Easy Crocking Dog Food Recipes

In Dog Dish Diet I outline changes of the ingredients or type of food that usually improve or cure many common chronic medical ailments. I have suggested that more severe conditions may need better ingredients and less preservatives. Those dogs with moderate to severe obesity,skin, ear, bowel, anal gland, and seizure problems may do better on a home cooked diet. Nothing is better than chicken soup…right?

Many clients have taken my advice and started cooking for their pets. In two weeks to one month most  report back that their dog enjoys eating much more, and that the skin and coat looks and feels much better!

Most allergies, stomach and bowel problems improve when allergens are avoided, and healthy human food is added!

If your dog is prone to pancreatitis,you may need to carefully introduce them to this diet, or any dietary changes. I would use use 30% skinless thighs or breasts with veggies, and try a couple tbsp twice daily first, or I would  remove the layer of fat after cooking the chicken and veggies

Many dogs are sensitive to dietary changes because we feed them the same thing day after day, so be cautious with any new change. If an animal has a sensitive stomach,try small amounts of the new food first. Use 10 mg pepcid for nausea at 1/4 pill small dog, 1/2 pill medium dog, and 1 pill large dog

You can easily and economically cook for your dog using the crock pot. It is as simple as throwing in 25%-50% meat (Foster farms whole young chicken fryer, few chicken livers, hearts, gizzards) and 50% veggies or rice(Frozen green beans, carrots, squash, pumpkin, bruised apples, wilted salad, old bananas or a little brown rice). The less meat you use, the more economical the meal. I usually use about 50/50 because my picky dogs love it so much.

Cover the ingredients with enough water to make the end result like a stew, and prevent burning on the sides or bottom of the pot. Cook the ingredients for 2-4 hours on high, then enough time on low to make the chicken bones soft, so you  can include them in the meal! The bones and marrow are an excellent source of vitamins, oils, and joint nourishment.

I was taught not to feed bones, you were taught not to feed bones, but bones are a natural part of a predators diet, and if included in this safe way, are a great supplement!

Turn off the pot and let cool a bit, or put in a metal or glass bowl to cool in the fridge. Add water to produce a stew like consistency.(Do not let sit out too long)

Store in containers,refrigerate,or  freeze portions that will not be fed within a week

Here is an email from a lucky dog’s owner, Jim

Dr Greg,

I recently attended your talk at the Cali K9 dog training in Fremont.  I really liked your book. I read it as soon as I got home.  I’ve gotten my dogs off dry food and currently feed them 1/3 super premium canned food and 2/3 home made food.

I’ve made 2 batches so far – batch 1: whole chickens, green beans, carrots, sweat potatoes,cooked brown rice and steamed greens added at the end of cooking; batch 2: chicken backs and necks, chicken gizzards, lamb kidneys, lamb heats, carrots, green beans, broccoli, cooked brown rice, and  steamed greens added at the end of cooking). I sift through the mixture by hand and remove any bones I find. I puree the bones in a blender and add them back into the mix. I freeze most of the batch (defrosting as needed) and refrigerate the rest.  I warm the food in the microwave and mix in some fish oil and olive oil at each meal.  They also get a lightly cooked scrambled egg mixed in 3 times a week.

I’m concerned about vitamins and minerals.  Is it okay, or is there anything potentially harmful, in giving them a children’s chewable multivitamin once a day?  Children’s vitamins are a lot cheaper than pet vitamins, but, considering what I’m feeding them, are they an adequate supplement?

My Reply

Jim,

Minerals like calcium, Phosphorous and Magnesium are present in the foods and bones you feed. Vitamins like A and B are in the beans, liver, carrots and foods. Dogs make their own vitamin C. I don’t add vitamins to my dog’s food or minerals because I feed the bones and vitamin rich marrow. When you make food as nourishing as what you reported, cheap vitamins will not add anything.

If you want to give a vitamin mineral supplement I would get one with trace minerals.

Thanks for the support.

Dr. Greg

Canine crock cuisine can be used as part of or all of the main diet as long as the bones are included. You can crock and use it as an occasional meal or top dressing for dry food if you dog does not have signs of kibble-itis (obesity, skin, bowel, or urinary issues)

Check out my video on you tube on the DrGregDVM Channel

Before feeding any animal any big change of ingredients,try a bit in in the normal diet for a few days  to see the effect.

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