My 2 babies (rotty x boxer) have been fed good ‘clean’ food since they were pups (now 13yrs young) and have thrived on it. Their food is all home cooked from fresh vegies and meat and only a very small amount of high quality dog biscuits which helps their teeth and keeps their weight stable. (My girl loses too much weight if she only eats the fresh).
Whenever either of them have had an upset stomach, as previously posted here, I feed them plain rice or add a little cooked chicken breast for a few days – it works perfectly.
I know I’m repeating a lot of what has been previously said here sorry, but I will say this:- If you are concerned about the actual health of your dogs, look at the colour of their tongue. It should be bright and pink – too many times I’ve seen friends dogs tongues that are grey in colour and they’re only fed commercial dog food.
Here is Australia there is talk of the commercial dog food containing oxide to colour it – thats the same stuff you use to colour cement!
All the very best to you all
Dee

Thanks for your advice, and have a Great Day!
Shelly Campbell

Your recipe sounds great. The only possible comments I’d make are –

1. Fry the garlic in the olive oil on a medium – not hot – heat destroys nutrients.

2. I’m not sure why you cook the vegetable mixture for 20 minutes – I’d try a much shorter period – you could try 3 to 10 minutes and see how that works (the shorter the cooking period, the greater the retention of nutrients).

3. The low sodium chicken broth you mention – is this a powdered or cubed type stock? If so, I’d try the meal without it. If it’s low sodium it may not be doing any harm, but on the other hand, with all the fresh ingredients you’re using, I’m sure it will taste great without the chicken broth (just use water if you need liquid to cook the sweet potato and rice in).

But these are just minor things. Otherwise, what you’re giving your dogs sounds great!

Regards,
Brigitte

I wanted to ask what you think of my recipe, I feed this to my Rottwielor, Shitzu and Toy Poodle and also add their vitamin supplement once a day, I just want to make sure this is a healthy recipe as I made it up, to make sure there is nothing in it that will harm my doggies.

I sauté 2 garlic cloves(chopped) in about 4 Tbsp. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, In my food processor I chop very fine (minced) about 1 cup each of Fresh Green Beans, Broccoli, Baby Carrots, Swiss Chard, Kale and add to the Olive oil mixture simmer for about 20 minutes then I add 1 can of low sodium chicken broth and simmer again about 10 minutes. I chop 1 sweet potato and add to the mixture with 2 cups of steamed rice. I then add about 8 to 10 pounds of chopped chicken breasts, thighs and liver and add to the mixture. When I serve them dinner I heat up their portion then add a few Tablespoons of Fat Free cottage cheese and maybe 1X a week add a raw egg to the mixture.

Thank you for your time, I just want to make sure I have the right amounts and the right ingredients for my babies.

Sincerely,
Shelly Campbell

Rick