I find cooking for my dog to be incredibly rewarding. Not only am I saving a ton of money, but I’m ensuring that only the best ingredients are being fed to my favorite boy. Like many dogs, my Lab Mix Sam suffers from a variety of different allergies. Making homemade dog food keeps him feeling great and symptom-free.
Here’s a basic homemade dog food recipe for you to try. Once you’ve made it once, you’ll see how easy it is to customize by adding different proteins and vegetables to suit your dog’s nutritional needs and tastes.
Ingredients:
6 c. Water (or low-sodium broth)
1 lb. Ground beef, turkey or chicken (you don’t have to use ground meat)
2 c. Brown rice
1/2 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Dried rosemary
16 oz. Bag of assorted frozen veggies (or preferably, 2 cups fresh), thawed and/or finely chopped. NOTE: NO Onions!
Directions:
1. Add everything but the veggies to a large pot or dutch oven and cook on the stove on medium heat.
2. Stir mixture until the ground meat is broken up and distributed evenly throughout the pot.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Once boiling, cover and bring the heat down to low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
5. After 20 minutes, add veggies and cook for an additional 5 minutes or so. The time will depend on how long it takes for the veggies to get tender.
Done!
Serve warm, not hot and make sure to let the homemade dog food cool completely before storing it in the fridge.
This dog food recipe makes about 10 cups or 5-2 cup servings depending on the size of your pooch.
It should keep in the fridge for about a week.
dogs cant have garlic!
katy: dogs can have garlic as a seasoning/flavouring, but not to excess. Like in the recipe the amount was minimal.X
I’ve been wanting to make this but the garlic dispute made me worried, I was able to find this on a website..
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Naturaldoghealthremedies.com claims that garlic boosts immunities, fights infection, enhances liver function, lowers blood fats, and repels ticks and fleas, yet cautions that large doses given to dogs on a regular basis can cause oxidative damage to red blood cells leading to Heinz-body anemia and even death. They also caution that puppies under the age of 8 weeks, dogs scheduled for surgery, and those with pre-existing anemia should not be given garlic.”
So I think this tiny amount would be okay, does anyone else have any good reviews?
garlic helps keep the fleas off!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Will have to try it this weekend. Sounds like a healthy combination and we already know our dog likes ground beef from previous “accidents”
Oh yes dogs CAN have garlic!! It promotes healthy digestion and rids the intestines of parasites!
Dogs can have small amounts of garlic cooked. Dogs cannot have onions, as is noted in the recipe.
The amount of thiosulphate in garlic is very minimal and readily excreted.
In onions, it is very high and one good serving can indeed make the dog sick (hemolytic anemia).
Again, garlic, in moderation as in this recipe, is fine for dogs. But onions are very bad for dogs.
Actually dogs can have garlic in small doses. Unless your dog has a known allergy to it, then it is fine. Read labels on a lot of high quality holistic dog food and you will find garlic in a lot of them. Large amounts of raw garlic can in fact cause illness in dogs (and cats) but again, the small amounts in dog foods are perfectly fine.
Garlic and yeast (in low doses, per vet) keep the flees and ticks away from dogs.
It was a holistice supplement I learned about years ago.
My favored dog, Whiskers (a mix breed, Benjie), was highly allergic to fleas, garlic and yeast helped keep them away for 17 years.
I’ve done the same with our current fur baby, Pugsly (Pom-Pug) for 10 years,
Both were|are in excellent health.
I had a dog many years ago that got a bleeding uterus infection, the Vet was a friend, who told me that the dog had about a10 to 20% chance of survival with med’s and force feeding. My Chiropractor was into Alternative treatment and told me to try Garlic and Cayenne. It took about two to three weeks for her to beat the infection. Cayenne to stop the bleeding and Garlic killed the infection.
No Med’s at all.
I think if anyone has an issue with the garlic deal, just omit it….the dog won’t care:-)
I have a question…..is the brown rice cooked already or are we adding 2 cups raw to the pot? Thanks in advance.
@Ann – I add uncooked rice to the pot.
Also, great point about leaving the garlic out if you’re not sure.