Ingredients 2 1 2 pounds ground beef 4 ounces chicken livers 1 carrot chopped 1 small apple cored 1 2 cup baby spinach 2 whole eggs including shell 1 2 cup plain yogurt 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Make my own raw dog food.
These items should range from 0 00 2 00 per pound depending on how friendly you are with your butcher.
It can be scary especially if you don t have a raw recipe guide to follow.
To make up 1lb approx 2 cups of raw dog food you ll need.
If you are like most dog owners you are nervous to make the first raw meal for your pup.
Pour 1 2 teaspoon in for every pound of meat you feed your dog.
Roughly 12oz 1 1 2 cups of meat including raw meaty bones and 4oz 1 2 cup of prepared vegetable fruit mixture approx 2tsp of fish oil ie cod liver oil or salmon oil or flax seed oil or an omega 3 supplement and a vitamin mineral supplement.
Animal essentials seaweed calcium provides additional minerals as well.
Ingredients in raw dog food recipes most commonly include meat of different type muscle and organs and eggs.
Your dog should be getting about 10 percent of his diet from bone.
Alpha linolenic acid an omega 3 fat found in flaxseeds and hempseeds linoleic acid an omega 6 fat found in things like hempseeds and sunflower seeds arachidonic acid an omega 6 fat found in meat poultry and eggs docosahexaenoic acid an omega 3 fat found in oily fish like sardines.
Organ meats liver heart kidneys 5 10 eggs few times per week any way your dog likes them dairy yogurt goat milk cheese others 10 15 muscle meat or fish 50.
Other recipes will also include seeds nuts grains fresh vegetables fresh fruits.
Firstly it s important to remember that making the switch to a raw food diet can be a great thing.
In place of bone you can use dried ground eggshells.
When feeding your dog bones you can use what s known as raw meaty bones or bones that still have some meat on them.
This is why we created this guide of healthy raw food recipes that you can make at home for your dog.
And here is a good list of calcium rich foods your dog may like.