DINNERTIME FAVORITES

[Lynne Fowler-Oodles of Doodles]

Put your dinner recipies here.

[Taylor & Huff]

I put missing link vitamins hip and joint vitamins and multi vitamin. Then I add enough pumpkin to mix in with the vitamins that I smash into powder w/ a rolling pin. Then I add any type of canned dog food he likes human grade chicken foood. Then i microwave some peas to defrost them. And add those to the mix. Then I add some left over chicken or rice. Then I microwave it for a minute. Then I add it to his food dish mix it a little more. Blow on it and serve it.

[Rory]

Does anyone have any grain-free recipes? I am thinking majority meat (including organ meat) and a little vegetable and legumes (maybe 20-30%) plus some bone meal or eggshell powder for calcium. Basically, a raw-style diet, but with the meat lightly cooked. I'm just trying to figure out what the proper ratio should be. I haven't found any good doggie cookbooks in my local store that don't include a huge amount of rice or other grain.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

You can use potatoes- white or sweet potatoes- instead of grain.

[Rory]

the quantity of grains or potatoes still seems like far too much - one of Pitcairn's recipes calls for 11 cups cooked oats and only 3 lbs meat - its just not the ratio I'm looking for...

[Lynne Fowler-Oodles of Doodles]

Rory, Pitcairn is a great place to start and then adjust the recipes according to your dogs needs. I have been Homecooking since The Recalls of 2007 and adjust what I feed every week, with ever batch, with what I find on sale and what I have in my freezer. Pitcairn was the first book I read that didn't say "don't feed people food to dogs" and gave me the confidence to do it. But any resource and any one's recipe and any "authority" does not know the needs of your dog, only you do.

[Rory]

I guess my question then is - do I include the same amount of calcium per lbs of meat if I reduce (or eliminate) grains and starchy vegetables?