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Tell me what you all think: Mia eats Natural Balance dog food. I supplement that with the following:
I buy a quart of Dannon Plain yogurt, cook a 1 lb. bag of carrots and bake a 1/2 pound piece of beef liver in the oven. All that goes in the food processor and I give her a 1/4 cup twice a day. Good, bad, I'm nuts, share your thoughts.
I don't mix it with her kibble. She likes the kibble just plain. I usually put the yogurt on a seperate plate after she's done eating. I thought carrots were good for them? What about another veggie. Thanks for the comment on amounts to give.
I have been informed by the vet that raw carrots were a good treat for overweight dogs (my mom has an overweight Dalmation), I believed they were good to give to my pup as well but realized they are just pooped right out. Have not tried them cooked though. I have cooked and still do for Loki as he has a sensitive digestion, trust me its not fun after a few months...I am in the transition phase with him to Blue Widerness grain free hoping this may be the last change and no more cooking.
Carrots are the perfect treat for an over-weight dog for those exact reason's...they have really no calories and they do poop them right out but the dog thinks it's a treat and it fills them up so they aren't eating other things that are fattening. They don't hurt anything they just aren't giving them much in the way of vitamins if that's why you were adding them.
Hello! I am a big believer of quality home made dog food. I started it about 2 years ago. Most of the time I make patties and freeze them until needed. I also try to go raw as much as possible. When meat comes on sale I buy some for my dogs.
The patties are made of meat (chicken, beef, turkey) whatever is on sale. Then I mix it with brown rice and fresh vegetable. At the beginning I was mixing everything as big chunks. But then when I was picking up my dog's "gift", I could see the veggies and the rice went thru almost untouched.
After that I put everything in the meat grinder. Now nothing is visible in the dog's "gift". I am a big believer of giving veggies to dog. In the wild when wolfs kill a caribou or a moose, they go first for the bowels and the inner where the prey have digested grass. Only after do they go for the meat. However dogs are not very good to digest veggies themselves. By putting it in the grinder the veggies and rice are broken down and the digestive enzymes of the dog can then have access to the inside of the veggies cellular content.
These days turkey are on sale. I am buying a couple of them, cooking them, keeping the breast for my family. Then everything else goes in the meat grinder (except the bones, fat and cartilage). Then cooked brown rice and veggies (carrot, celery, spinach, broccoli, green peas, sweet potatoes, pumpkin etc) I also add crushed flax seed, calcium, folic acid, brewer's yeast, olive oil, fish oil, kelp, taurine).
My dogs eat better than me...LOL
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Well, carrots are just filler to a dog. I don't know why you want to add that in. Yogurt is good, but they need maybe a teaspoon for good bacteria. Dogs aren't meant to eat milk products. The beef liver is a yummy treat for sure. If anything, adding that in, you're limiting yourself to spicing up the food if Mia never wants to eat. I always reserve the "good stuff" for those times when they are sick and don't want to eat.. but thats me.
She'll eat the kibble on its own and be just fine and happy with it but if you like cooking for her of course by all means go ahead!