Re: natural/homecooked diet – including the now famous porridge …..

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each dog needs the same types of proteins – pups need one extra they also need other foods such as carbs vits minerals water etc etc

breed specific diets are diets based on what that breed was given when ‘invented’ this allows for intolerances to be be understood

some poms are known to be intolerant to chicken – it wasnt a natural food source but they thrive on red meats – not so much lamb

i do breed – individula diets but let the wee lad settle in first and take your time changing his food – do you know what he has been raised on?

there are hundreds of posts on here re feeding – work you way through them – type – barf natural feeding etc into the search engine

no cooked bones is the rule but if you decide to do home cooked food then a bone will help with the teeth

my client with the 2 feeds hers on cooked root veggies – raw carrots and cauliflower juiced into a mush with minced beef cooked barley and small terrier meal and gives chopped up beef bones to gnaw on – he will need fats – fat is what provide energy so anything that is 99% fat free is not good and it has also been messed with to get it fat free or it is very expensive cuts (which i doubt)  🙂

beans and peas are excellent for dogs so dont kjnow where you heard that – as long as the beans are washed well and pre soaked and cooked correctly – my lot love dried pea flakes  🙂
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Dont know yet what he has been raised on but the woman said commercial.  I get good high grade beef and pork here, remember, this is Germany and we have many fresh butchers. I go to the butcher and watch them trim the fat off the meat for me, then grind it for me, so no funky stuff is taking place there, I also grind beef and pork, fowl etc for myself from very lean cuts. Sometimes half  of the cow is hanging in the slaughterhouse and you say which cut you want. you can literally buy half of the cow if you want or pig :o. I will put olive oil, fish oil and Omega fatty oils in his food makeup. Also heard peanut butter is a good source as well as other nut oils.

Can you feed them mushy peas mixed with rice, carrots and meats? I intend to grind the turkey breast, and again, we get lean turkey breast here that I eat myself. Remember, in the wild when they predate before they were domisticated they didnt have fatty meats, most willd animals are lean and not fat like what you see in commercial places. I also head you can give RAW chicken bones? YUCK 😮 I thought NO bones or they choke?

What I would like to do it have a good organic dry dog food at all times for him IF he feels to nibble, as they tend to eat like birds :-[ and feed him three healthy home cooked meals a day. Snacks inbewteen but also home made to avoid toxic preservatives. You will cringe at what goes into Dog Food 😮

What I would like are good healthy recipes as I have not done this myself, but have heard many are now doing this. Dog food was only invented in the 1930’s 8)