Homemade Dog Food

SouthernSusie's Note:

With all of the scare regarding tainted dog food, I began making my 3 Jack Russells home made dog food. I found that it's quite comparable in cost, and they love it!

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 6.0 quarts

• 1 lb ground beef
• ½ lb ground chicken
• ½ lb ground turkey
• 1 lb baby carrot
• 2 small baking potatoes
• 3 cups brown rice
• 3 eggs , slightly beaten
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups water

Directions:

1. Cook all 3 ground meats together in larger 6 quart dutch oven.
2. Add rice, chicken broth and water. Cook on medium heat for 30 minutes.
3. Add potatoes and carrots, and slightly beaten eggs. Cook for an additional 20 - 30 minutes.
4. After cooking, put mixture into storage containers. This freezes very well.

Reviews

[Sophia6]

I have 5 Dachshunds, 1 Great Pyrenees, and 1 BloodHound on my farm. I started making this food with minor adjustments for 12 years and feeding my dogs 1/2 Kibble and 1/2 this, because we had a Dachshund that nearly starved to death because we couldn't find a food she would eat. So I started making rice and cooking chicken or beef or ground turkey in olive oil which is great for their skin and coat and adding carrots,peas,potatoes, or sweet potatoes.It saved our Samantha and The vet always comments on how beautiful my dogs coats are and how healthy they are.

[swissms]

I have an extremely picky 18mo. old Border Collie that has been underweight since we brought her home. She eats but not enough to put on weight. She is otherwise healthy and has lots of energy. We have tried numerous brands of dog food. I have tried everything including adding Nutri-Cal per my vet's recommendation. No matter what I added to her food she would lick off the additions and only eat a little of her dog food. I have been desperate to try to expand her stomach to increase her appetite. And then I found this recipe. I made it last month and froze it in portions in zip-lock bags. She loves it! She did pick out the carrots :-) After feeding the homemade dog food to her a few times I then began processing it with some of her dried dog food and she eats it all up. I think her appetite is starting to increase. I did use sweet potatoes instead of baking potatoes. I omitted the chicken broth and just used water in order to reduce sodium content and preservatives. Thank you so much for the recipe!

[Acceptance]

I chose this recipe as it seemed to have the least objections to it in reviews. Didn't cost me a lot to make, made a lot. So far I am giving about 1 cup mixed with their kibble (that they weren't fond of) and they are thrilled at dinner time now. My 2 girls have been on the thin side and this has increased their appetite very nicely. Their coats look good too. I used low salt/fat broth to keep it as healthy as possible. Thanks for the nice reipe!