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To: Arizona Carolyn

What else can I cook for my dogs for their main meal? I’ve been boiling chicken, rice & fresh veggies. My dogs love carrots, cabbage, apple etc. Thanks.


95 posted on 04/19/2007 8:23:58 PM PDT by blondee123
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To: blondee123
They need some organ meats - like liver, kidneys, stuff like that -- about 10% of their diet... don't really need the rice since they don't have the enzyme on their tongues we have to digest starch, so starch turns to sugar in their systems and that is what is causing so much canine obesity.. You can puree in your food processor: Romaine, Kale, Celery, Squash, carrots, red cabbage, beet greens, just about anything in season. Go easy on spinich and broccoli because they can be adverse (in quantity) to the thyroid. Since you are not giving raw bones in their diet give them some bonemeal powder (get organic bone meal) and something like "Dinovite" sprinkled on their food for vitamins and minerals... they can have eggs....

Eggs are a perfect protein... the protein all other proteins are measured against.... put an egg in boiling water and barely cook the white and then give it to them with the yolk still in a soft stage. Crush the shells and give them the shell, too for a perfect balance in their diet.. I get free range eggs from hare-today when I order their food, with the shell crushed in.... yogurt, cottage cheese, even buttermilk mixed into their food...

canned solid pack pumpkin -- is good for constipation as well as diarrhea... pumpkin is one of the few foods that cleans toxins out of the upper intestines.... and is great fiber.. I give my dogs a tablesoon or two of pumpkin in their food periodically just for an intestinal cleanse.. you can mix raw (or lightly steamed) liver (organs) with your vegies and the balance being the meat, cottage cheese, etc... just remember they are little wolves and want to eat accordingly.

98 posted on 04/19/2007 8:33:23 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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oh... I almost forgot — yes some apple is good, so is blueberries.... just no grapes.... if your dogs tolerate the avocado fruit, it’s a good fat for their skin in small amounts.. too much may be too rich for some dogs...


99 posted on 04/19/2007 8:34:38 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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