Cooking up dog food

[judy]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Judy, are you still cooking for your dogs? Mine started turning their nose up at the mixture I've been making. They don't want the kibble any more and were picking it out. Last night I made a big pot of chicken and dumplings using boneless chicken breasts and thigh fillets, for us and the dogs to eat. I always thicken the broth in my chicken and dumplings with flour, so last night and today, they got cooked white rice with chopped chicken and the gravy from the chicken and dumplings mixed in. They loved this, but I know it's not balanced. Do you have any problems getting them to eat the mixture with the vegetables? I had thought of checking on YorkieTalk about recipes for dog food, but there is so much on there and I have so little time to do very much research. I trust what you are doing. Please let me know if it is still working. Do you chop up the peas and carrots or mix them in right out of the bag?

Sorry I didn't answer this sooner Marilyn. I wasn't home yesterday.

I actually just stopped cooking for mine. Gracie Leigh's stomach seems to be much stronger and I'd love to get them on kibble soon. She's 10 months old, and won't need wet food anymore after her first year. Of course,they won't eat the canned food mixed with kibble that I'm giving them now. I figure that if they get hungry enough, they'll eat it. I left a bowl of kibble out all day yesterday and somebody ate about 1/4 of it.

I think your recipe is fine as long as you add some veggies to it. I just take 2 packages of frozen peas and carrots and one package of frozen, chopped spinach and throw them into the pot. I mix it once they soften a bit and cook it until the water reaches a boil again. I don't cut the veggies.

Another way I get them to eat veggies is that they are all they get from what is on my plate when they come begging. They never get my meat, only a little bit of potato or pasta and my steamed veggies. They think people food is asparagus and green beans.

I also mix flax seed oil (made for dogs) into their food. I think you're supposed to add some other supplements, but I never did.
This is Mandy's recipe, and I trust her. If you go on YT, you get too much info. I just ended up confused.