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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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 Posted - Mar 31 2007 : 2:16:47 PM
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The daily protein for a small to medium dog could include:
three large hard-boiled eggs, or
one cup of 2-percent cottage cheese, or
1/3 pound cooked lean meat, or
2/3 cup tofu, or
1 cup cooked soybeans.
Grain:
2 cups cooked rice or
2/3 cups of cooked potatoes
Vegetables:
1#8260;2-1 cup of raw or steamed carrots, or
Cooked Broccoli or
Cooked green beans
Alfalfa sprouts
Supplements:
2 tablespoons canola oil
a multivitamin made for dogs
1#8260;4 teaspoon potassium chloride (salt substitute)
calcium supplement.
--Adapted from "Prepared Dog and Cat Diets" by Strombeck D. Home
For cat food, this recipe comes from Catnutrition.org
Raw Cat Food Diet Recipe Made WITH Real Bones
4.4 pounds]raw muscle meat with bones (chicken thighs and drumsticks or,
better, a whole carcass of rabbit or chicken * 14 oz raw heart, ideally from
the same animal (if no heart is available, substitute with 4000 mg Taurine)
7 oz raw liver, ideally from the same animal (if you can't find appropriate
liver, you can substitute 40,000 IU of Vitamin A and 1600 IU of Vitamin
D--but try to use real liver instead of substitutes.)
16 oz [2 cups] water
4 raw egg yolks (use eggs from free-range, antibiotic-free chickens if you
can)
4 capsules raw glandular supplement (such as, for example, "Raw Multiple
Glandular" from Premier Labs)
4000 mg salmon oil (see note at bottom of recipe*)
200 mg Vitamin B complex
800 IU Vitamin E ("dry E" works well)
OPTIONAL: 1/4 teaspoon of kelp and 1/4 teaspoon of dulse (1/2 teaspoon
total)
1. Remove the skin from the muscle meat. Chunk up (i.e., cut) as much of the
muscle meat (minus most of the skin if using
chicken or turkey, but leave skin on if using rabbit) as you can stand into
bite-sized (nickel-sized, approximately) pieces. Save the chunked meat for
later. Do not grind it.
2. Grind up the raw liver, any skin, raw meaty bones, and raw heart. Once
ground, stir this meat/bone mixture well and return to refrigerator.
3. Fill a bowl with 2 cups of water and whisk everything (non-meat) except
the psyllium. If you had to replace liver with Vitamin A/D or replace heart
with Taurine, add the substitutes now. Add psyllium at the end--if you're
using it-- and mix well. Finally, put the three mixtures together--the
"supplement slurry" that you have just mixed, the ground up
meat/bone/organs, and the chunks of meat that you cut up by hand. Portion
into containers and freeze.
How to make Dog Food - Ehow.com
How to make Cat Food - Ehow.com
Natural Home-Made Pet Food - PetGrub.com
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2007 : 7:27:05 PM
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Thanks Tina for the recipes for making pet foods
I got some meat today to do just that. I dont trust those companies who make pet foods. not for awhile anyway
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2007 : 8:46:48 PM
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I know what you mean Shirley..a friend of mine's Scotty is sick now and listless, and then my sisters dog has gotten sick all the sudden.
I luckily do not own either a dog or a cat..but if I did I'd certainly be making their food for them at this rate.
It's starting to get worrisome all of the recalls and problems with the foods lately.
That's why also I am wanting to learn to grow more of our own foods for my family.
I'm glad I could be of help..I did a bit of research today for my mom and posted these recipes over to her, as all of my family members each own pets.
So anyhow..glad I could help.
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Edited by - Tina Michelle on Mar 31 2007 8:47:39 PM |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 1:36:18 PM
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bump...for those wanting to make own dog food/go organic for their pets
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 03:40:37 AM
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| Might want to prefface here. As with human food, please use the brown and whole grain rices. White rice is just as bad for pets as it is for us. |
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