Raw Diet Recipe Guide 2014

My version of "Raw Food" (We try to keep protein at about 30%)
I have 50 lbs of dogs combined. 2% of their body weight per day is 1 lb per day of food (for the pack)

Here's a guide for one making food session:

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken
1.5 lb organ meats (chicken livers; chicken gizzards, lamb veal or pork kidneys; lamb heart),
6 raw eggs
equal volume to the meat of shredded vegetables - generally a mixture of cooked sweet potato, brocolli, green beans, and or carrots or canned pumpkin (unsweetened). We like to add some frozen peas - they make the food look festive.
some fruit -   apple or a couple of bananas.

1 cup of flax seed ground
1/2 head garlic smashed
2 cups steel cut oats cooked

1 cup Healthy Powder from Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats - nutritional yeast,lecithin granules,kelp powder,bone meal,vitamin C

Portion the mixture into containers and freeze immediately. I've found that the 32 oz containers work well and will feed my pack for 2 days. This way we don't have thawed raw meat sitting in the fridge for more than 2 days at a time.

Juicing for me and the pups

We were lucky to "inherit" a juicer from my former employeer Black and Decker who owns Juiceman courtesy of the user test group. When we make food on Saturday's, we juice the vegetables and fruits, drink the juice and put the pulp into the dog food. This provides a fine shread that works well. Beet juice does a good job of making all dog food look like bright red beef. Not sure the dogs see any difference but it works for us humans.

Doggie Cookies

Here's a gluten free dog biscuit recipe that we're trying out today. Thanks to
http://www.dog-nutrition-naturally.com/dog-treat-recipes.html
Gluten Free Dog Biscuit Recipe

- 1 Lb ground meat ( lamb, beef, chicken, turkey ) Lamb and beef tend to be higher in fat. Chicken and turkey might be a better choice for an overweight dog. - 1 large sweet potato ( cooked and mashed ) - 1 large egg - 1/4 tsp garlic powder ( not garlic salt )or one large clove pressed - 5 tbsp. large flake rolled oats ( organic if possible ) or 4 tbsp. ground flax seed meal

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mixing up very well.
Lightly grease a cookie sheet with olive oil. ( very slightly )
Dump ingredients on cookie sheet and spread evenly and flatly to the sides of pan. This should be about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
Bake for one hour at 350 degrees.
Remove pan from oven and use your cookie cutter at this time, if you want. If you don't have a cookie cutter, just score the 'cookie dough 'with a knife or pizza cutter, into squares.
Put back into the oven and bake for another hour at 250 degrees.
This will dry these healthy dog treats out. Keep an eye on your oven. The time could be more or less, depending on how hot your oven runs.
These dog treats should be fairly dry and a little crispy, but not burned.

Kitty Krack

Another kitty convert to Kitty Krack - Cheddar, my bosses cat. Cheddar wasn't eating at all and was very thin. He began eating once the Kitty Krack was sprinkled on his food.
Kitty Krack
1 cup Nutritional yeast (we like Kal brand)
1/2 cup lecithin granules
20 ground up Garden of Life Perfect Food Super Green Formula tablets
(or other kelp type product or 1/8 cup dried neem leaves)
2T bone meal
500 milligrams vitamin C

Sprinkle 1 teaspoon per day on kitty's dry or wet food and watch their appetite return.

Happy Faces

Slowly Converting Friends

Our good friend Schylar had surgery a couple of weeks ago. When I spoke to his owner he told me he was force feeding him. I took over a couple of containers of raw food for him. We heard that he defended his food from the other pups. Dogs like this stuff!

Three Chins in a Bucket