Switching our dog to a homemade diet

[ShannonsChimkens]

Do you have an Asian Market near you?

 

[Weeg]

Sounds like a good plan. How old is comet?

Awesome, next time were in town, we'll see about getting organ, liver, heart, and muscle meat, organic vegetation of my choice, mussels, and bony meat like chicken necks. Then, I'll order wild alaskan salmon oil for coat heath, and get Broccoli, Sweet Potato, and Beets for vegetation.
I also put my email into the box at the bottom of the article, so I can access recipes the breeder suggests for labrador retrievers. I think I'm going to bank off of those for ideas, then use difference veggies if I want.

 

[Weeg]

At 5 years old, Comet shouldnt be dealing with joint issues unless he has hereditary/genetic health problems.

I strongly believe that his body is most likely inflamed from kibble. A month or two of raw should turn that around.

i totally agree. I highly doubt be has joint issues, thought my dad is convinced its something close to that. I think its an allergy, and issues from his food. I can't wait to change his food and see what happens! It would be a miracle if we could get his limp figured out.
I'm so excited to get ingredients together, and make this switch!

 

[Weeg]

Do you have an Asian Market near you?

Probably. I've never had to go to one, so I don't know, but surly we do. Were pretty far from town anyway, so I'm not able to run a few minuets down to street to a store. We make weekly trips to town though, so probably next week we'll be abel to gather ingredients. I'll make a point to stop at an Asian market as well! Thank you!

 

[Weeg]

After subscribing, I got access to this recipe. The protein options were beef, (which I will eventually substitute for deer) chicken or turkey. I picked Turkey, since I like that option better then beef for some reason, and its easy to digest for possible allergies.
Heres the recipe, tell me what you think! https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/homemade-raw-turkey-dog-food-recipe/

 

[Weeg]

Heres the hansom man who's getting specialty meals soon!

 

[Weeg]

After subscribing, I got access to this recipe. The protein options were beef, (which I will eventually substitute for deer) chicken or turkey. I picked Turkey, since I like that option better then beef for some reason, and its easy to digest for possible allergies.
Heres the recipe, tell me what you think! https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/homemade-raw-turkey-dog-food-recipe/

Heres all their recipes to, tell me if you like one more then this one!
I read not to feed pork and I don want to feed chicken, so turkey seems like a good option. https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/bone-in-raw-dog-food-recipes/

 

[lomine]

I've been making homemade food for my dogs for the last 5 years or so. It started when my little girl almost died. Long story short, a special low protein diet recipe was created for her by a nutritional specialist. My boy, her brother, also got it because his kidneys were showing damage. Part of the recipe included adding Balance IT K. It's "Vitamin, mineral, and amino acid powder to create homemade dog food. Just mix with fresh foods you like to feed and your dog enjoys." Since their diet was so specialized I don't know anything about what a typical dog would need but here's the website. They also have a recipe tool.

https://secure.balanceit.com/index.php

My little girl passed in September and my boy is in end stage kidney failure. He stopped eating his regular food so now he gets whatever he will eat. Not cooking for them anymore has been nice. It's one less thing to stress over so I won't be continuing homemade for any future dogs. I might look into getting prepared raw food delivered.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Handsome perp!

Pork sits fine with some dogs and not so well with others. Mallace throws up when I give her pork the other dogs do just fine. Probably best to just avoid it if you’re already hesitant.

I’ll check out the recipes once I’m off work. Might get me back into prepping their meals again!

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

I've been making homemade food for my dogs for the last 5 years or so. It started when my little girl almost died. Long story short, a special low protein diet recipe was created for her by a nutritional specialist. My boy, her brother, also got it because his kidneys were showing damage. Part of the recipe included adding Balance IT K. It's "Vitamin, mineral, and amino acid powder to create homemade dog food. Just mix with fresh foods you like to feed and your dog enjoys." Since their diet was so specialized I don't know anything about what a typical dog would need but here's the website. They also have a recipe tool.

https://secure.balanceit.com/index.php

My little girl passed in September and my boy is in end stage kidney failure. He stopped eating his regular food so now he gets whatever he will eat. Not cooking for them anymore has been nice. It's one less thing to stress over so I won't be continuing homemade for any future dogs. I might look into getting prepared raw food delivered.

Sad you lost her it’s so tough when it’s time and you have to slowly watch their bodies go.