Today I made homemade raw dog food for my babies :)
Raw dog food is exactly that. 65% raw meat, 25% raw fruits and veggies and 10% raw animal organs.
So I went to the market this morning and picked up the meat I needed. I'm a vegetarian and know nothing about buying meet but after getting a few pointers from some friends I sort of knew what I was looking for. I bought 4 pounds of ground beef, 10 pounds of ground pork, and 2 pounds of chicken gizzard (ewwww). I also picked up some raw pork bones for the dogs to chew on but not part of the recipe. I established that for 1 week of food for all three dogs I would need a total of about 12 pounds of food. Here's my recipe.
5 pounds pork
2 pounds beef
1 pounds of gizzards (ewww)
For the veggies...
1 yam
3 carrots (my doggies love em)
Cup of parsley
1 green pepper
1 full head of baby romaine lettuce
2 cored apples
And a few extras....
one egg shell and all
half a cup of flax seed
I ground all of this up in the processor and voila... raw dog food for a week!!!
And my dogs LOVE it!
Uh, lucky them?! Looks good? Not quite sure what to say but I am glad that they love it!
ReplyDeleteHow did it feel for you, as a vegetarian, to handle all that raw meat? I eat meat and I don't like to handle it! Good for you!
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It was so gross to make but I used rubber gloves so I didn't actually have skin on flesh contact. The worse part was grinding the gizzards in the processor. Whatever they are it's the toughest meat around I wasn't sure if the processor could do it. It's all worth it though for my little guys :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea ang!... was actually curious,if you could make some for my dogs?Id buy it off you :)
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