A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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HOMEMADE DIET FOR DOGS:
Breakfast:
1/4 cup blueberries (frozen, defrosted)
6 cherries (frozen, defrosted & chopped)
1/2 cup Plain lowfat yogurt
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
1/2 cup *meat
1/2 cup rice or cooked yams, mashed
broth to moisen
Everything is stirred up and mixed together or he'll won't eat all the blueberries.
DINNER:
3/4 cup chopped vegies (brocoli, cauliflower, carrots, squash)
1/2 cup *meat
1/2 cup rice or cooked yams, mashed
broth to moisen
2 Vitamin tablets are mixed in each feeding. He also gets one fish oil capsule and one joint compound capsule; once a day.
*Meat can be cooked ground turkey,
deboned boiled chicken (save broth)
A few canned sardines packed in oil
Scrambled eggs
Boiled liver, hearts, gizzards
You can also combine a mixture of the above meats to get 1/2 cup, I usually don't give a whole 1/2 cup of liver, hearts & gizzards, I'll add something else with that.
I save all the broth when I boil chickens, but when I run out of that I use an organic low salt chicken boullion to make the broth.
Notice that all the meat I feed is cooked - I used to feed raw chicken wings and necks on occassion as well as raw eggs, but since my dog is older now I don't do that anymore because at his age he may not have as good of an immune system to fight off any contaminants in the raw meat.
I buy the vegies frozen in a very large bag, defrost and chop.
The above amounts are for my 100lb dog. In addition to the homemade food, he receives one milkbone biscuit every morning and a special dental chew every evening. My vet thinks he looks great for being 10 yrs old. His teeth have never needed to be cleaned and he doesn't seem to have arthritis, although occassionally he'll limp after long hikes or when younger dog friends come and play too hard.
So, there you have it! The only problem is when I have to go somewhere, I have to bag up all his feedings ahead of time for someone else to feed - but it's no big deal, I usually keep everything separate in tupperware containers in the frige anyway.
HOMEMADE DIET FOR DOGS:
Breakfast:
1/4 cup blueberries (frozen, defrosted)
6 cherries (frozen, defrosted & chopped)
1/2 cup Plain lowfat yogurt
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
1/2 cup *meat
1/2 cup rice or cooked yams, mashed
broth to moisen
Everything is stirred up and mixed together or he'll won't eat all the blueberries.
DINNER:
3/4 cup chopped vegies (brocoli, cauliflower, carrots, squash)
1/2 cup *meat
1/2 cup rice or cooked yams, mashed
broth to moisen
2 Vitamin tablets are mixed in each feeding. He also gets one fish oil capsule and one joint compound capsule; once a day.
*Meat can be cooked ground turkey,
deboned boiled chicken (save broth)
A few canned sardines packed in oil
Scrambled eggs
Boiled liver, hearts, gizzards
You can also combine a mixture of the above meats to get 1/2 cup, I usually don't give a whole 1/2 cup of liver, hearts & gizzards, I'll add something else with that.
I save all the broth when I boil chickens, but when I run out of that I use an organic low salt chicken boullion to make the broth.
Notice that all the meat I feed is cooked - I used to feed raw chicken wings and necks on occassion as well as raw eggs, but since my dog is older now I don't do that anymore because at his age he may not have as good of an immune system to fight off any contaminants in the raw meat.
I buy the vegies frozen in a very large bag, defrost and chop.
The above amounts are for my 100lb dog. In addition to the homemade food, he receives one milkbone biscuit every morning and a special dental chew every evening. My vet thinks he looks great for being 10 yrs old. His teeth have never needed to be cleaned and he doesn't seem to have arthritis, although occassionally he'll limp after long hikes or when younger dog friends come and play too hard.
So, there you have it! The only problem is when I have to go somewhere, I have to bag up all his feedings ahead of time for someone else to feed - but it's no big deal, I usually keep everything separate in tupperware containers in the frige anyway.
