Dogs can eat Turkey. It just can't be seasoned. Whats the reason they can't eat Turkey? You can Google it and see its okay

How much powdered kelp?

Homemade yorkie food and supplements
 

Thank you so much for posting this, I've just started making my yorkie's food and read about the supplements they might need. I also read about Bromelain powder, do you know anything about it? I think I'll add a tad bit to the supplement mixture.

My dogs are so grateful for this Sticky! I made ground turkey and veg stew for them yesterday, and have never seen them eat like that. I do free feed dry food, and will just in case I miss some important vitamins. I enjoyed it and there is enough for 2 more days. I think it will ultimately end up being much healthier and less costly once I get the hang of preplanning for them. There are plenty of recipes to choose from. Thanks everyone for taking the time to post them.

I have some ? about this. What essentials oils do you add and since it sounds softer would it be good to mix with kibbles?

Clarification of the basic supplement recipe
 

How much of the powdered kelp?:confused:

Teddi refuses to eat unless i hand feed her.....I thought i would look up some of the recipes here on YT but i see a couple of them have garlic in....Isn't garlic toxic to dogs? :animal36 :animal-pa :aimeeyork :)

Teddi is a very picky eater.....but she loves sweet potato... can i give her this every day with various meats and veg mixed? :aimeeyork

This is a great article - thanks for posting it! this author seems to know her stuff.
apparently a dog is more likely to get anemia from tylenol as they would have to ingest a very large quantity of garlic to result in damage. for a 10 lb canine the suggested amount is 1/2 a clove of daily. that's seriously a tiny amount.
Why bother when it's so controversial? because apparently there are all kinds of health benefits. i will be using fresh minced garlic for my little one - well 11lbs - not so little.
BTW - I'm new here - i was searching recipes and i ended up here. my favorite kibble has added 'by-products' so i'm done with kibble. done.
my yorkie is Mateo and he's just the best little beastie - we're just part of his pack. ;)
i guess its unnecessary to say that yorkies are the best.breed.ever. :animal-pa
cathy

could you please tell me what kelp
and millet is and where do i get it

i give my yorkie boiled skinless chicken and a little of his dry food mix with a little warm water didnt know he could have all those vegies thanks

I am glad to have found this article. I have zero desire for my girls to have commercial anything. I have been cooking them chicken and rice and giving them the occasional bite of barbecued pork (and I mean bite, since it is so heavy and rich). I am planning to use different lean meats and eggs for protein and I am going to read this article through again for starch/veggie ideas. I wrote to a forum on Facebook today about the diet I have been feeding and how I am noticing improvement in these two since they got here last week. I was told I was going to give them pancreatitis and that I needed to get them on kibble asap. Seems my research indicates that kibble IS the problem! Still I want to be careful! This article makes me feel better about things but I am going to proceed with caution. Thank you for posting this! Besides, who wants to eat the same exact thing everyday? We would get bored and I have been around dogs long enough to know they get bored from monotony also.

Turkey recipe
 

My little 5 lb. yorki just was not eating so I decided to make up a recipe for him. I was feeding Merrick canned and kibbles for puppies but my Jackson just would not eat. I bought a tube of ground turkey and cooked the whole tube in a skillet like you would a hamburger. Store it in fridge. I baked a sweet potatoe, and cooked brown rice. Store all this in fridge. To make his meal, I use 1 teaspoon of merrick canned puppy food (chicken), 1 teaspoon of chopped turkey meat, 1/2 teaspoon sweet potatoe, 1 teaspoon rice. Mash all together with fork, micro wave to warm, about 7 seconds. Last I grate 1/2 teaspoon romano or parmesan cheese on top. Jackson loves it and has gained a little weight I think. I think I probably need to add a couple of supplements to this. I am reading more about this now and maybe I will add Dinovite and LickOchops. Anyone have suggestions about the supplements?

I have been making my Yorkies their breakfast for the past year or so but they get bored really quick so one morning I feed them baked chicken thighs, skinned then the next day I saute ground turkey, add either mixed rice or mixed frozen veggies and try to add either potato or sweet potatoes to give them a variety. The rest of the day they have dry food in their dish. Does anyone see a problem with this routine?

Hi ...my yorkie is not eating her breakfast... I used to give her dry food...she is 6 months old...what can I give her for breakfast plizzzz

Holy cow that's only a tablespoon of food ! For a 5 lb yorkie?
Mine are 4.7 and eat 1/4 cup in the morning and 1/4 cup in the evening..
Close to your recipe ingredients
Balance it is a good supplement ....
And I would add more meat and forget the canned...

Any veg with any protein?
 

I see that there are lots of recipes for dog food with suggestions for amounts of protein and veg. They seem to suggest that you can mix any protein with any vegetables, you just need to get the quantities correct. I think this is right but the dietitian told me I cannot mix chicken, or other proteins with just any veg. It has to be specific vegetables??!! What do you think? I told him that I wanted to give my dog a selection of vegetables and not stick to the same ones. He said he could not help me with that as it would be 'too complicated and wants me to stick to the ones he gives me. He says to give her chicken, butternut squash and carrots plus BalanceIt - I can give her one egg a week as a treat. My dog is healthy normal dog. I feel that she should have a variety of veg and fruit in small amounts during the week. I have given her during a week a carrot, beans, squash, sweetpotato, put a sprig or two of parsley in her food, a few young spinach leaves, broccilli sprig, 2 slices of pear, a small piece of mango, small piece of melon. Obviously, I don't give them all to her in one day, but I just feel variety is healthy. Am I wrong? How can giving a dog the same three ingredients for the whole of it's life be healthy? I was also making her a health broth and giving her a cube of that a day, which she loved. but he doesn't want me to give her anything other than what he has told me to give her.

Lucy eating problem
 

Lucy is 3 lbs and 10 years old, she had to have her teeth pulled and I am having a hard time not knowing what to feed her, any suggestions? Does anyone else have this problem? I have been feeding her chicken breast chopped up small or sometimes put it in my food processor, I know I could cook some peas and carrots and mix it all together, she eats so fast without chewing it, she throws it up a lot, I also give her a little sweet potato, but thats it. Can anyone help me out? I am afraid she isn't getting the vitamins she needs, and not getting proper nutrition. This is my first post and may have written this in the wrong place!

Lucy
 

I also have a 3 pound Yorkie with no teeth! He is 8 years old. I boil ground chicken or turkey because it is easier to mash up into small pieces. I usually mix in sweet potato, and a green veggie with it. To make it easier, I cook a batch over the weekend and have enough for the whole week.

I don't use a lot of ingredients because my little guy has a sensitive tummy. If Lucy was eating commercial food before, she can go back to that eventually. My vet said that their gums will harden up, so they can actually eat dry kibble again. You can soak it in water to soften it.

I have seen posted on the internet and in my vet's office that garlic is a no no for dogs....I have seen it as an ingredient in several recipes. I was wondering if anyone could help me get clarification?

try a tablespoon of plain kefir a day,given as a treat it cured my yorkies tummy problems

She definitely isn't getting the proper nutrition.
I home cook, but only with diets formulated by vet nutritionists. They always have supplements.
I suggest the following sites that can assist you with home cooking.

www.balanceit.com

www.petdiets.com

Yorkshire Gingerbread

Ingredients:
225g butter
110g golden syrup
110g treacle
2 eggs
125ml milk
225g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 tablepsoon ground ginger
225g dark brown sugar
225g oatmeal

Method:
Set the broiler to 170ºC and oil and line a tin around 20×30 cm.
Put the margarine, syrup and treacle into a skillet and warmth tenderly until softened.
Put the milk into a container and include the eggs. Beat together.
Join the flour, bicarbonate of pop, ground ginger, sugar and cereal in a substantial dish.
Pour in the spread blend and the milk blend and blend well.
Prepare for around 45-55 minutes, until the parkin has risen and springs back when squeezed gently. It might soak in the center a bit.
Permit to cool and afterward cut into squares or fingers. I remove the edges before cutting it into fingers.
This keeps well in an impenetrable tin and will enhance over a couple days by getting stunning and sticky.
Sometimes I order custom restaurant desserts like brownie bars online from few websites since I don't bake much and my Evie likes it. I just need to make suer she is getting proper nutrition.

I'd love to try this, my babies love cheese. :thumbup::animal36:animal-pa

Donna from Iowa
 

I am new at home cooking but will put what I feed down for all of you. I grind 3 cups of: chicken, turkey, pork etc. and put in large Dutch Oven, I then add about 2 cups of pork broth that I make myself over that. I chop up the ground meat really well. Then I use my tall blender and add frozen vegetables like: carrots, peas, squash etc. and some Kale or Collard Leaves, Dandelion root and all. (Wash it really well, use flower too and don't gather from where they spray) I add 1 apple 1 pear Or some other kind of fruit. Grind it all up and add it to the meat mixture. I usually add more meat broth as I need it. Then I add 1 cup wild rice or quoin or pasta and allow that to come to a boil and turn heat down and cook for about 30 mins. I also add Chia seeds about 1/2 cup or so. Sometimes I add green pepper to the mixture. I then let it cool. I have 3 Yorkies so I make a pretty big batch. I also add cottage cheese to their food in the evening or greek yogurt, I also give them 1/2 tsp. honey each day. I make pupcicles too: Greek Yogurt, ground blue berries frozen, and chia seeds and grind them up in my little blender and add to the greek yogurt. Put into ice cube trays and give them one every day or every other day. I change all my recopies off and on to give variety. I use Flax seed and oil, I use sesame oil, I use vegetable oil. My Yorkie's are Willie Bill, 13 years old and 10 1/2 lbs. 1/2 cup twice daily (Has allergies and heart problems, I cook mainly for him)and our Willow 10 years old, and 4 1/2 lbs. she gets 1/4 cup 2x"s daily and our little rescue 8 year old, 9 lbs. 1/2 cup 2X's daily. his name is Walley. I make my meat broth with pork, chicken or turkey bones my Willie Bill is allergic to Beef, eggs, lamb, potatoes white and sweet, tomatoes etc. So, I put my bones in a crock pot with 1=2 Tbs. Cider Vinegar and cover the bones with Spring Water. I cook for 24 hrs. but the last hr. or so I add a carrot, celery, parsley, thyme, rosemary out of my garden and let them cook. Then I turn off the heat and let it cool down, sometimes in my kitchen sink with a little water, then I strain it and put in ref. over night. Next day I skim off fat and then add 2 cups to sandwich freezer baggies and freeze. Hope someone trys it and their kids like it like mine do., I also give them supplement each day with their breakfast and fish 2X weekly.

Wow, sounds wonderful, you got yourself some spoiled babies!

Thank you so much, I try very hard to give them what they need. I know for sure they were not getting it before. I used a top brand food for all three of my kids. I sat down one night and started putting the ingredients into the computer, especially the ones I couldn't even pronounce. I ran into one that taled about CARDBOARD and then ran into SAWDUST, I almost fell over, I quit reading. I know I may make mistakes but by golly I am not spending what I was for food from the dog to to treat their problems. All it did was make them worse. Never again will that happen to them. Again, thank you

I grind 3 lbs. of meat NOT 3 cups. Sorry

Hi everyone, I am very new to homecooking. I did a batch of the following yesterday which is the first time cooking.

500g Turkey Breast Mince
500g Turkey Thigh Mince
150g Lamb Heart
900g Frozen Cauliflower & Broccoli
100g Frozen Peas
1kg Cooked White Basmalti Rice

I used the water that the veg were cooked in to cook the rice added a tablespoon of coconut oil and freshly chopped parsley.

I have two yorkies, wee Alfie who is 9 years and 10lbs and who has had his 2nd major op to remove a calcium oxalate stone, also my reason for homecooking and also my wee rescue 9 or 10 years (unfortunately not sure of her actually age) Penny and she is 8.5lbs and also has a sensitive tum.

The vet had Alfie on a prescription diet after his first op to remove a stone 10 months ago and as I seen it didn't really do its job so told them I am going down this route.

I have to be careful as there is foods that are high oxalating foods, parsley is one which I added to the recipe above but it was very little and any I see in the food I'll pick out.

I just need to get them on supplements but I also can't give Alfie certain vitamins as they are oxalate producing such as Vitamin C and D.

I am justill wondering has anyone else have babies prone to stones and is homecooking?

Nancy
 

Since the last time I wrote on the form I have added 1,000 mg. of Calcium to each lb. of food I make. Even Dr. Judy Morgan said to do that. From where I was standing I thought that was so much since they take supplements too. But, out voted and will do it.
I also heard that oxalates were bad for Yorkie's, hard on their Kidneys I guess and to much can cause stones. I have been giving about 2 cups of Kale & Baby spinach (together) I had never heard of that and DON'T want to cause problems. I think everything has them, cooking gets a lot of those out of the food. If anyone has a list please post them so everyone will know which is the highest, so we can cook them longer. I think carrots are high too and I feed my kids carrots all the time. Hope you are having fun Nancy, it is great to see your kids eat something you know is CLEAN, SAFE, NO PRESERVES, NO BEAKS,FEET,GUTS ETC. It's just good to know, Wild dogs have to eat those things but our dogs don't. God Bless. Donna