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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 593091" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I've modified another dog food recipe I found..........and that recipe seemed to be fairly common. </p><p></p><p>4 cups cooked rice</p><p>1 bag frozen veggies</p><p>fresh spinach......diced/chopped (whatever you call it but you want the pieces somewhat small) </p><p>whole chicken (keep the innards inside)</p><p>chicken gizzards or livers (cook with the rest of the chicken) </p><p></p><p>If I can't find frozen veggies on sale I use fresh or canned in a pinch. I do prefer fresh.......Maggie snacks on them as I'm making her food. lol </p><p></p><p>I cook the chicken in the crockpot on high for about 10-12 hrs (you want the bones mushy/soft) separate meat from bones (I tear pieces somewhat smallish but when you mix it will get smaller still). I grind the bones using a mortar/pestle (I don't have a food processor I have to do such things the hard way) it turns into a paste. Watch out for the rib bones though.....I toss those out, they tend to splinter. </p><p></p><p>I add the frozen/fresh/ or canned veggies & spinach to the rice when it is nearly done. Once rice mixture is done I add the shredded meat/bone meal and stir and stir (by the way you need a HUGE bowl...sam's club has great stainless steel ones) I add in the chicken broth from the chicken because it's gonna get sticky.....and you don't want it too sticky, plus it makes it taste better. </p><p></p><p>Then I use a 1cup scoop and separate it into sandwich bags.....press out the air/seal and stack those inside a large freezer bag (flat) and freeze it that way.</p><p></p><p>This lasts Maggie a month. One bag a day. </p><p></p><p>Whole chicken I can often get on sale for .89 lb. I just picked up a turkey for that not long ago. Since it's like 20 lbs that will stretch for about 4 months......I just quadruple the other ingredients. You can substitute any meat......as long as it's about 5 lbs worth. So you can adjust for sales. If it has bones, all the better just cook until bones are soft and you can grind them up into a paste. Some people like to add in beef heart.......I've not yet been able to find it to even price it. You're supposed to also be able to substitute say oats ect for the rice if it's too constipating.....but I've not tried other grains yet, so I can't say how that works. Maggie doesn't have an issue with it. But then she eats lots of raw veggies from the table too. (she loves raw baby spinach) </p><p></p><p>**If I don't have sale meat to use.........I tend to use "freezer burnt" meat. Maggie doesn't give a darn. lol (lets me cycle through older meat in the freezer and yet not waste it)</p><p></p><p>I'm leery of the raw diet. I don't mind the veggies..........but not so keen on the meat aspect. </p><p></p><p>With this, like I said, Maggie has normal dog BM and very little at that. When she's eating her homemade I don't even have to clean up the yard as I can never find it. (it's small and like powderish by 24/48 hrs) I'd feed Rufus this way but I'd be afraid I might not be meeting his nutritional requirements for his growing body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 593091, member: 84"] I've modified another dog food recipe I found..........and that recipe seemed to be fairly common. 4 cups cooked rice 1 bag frozen veggies fresh spinach......diced/chopped (whatever you call it but you want the pieces somewhat small) whole chicken (keep the innards inside) chicken gizzards or livers (cook with the rest of the chicken) If I can't find frozen veggies on sale I use fresh or canned in a pinch. I do prefer fresh.......Maggie snacks on them as I'm making her food. lol I cook the chicken in the crockpot on high for about 10-12 hrs (you want the bones mushy/soft) separate meat from bones (I tear pieces somewhat smallish but when you mix it will get smaller still). I grind the bones using a mortar/pestle (I don't have a food processor I have to do such things the hard way) it turns into a paste. Watch out for the rib bones though.....I toss those out, they tend to splinter. I add the frozen/fresh/ or canned veggies & spinach to the rice when it is nearly done. Once rice mixture is done I add the shredded meat/bone meal and stir and stir (by the way you need a HUGE bowl...sam's club has great stainless steel ones) I add in the chicken broth from the chicken because it's gonna get sticky.....and you don't want it too sticky, plus it makes it taste better. Then I use a 1cup scoop and separate it into sandwich bags.....press out the air/seal and stack those inside a large freezer bag (flat) and freeze it that way. This lasts Maggie a month. One bag a day. Whole chicken I can often get on sale for .89 lb. I just picked up a turkey for that not long ago. Since it's like 20 lbs that will stretch for about 4 months......I just quadruple the other ingredients. You can substitute any meat......as long as it's about 5 lbs worth. So you can adjust for sales. If it has bones, all the better just cook until bones are soft and you can grind them up into a paste. Some people like to add in beef heart.......I've not yet been able to find it to even price it. You're supposed to also be able to substitute say oats ect for the rice if it's too constipating.....but I've not tried other grains yet, so I can't say how that works. Maggie doesn't have an issue with it. But then she eats lots of raw veggies from the table too. (she loves raw baby spinach) **If I don't have sale meat to use.........I tend to use "freezer burnt" meat. Maggie doesn't give a darn. lol (lets me cycle through older meat in the freezer and yet not waste it) I'm leery of the raw diet. I don't mind the veggies..........but not so keen on the meat aspect. With this, like I said, Maggie has normal dog BM and very little at that. When she's eating her homemade I don't even have to clean up the yard as I can never find it. (it's small and like powderish by 24/48 hrs) I'd feed Rufus this way but I'd be afraid I might not be meeting his nutritional requirements for his growing body. [/QUOTE]
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