Do you ever cook for your dog?

although they have gotten a little expensive lately.

He had developed myasthenia gravis, and his immune system went haywire. The only thing he could eat was rice and ground beef with vitamins added. There is a great book on home-cooked diets for dogs. I don’t remember the name of it, but it is by Volhard. Might be out of print by now.

The dog who owns us now is 70 pounds, so home cooking would be quite expensive, however, he gets small amounts of tasty, healthy people food in his meals.

He's a 23 pound fox terrier mix--I think part Bolivian Snake Retriever--because he's a picky eater. Would starve before eating dried food. Scratches the floor around the bowl if I put canned mash in it.

Stewed chicken, rice, peas n carrots, chicken livers and any fat trimmed off the pork shoulder (cooked to cracklins) all mixed up and frozen. I can feed him for two weeks for (best case) $10 and (worst case) $15. If I get really hungry I stir fry it and add an egg. Fried rice!

I'm retired, have nothing to do all day and take all day to do it . . .

With almost the same recipe. They lived well into the mid teens; were quite healthy
On edit: i really miss them! 😢

Our Akbash, Willow, gets what we call Willow stew. It's usually a chicken, but sometimes beef or pork I find on sale, stewed with water then cooled and deskinned/deboned. I add barley or brown rice, split peas, bulgar wheat etc, with veggies (NEVER tomatoes lol), these days pumpkin, always dried cranberries and blueberries because she loves them.

With her kibble, and 2 eggs with rice for breakfast every morning, she eats well! She's a working livestock guardian dog and deserves it.

I'm the type that trims all the fat off of meat. They always get that. We buy all of our chicken pieces with skin on. They love that fried.

exception of pickles. Only dog I have ever seen to eat artichokes, and properly.

But I used to bake dog biscuits for the neighbor’s dog.

but maybe someday.

things needed for balancing the food? I used to do homemade and have been doing Honest Kitchen with added veggies and protein...and cutting back on the recommended amount.
I like Dr. Baskos book on dog food for special situations.

I do know they need fiber, therefore the rice, and we use different vegetables in every batch. I do know they are acting younger and healthier than they do on the store-bought stuff. Their poop looks better and more regular, too.

and their website to create custom recipes. My little dog has horrible allergies and this was recommended by 2 holistic vets.

https://secure.balanceit.com/recipegenerator_ver4/index.php?rotator=EZ