for a couple of hours. Boom. Done. The result was that some pieces were a bit dry and crunchy, but most pieces had a chewy jerky-like texture. And did Chickpea dog like them? Watch as she discovers the treats. ↓




Yeah, she liked them all right. Really, really went nuts for them and couldn't understand why I was teasing her with it. For photography Chickpea! You're an internet-famous dog, don't you know?
Of course, you could feed these treats to the humans of the household as well. I taste-tested them, and dried out sweet potatoes don't do much for me... But to each their own!

TO MAKE EASY DIY SWEET POTATO DOG CHEWS:​

Take 2 sweet potatoes. Or you could do just 1, or 7, or however many you like! I found that 1 sweet potato took up about 1 baking sheet, so I did two baking sheets worth.

Slice them up. I sliced mine into coins because Chickpea is only a medium-little dog, but if you have a bigger dog you could slice them lengthwise for larger chews. You don't want the pieces to be too thin or they will just get crispy and not chewy. So make sure they are no thinner than ¼ inch (see above photo for reference).
I use the mandoline attachment on my food processor so it took about 7 seconds to slice the potatoes.

Lay them all out on parchment paper-lined baking sheets in a single layer.

Then just pop the little dudes in the oven for 2 ½ to 3 hours flipping once half way through until they are shrunken, dried out, and some pieces are a bit crispy, while others are a bit chewy. Let cool, then store in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.

 

[angie_nrs]

I thought of this thread b/c recently a friend had to start mixing in dry dog food with her homemade recipe. Her dog started acting strange after about 6 months of the new diet. So, she took the dog to the vet. Liver and pancreatic enzymes were elevated. The vet suggested that she mix in some regular dog food with her homemade food b/c he thought the protein amount might be too high. Within a day or two the dog started feeling like her old self again. The dog is about 8 years old, so she's not young. I mention this b/c the protein mixture can be too high (as what happened with my friend) for some dogs and you need to make sure there is a good balance. I think mixing things up every now and then is a good idea.

 

[teeceetx]

I've been making my pups food for most of their lives (15 months).

Usually stew beef diced small, low sodium beef broth, pumpkin, pureed mixed veggies, brown rice, mixed with Nutro Ultra dry food ... half & half.

Of course they pick out all the meat and leave the dry food ... until they're hungry enough to eat that too!

Occasionally I use chicken or pork instead of beef.

 

[Grimm]

I had to make boiled chicken and rice for the puppy. She ate something that didn't agree with her so she was vomiting and would not eat. She just switched back to her regular dry diet after 2 weeks but I will have to start adding some of the raw organs to her and the ol'gals' meals again. I got some hearts and livers today. I will need to breed the buns hard in the fall and winter to stock the freezer for the dogs and cats again. The dogs miss the rabbit fur chews.

 

[Grimm]

I am working on some dog treat recipes with Roo as she is looking for ideas for a small home business. My question is the first recipe we tried the dogs liked a lot. I was thinking that instead of baking them I could try dehydrating them to remove more of the liquid for better storage. But I am clueless as to the settings time and temp to try. These are dairy, egg and meat free treats. The dough can be eaten raw by a human without issue with illness or food poisoning. They only have quick oats (ground to flour), blueberries, banana and coconut oil. Thoughts?

 

[snappy1]

That sounds good. I used to make some with oats, pumpkin and honey. Just made them into balls. No baking or dehydrating. Store in fridge.

 

[Grimm]

That sounds good. I used to make some with oats, pumpkin and honey. Just made them into balls. No baking or dehydrating. Store in fridge.

Roo wants to sell them at the local farmers market and anything refrigerated would require coolers etc. Plus she has her eyes on an etsy shop.

 

[Weedygarden]

Someone shared this in a canning group. When I was a meat wrapper, decades ago, we always had beef liver, beef heart and chicken livers. I rarely see those items now. I haven't been to a butcher in a while. Perhaps we could find them there or if you have beef butchered, you could get them that way.

"Just finished my dogs food for the month. 5 cases of pints! Done.
each batch makes 14 pints. 2lbs beef liver, 2lbs beef heart, 1lb chicken livers, 2lbs sweet potatoes, 1lb carrots, 2 apples ( make sure you core them, seeds are poisonous to dogs) 2 cups frozen or 1 cup dehydrated peas, 1 bunch of spinach, 3T ground egg shells, 2 cups of blueberries, 2c brown rice, 1 quart of water. I pressure cook for 45 minutes. Then I can at 10lbs for 90 minutes."