homemade dog food - Page 2

starjess · 09-24-2009, 03:33 PM

no it smells like people food

Ron · 09-24-2009, 03:35 PM

i don't live too far from a dog food factory and man.....it's like the worst smell ever!! God knows what they're throwing in it though i guess.

starjess · 09-24-2009, 03:42 PM

true...all I basically put in my food was....chicken breast, carrots, milk, eggs, rice, chicken stock, garlic, oil, nutrical

KeeperBoy · 09-24-2009, 04:39 PM

Don't forget bone meal. Calcium/phosphorus are super important for dogs.

starjess · 09-24-2009, 09:55 PM

I didn't have any bone meal, calcium or phosphorus....but I did put nutrical and egg shells in the food. It was just a test try to see how it worked. My dog was begging for more! Next time I go to the pet store I am going to pick up the vitamins and minerals I am missing. I am still giving my dog her dry kibble, and the home made food once a day. Kind of as a treat. I'm not exclusively giving her homemdae food just yet!

Spyglass Sally · 09-25-2009, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by starjess

I didn't have any bone meal, calcium or phosphorus....but I did put nutrical and egg shells in the food. It was just a test try to see how it worked. My dog was begging for more! Next time I go to the pet store I am going to pick up the vitamins and minerals I am missing. I am still giving my dog her dry kibble, and the home made food once a day. Kind of as a treat. I'm not exclusively giving her homemdae food just yet!

Is this what you mean by "nutrical"? If so, there's no calcium in there. The egg shells are a good source of calcium but I'm not sure if it's enough. According to the AAFCO, puppies need 320mg/kg/day and 119mg/kg/day for other dogs. Depending on how much is in her kibble, you may be fine, but this is just fyi.

If you look at what she's getting and decide you do need to supplement, you can buy the powdered bone meal that's sold as supplementation for animals - you don't have to buy what's at the health food store for humans. But you don't want to buy bone meal sold in garden supply departments since it should never be used as a food.

The label should tell you how many mg per serving is in whatever you get. We buy KAL for Buddy and he gets approx 2 tsp/day (he's 9 months & weights 50#) which puts him in the guidelines above. He also gets raw bones too.

starjess · 09-27-2009, 05:06 AM

I will have to pick some up next time I am at the pet store. I pretty much give her dry food everyday and give her the homemade food as a treat.

nikita&memo · 09-28-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by starjess

I will have to pick some up next time I am at the pet store. I pretty much give her dry food everyday and give her the homemade food as a treat.

we would do that before switching to raw. I used to cook some giblets as a treat...funny, dh couldn't stand the smell of it cooking...don't smell it with raw though, but some of the other organs smell nasty

kamsom2009 · 12-31-2009, 03:18 AM

am thinking of trying a homemade dog food diet for Lacey and I'd like to get some input on what type of nutritional needs we are looking at.For an example she's about 8 pounds so that's about 320 calories she needs.Is that per day or per meal?Vitamins?What amounts are we looking at?Where would we buy these supplemental vitamins for her?
The reason I am thinking of making homemade dog food for Lacey is well,it;s very difficult to get her to eat her dry food whether it's mixed together with dry + can)or if it's by itself.If I put toppings along with her dry or can dog food she'll work around it and eat the topping.I can't see forcing her to eat dry/can food if she doesn't want to but I do know she does like people food and if that's what it will take to get her to eat and a nutritional balanced diet I am certainly open to trying it for her.Any ideas how we can get started?As you can tell by reading Lacey is a maltese/toy poodle and a very picky eater.winkI am looking at mostly organic homemade dog food not BARF.

Spyglass Sally · 12-31-2009, 06:07 AM

I would recommend Doggie Oats. It has been nutritionally tested and verified by Dr Pitcairn in his book. I've given them to Buddy and he loves them. You can make a bunch up, freeze in smaller containers and use it as you need it. There's some work up front, and purchases, making the Healthy Powder part, but that lasts a long time and is part of what makes it so balanced - including the calcium which is much needed.

I have found it to be a very economical well balanced diet. Be sure you use the quick oats and cook them well so Lacey can digest them properly.