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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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 Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 1:57:36 PM
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Does anyone make there own dog food? I do off and on and was wondering if you have any good recipes to share?
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 5:06:51 PM
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I have three english mastiffs! If I made my own dog food, I'd be cooking ALL day! :)
Farmgirl Sister #17
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www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 5:11:57 PM
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Occasionally I make a chicken meal for my DP. She really enjoys it. It is boiled chicken, rice and a veggie; usually peas. I put the chicken in the food processor and mix the rest in. Don't get around her while she is eating this. She gets grumpy.
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 5:25:03 PM
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we always make our dog's dinner. nothing special. but there's something in most dog foods that he has a reaction to. so he usually gets chicken and rice with gravy. hotdogs. cheese. sometimes a potpie or hamburger.
Karen ^_^
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 5:33:53 PM
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Walmart has a recipe book for dogs, I saw it in the dog food aisle yesterday. A lot of the stuff was cutesy, like doggie cupcakes. Rachel Raye has a recipe in each magazine for dogs, usually good for both human and dog.
DH researched dog food on-line. A lot we saw was horrifying! But he did find recipes too, just don't have them bookmarked.
Like Betty J. we make a mixture of chicken and rice, and add leftover veggies. I also add juice I get from precooking hamburger in water to get rid of the grease and bones and cuttings from roasts, etc. We buy beef from a farmer who doesn't use organ meats like tongue, liver, etc. He just gives it to us when we buy a quater of beef a couple of times a year. That gets mixed in when we have it. We serve it over some a high quality dry food like Blue Buffalo brand.
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 7:48:09 PM
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When I make dogfood for Boxer, I first boil a whole chicken. Then I take it out and put a bag of brown rice and a bag of frozen veggies in. After the chicken has cooled , I tear the meat off the bones and add it to the rice & veggies. It makes enough to feed him for about a week, if I add some regular dogfood to his diet. It can also be frozen.
cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 07:34:55 AM
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Julie, I'm with you. We have 7 dogs and there is no way I could keep up. Our dogs go through about 50 lbs of dog food each week as it is. I wish I could make dog food and I have a couple of times when we ran out or needed extra. I used brown rice, carrots, peas and hamburger (because we have a lot of that). They scarfed it right down, but it took me about an hour and a 1/2 to make enough for all of them for ONE day.
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 5:43:35 PM
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I have an excellant dog food recipe if you are interested. It is not cheap to make your own if you have to buy all of the ingrediants thou. I raise and grow everything right here on my place so cost is minimal. Let me know and I will post it.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 6:01:30 PM
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I would love the recipe Teresa! I know it is expensive because I've made it before many times but was just wondering if anyone else had any great recipes.
Maggie |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 8:24:16 PM
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This is not a measured recipe, because its what I have at the moment, and or have butchered, so here goes:
Ingredients:
meat, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, goat or any combination
brown rice cooked
veggys: gr beans, sweet potatoes, corn, all cooked
fruit: apple, diced small
organ meat of any of the above meats
6-8 eggs
put all meat thru a meat grinder like you would for hamburger, mix in rice, (meat 9 cups to 3 cups rice), mix in veggys and fruit, mix in whisked eggs.
Form into loafs and cook at 325 for 30-40 minutes. When cool, slice into meal sizes for your dogs and freeze what you won't use in 3 days. At feeding time add a liquid all purpose vitamin and mineral to loaf just at feeding time. Useing differant meats adds variety ( do not feed pork), and good proper nutition. Boil all bones before feeding, and if you have a bone grinder, grind them lightly boiled or raw and add to food or sprinkle on top at feeding, freeze any not being used immediatly.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 9:31:22 PM
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| teresa, why no pork? |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 9:35:09 PM
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| sorry 1badmamawolf read the thing wrong thensaw teresa was your town. learning the site as i go. we raise pigs and have rescue dogs. is pork bad for all dogs? |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 03:48:12 AM
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It might be b/c of the fat content??
I know not to feed ham as it will cause panreatitis. Perhaps due to the salting process if it's salt cured?
And if bomes are fed, feed these raw as cooked bones are way more brittle and can splinter |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 03:50:21 AM
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| My dolg loves cooked greens (collards, turnip or spinach) w/ a little olive oil over brown rice |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 08:45:41 AM
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Pork will upset the digestive track of alot of dogs, not all, but why take the chance
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 08:53:31 AM
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I've read that pork causes arthritis in dogs, so I don't give her any anyway. Thanks for the recipe Teresa!
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