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Originally Posted by Hermione

Thanks for your response and the link! I'm still giving Lucy 50/50 commercial and RC Digestive. She is still doing well, her tummy is flat and she isn't gassy like she used to be. Unfortunately we don't have pet nutrionists where I live (Malta) so I'm going mostly by my vet's advice. I can only switch her completely to homemade when I'm happy with the recipes I have. I've recently shown my vet Strombeck's recipes which some of Yorkie Talk's members asked about in the past. I liked the Balanced Chicken and Rice Recipe but I think it's got too much rice. My vet said I should remove the substitute potassium chloride and salt, and to replace some of the rice with more chicken.

Chicken and Rice Diet (balanced)

2 cups cooked rice, white polished, long-grain (320 grams)
1/3 cup chicken breast, cooked (95 grams)
1 tablespoon vegetable (canola) oil (14 grams)
1/4 teaspoon salt substitute-potassium chloride
1/10 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon bone meal powder (3 grams)
1/5 multiple vitamin-mineral tablet (made for adult humans)

provides 606 kcalories, 22.1 g protein, 16.3 g fat
supports caloric needs of 18 pound dog.

The probably sounds like a silly question but although I was sure about the cooked rice measure, I wasn't sure about the chicken breast - is that 1/3 cup cooked chicken breast, of 1/3 raw chicken breast then cooked because raw chicken breast weighs less once it's cooked.

That's 1/3 cup chicken breast AFTER it has been cooked.