What supplements are you using for your home cooked recipe?

 

Well, congratulations on your new feeding route! I'm a firm believer that a home prepared diet is better than a commercial one.
What kind of recipies will you be doing, out of curiosity. I considered doing homecooked once, I get bored with raw, and enjoy cooking, but obviously went with raw in the end.

Wouldn't the "ick" factor come into play just as much, if no more doing homecooked? I don't have to handle my dog's raw meat much at all, no more than one would cutting it and putting it in a pot, pan, etc.

 

Congrats! You have to do what you're comfortable doing! Let us know how it goes!

 

I'm very interested in learning more about your recipes please :smile:

 

Congrats on going homecooked but as CP pointed out, don't you have to handle the raw meat to cook it anyway?

 

i'd be interested in learning what your recipe is...i cook for my 13 1/2 year old shih tzu who doesn't have teeth....

 

sure. if you want a basic recipe please send me a PM

it does contain fruits, veggies, and some grains, so its not something i feel like a lot of people here would feed. it IS mostly meat though, and since its cook at home you know what is in it. so i feel its safer than kibble.

guys, i cant handle raw meat. i just cant. person issues. i dont handle raw meat when i am cooking for my dogs even. i have it set up so i dont even have to LOOK at raw meat.

 

well, they might not on raw LOL, but here?

nichi gets veggies.....and brown rice and quinoa......i've never figured out why fruit is included..that's why i wanted to know....

ya know...if you post it here, others who home cook would benefit...i'll show you mine if you show me yours LOL

 

the different veggies and fruits have different nutrients. feeding a good variety eliminates the need for supplements.

*waits for raw feeders to comment on how they are unnecessary junk food and dogs dont even get nutrients from it* have mercy on me.

 

*waits for raw feeders to comment on how they are unnecessary junk food and dogs dont even get nutrients from it* have mercy on me.

Well I can't help it. It's the way dogs are built. They were never designed to digest plant material. I didn't design them so don't fuss at me but they ARE designed to eat meat, bones and organs and nothing else.

 

Re- you are 100% correct. Homecooked is a completely different ballgame and cannot even be compared to raw or even kibble. It's a class of it's own. Which is why I cannot provide help or knowledge when it comes to homecooked.

I think it's great that rukusluvr has made the switch over to something better than kibble! Because all that matters in the end is if we have our dogs AND our own best interest in mind :biggrin:

 

thanks, natalie....if i could put my girl nichi on raw, i would....but she lives with my mother in law who is in her seventies....i know she would do whatever we wanted, but i won't make her do it..and nichi barely has anymore teeth and she is almost 14 years old...

once a month, i make her food....she's perky...nutro won't kill her like it did my other three shih tzus, so there in lies the compromise and i'm happy she will live out the rest of her days eating well...

nothing wrong with home cooking, as you state..but it is a science and it does take researching to make sure everything is given that needs to be given.

not every dog can go raw and not every human wants to.

 

Ruckus, I'd love to hear more about it, and how you figured out how much of what to feed. It's something I'd consider for sure for my frenchie...would have no clue where to start LOL.

 

Home Cooked

I am a raw feeder and I think you are doing way better for your dog than any store bought food. I still feel raw is best and getting over our own ick feelings is just responsible dog ownership. There are cases where the dog is aged or lives elsewhere and homecooked is the next best thing. I am in no position to judge as you are doing what you feel is your best. Good job.