Most pet owners think that commercially-available dog food is the only things their canine companions can chow on. People forget that for centuries, dogs have thrived on food that didn’t come from a can or paper bad. Of course, preparing your dog’s meals from scratch is trickier to do today, what with all the preservatives and chemicals in human food. But if you don’t trust commercial dog food and you’d like to know what exactly goes into your dog’s diet, the best way to go about it is to prepare its meals yourself.
Dog Hamburger Patty Recipe
There are ways to prepare healthy, uncontaminated meals for your dog. An ideal formula is 25% meat to 75% carbohydrates. If you’d like to venture into preparing your dog’s meals, start out with simple recipes. Here’s a very easy one for doggy hamburger patties:
1 cup of hamburger meat, stir fried in 1 tablespoon canola oil
2 chopped boiled eggs
½ cup of plain oatmeal, cooked
1 jar of baby food green beans
1 jar of baby food carrots
2 tablespoons of cottage cheese
Mix all the ingredients together and serve it to your dog at room temperature. You can add a good doggy food supplement or multivitamin to be sure that your pet is receiving the right amount of nutrients. Cover and store leftovers in the fridge and throw them out if they remain uneaten after three days.
More Dog Food Recipes
Another easy dog food recipe is to combine cooked brown rice, vegetables, ground meat, and a very small about of brewer’s yeast. Dogs have difficulty digesting vegetables, so make sure you put them through a food processor before mixing them with the rest of the meal. Alternatively, you can also use baby food.
Dog Food Warnings
Be careful of the ingredients you include in your dog’s meals. Never feed your dog bones, especially cooked ones because bone fragments can get lodged into their digestive tract. Canines who live in the wild can eat bones because they also consume the hair and hide, which aids in the bone fragments’ digestion. Other foods that can be toxic to your dog are chocolate, mushrooms, grapes, raisins, macadamia nuts, avocados, onions, and garlic.