Ingredients in raw dog food recipes most commonly include meat of different type muscle and organs and eggs.
Make my own raw dog food.
These items should range from 0 00 2 00 per pound depending on how friendly you are with your butcher.
You can use any form of plain calcium including eggshells ground to powder in a clean coffee grinder 1 2 teaspoon eggshell powder provides about 1 000 mg calcium.
Pour 1 2 teaspoon in for every pound of meat you feed your dog.
This is why we created this guide of healthy raw food recipes that you can make at home for your dog.
Animal essentials seaweed calcium provides additional minerals as well.
In place of bone you can use dried ground eggshells.
It can be scary especially if you don t have a raw recipe guide to follow.
Firstly it s important to remember that making the switch to a raw food diet can be a great thing.
In general when you make a recipe to cook for your dog you can put in ingredients in the following proportions.
Your dog should be getting about 10 percent of his diet from bone.
The remaining 60 80 of your raw food eating dog s daily requirement should consist of raw meat and bones backs necks carcasses.
To make up 1lb approx 2 cups of raw dog food you ll need.
If you are like most dog owners you are nervous to make the first raw meal for your pup.
Organ meats liver heart kidneys 5 10 eggs few times per week any way your dog likes them dairy yogurt goat milk cheese others 10 15 muscle meat or fish 50.
Alpha linolenic acid an omega 3 fat found in flaxseeds and hempseeds linoleic acid an omega 6 fat found in things like hempseeds and sunflower seeds arachidonic acid an omega 6 fat found in meat poultry and eggs docosahexaenoic acid an omega 3 fat found in oily fish like sardines.
Ingredients 2 1 2 pounds ground beef 4 ounces chicken livers 1 carrot chopped 1 small apple cored 1 2 cup baby spinach 2 whole eggs including shell 1 2 cup plain yogurt 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Other recipes will also include seeds nuts grains fresh vegetables fresh fruits.