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Originally Posted by Maddie23  Did Yorkiedaze provide you with information on "home-cooking" for your Yorkie? I am interested in doing the same. Would you share the information? Thanks. |
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I did buy a whole turkey!
If I were feeding 9 pupsters then I'd just buy a whole turkey (which would be much cheaper) and you could even grill it to save on gas. Cook the turkey, cut up and let cool. You could either hand chop the meat or if you have a food processer that would be much quicker and easier to chop fine. With a whole turkey I would cook 3 cups of brown rice and steam three large heads of broccoli till just crisp tender, not soft and chop or put in food processer. Mix all these together and freeze in plastic containers ( I use ones from the deli and the plastic zip loc containers that are so cheap. For your crew, I'd freeze enough in each container that would last for 5 days of feeding 1/4 cup twice daily. (that would be 4 1/2 cups total per day.
For red meat, I buy any on sale or round steak. (whatever is cheapest) Sometimes even a big roast is a good price. Cook the meat (I use my crock pot, and if I happen to buy a big roast, I will quarter it to fit in the crock pot) and cook two cups of harvest grain blend and two large heads of steamed broccoli. Mix all together and freeze.
Sometimes I had 1/2 cup of lentils and 1/2 cup split peas to the brown rice. It's a wonderful source of fiber.
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In Dr. Pitcairn's book, Natural Health for Dogs and CATS, he has a recipe for what he calls Healthy Powder, and I've made this for dogs for many years. Here is the recipe:
2 cups nutritional (torula) yeast
1 cup lecithin granules
1/4 cup kelp powder
1/4 cup bonemeal (or 9,000 milligrams calcium or 5 teaspoons eggshell powder)
1,000 milligrams vitamin C (ground) or 1/4 teaspoon sodium ascorbate (opotional)
Mix all ingredients together in a 1 quart container and refrigerate.
You can add this to food as follows: 1 to 2 teaspoons per day for cats or small dogs; 2 to 3 teaspoons per day for medium-size dogs; 1 to 2 tablespoons per day for large dogs.
I put one teaspoon on their food twice a day.
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This is the treats:
DOG BONES
4 cups unbleached flour
4 cups wheat or rye flour
1 package dry milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 packages calf liver (cooked, chilled then ground)
4 eggs slightly beaten
liver broth
Cook the liver in enough water to cover till done. Save the liver broth. Place liver on a plate in ref. till cold. (grinding warm liver ends up like pate). Then ground till it resembles coarse ground beef. Mix all ingredients together and pour liver broth a little at a time. Not too sticky or too dry. Like making bread. If you don't have enough liver broth then add some chicken broth. Roll out on floured surface to about 1/3 inch and cut in what ever shape you want, or roll out on a parchment lined cookie sheet. (I use a bone shape cutter). If cutting out with a cutter, place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake in a 300 degree oven for 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, place in freezer zip locks and keep in the freezer. If rolling out on a parchment lined cookie sheet, bake an additional 15 minutes, cool on a wire rack then break up into small pieces and freeze in zip-lock bags.
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I also mixed up my own using 5 LBS lean ground beef, 5 heads broccoli, small white beans, split peas, bag of brown rice, beef broth, parsley, 4 lbs beef liver. I cooked everything and pack it in a container in balls the size of a golf ball. Each dog is getting three a day. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
OH the best thing is their POOP DOESN"T STINK anymore!!