How to make home made dog food
Remember Mark's
bean sprout experiment? I was intrigued by the idea of
feeding beans to Lucy too, but wanted to get a bit more information
before I headed straight into the world of dog cookery. So I
ordered Earl
Mindell's Nutrition & Health for Dogs through interlibrary loan
--- yesterday it arrived and I tried out Lucy's first home made meal.
The result? Lucy was head over heels in love with her dinner of
overcooked oatmeal, raw ground turkey, blended sweet potatoes and
mustard greens, and raw egg. She continued licking the bowl long
after it was bare.
Here is the basic formula for home made dog food: (Note that some
sources say that the meat component should add up to 25% rather than
50%. There's also debate about raw vs. cooked.) Read more....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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