Homemade Dog Food Recipes

Hello -- So I have two dogs of my own, a Border Collie who is 8 years old and a Chiweenie who is 2. I have been making them personalized dinners for about the past month because well, I want them to live forever and I love them dearly. I will will either cook up brown rice or Quinoa and add to that chicken, ground beef, tuna or egg. I also have a really handy rice cooker so I will cook the rice in a can of soup. They usually devour every last morsel of food (with the exception of plain rice & egg for my Chiweenie, PICKY boy). Anyways, I'm just wondering if you all have any recipes you like to use when cooking for your pups? Also any feedback on what I have been making is welcome.

 

Hi Mel! I have been thinking of cooking for my Frida as well, but time doesn't allow, it might in the future though, we got to see! Everything you mentioned sounds good, excepting for the rice... if you cook it often, you got to know rice has a high level of arsenic, that is both harmful to us and dogs.

 

Hello Mel Welcome to the forum
I don't cook for my dog, because it's too complicated. I don't want him to gain weight. Dry dog food I feed him is well balanced and healthy. He gets all necessary nutrients

Trellum - do rice pasta contain arsenic too?

 

You should treat them with homemade food once in a while. They like it more from my experience.

 

Most likely does All rice products contain arsenic, most dangerous rice is the brown one. Up to one year ago I was a big rice eater, but after reading about the high contents of arsenic in rice... well, I rather make a nice healthy soup instead

 

Superbobby - Homemade food usually isn't healthy or well-balanced. I feed my Homer dry food and vegetables. He loves them more than anything
Trellum - Oh no It's such a pity. I'm addicted to rice pasta!

 

I was addicted to rice, Claudine, but now I have found several things to substitute, one of them is beans It was hard, but depending on the dish I know pair it with either beans, salad or a nice soup.

 

I only make home made chicken rice soup with ginger for my dog when he is sick! Like @claudine I am worried that what I make isn't contained all the necessary nutrients that he needs. I might venture and add vegetables to his chicken rice soup later on though.