Diet Information

DAILY

 

chicken necks, wings, or backs, raw, including bones   

    or

turkey necks (grind or chop to prevent choking), wings

 

 green leafy vegetables such as, but not limited to collard greens, leaf lettuce, kale, dandelion greens, parsley, turnip or mustard greens, leaf spinach, etc. (blended with water)

 

yogurt, eggs, including shells

 

bananas, apples, pears, oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, etc.   (blended)

WEEKLY

  

liver, kidney (organ meats)

 

broccoli, cauliflower, celery, carrots, beets, tomatoes,

garlic clove    (blended)

 

 

beef shank bone or beef knuckle bone

 

cottage cheese or other cheese products (blended)

 

Blended foods can be made up at one time and separated into daily servings, then, frozen in plastic freezer bags for convenience.  Use enough water to make blending possible.

 

Blended foods can be mixed with ground beef, ground chicken, jack mackerel, tuna, sardines, salmon, or even leftovers from your refrigerator (in moderate amounts) in order to make them more palatable to your dog.

 

Puppies will require ½ to 3/4 cup of the blended liquid per day.  Adults will need 1 ½ cups per day.

 

You do not need to supplement if you vary the diet, but, if you choose to supplement, use human vitamins such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, fish oil, cod liver oil, kelp, brewers yeast, etc.    Puppies can be given Poly Vi Sol multivitamin Supplement Drops made by Enfamil until 6 months of age.

 

DO NOT GIVE CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS TO GROWING PUPPIES.  With this diet, it is far better to UNDER supplement rather than over supplement.   They are already getting everything they need from their diet.

 

You can NOT over-supplement Vitamin C unless you give huge mega-doses.  If your puppy gets loose stools and you are giving large doses of Vitamin C, simply back off the dosage.  A 6 month old puppy will do very well on 500 mg. Per day of Vitamin C.  That dosage will work equally well on an adult.  Vitamin C is an immune system booster.  (It’s good for you, too!!!)

 

You do NOT need to feed each of the above things every day.  Vary your dog’s diet.  Buy what’s on sale at the super market.  Pick dandelion greens from your yard!  (Be careful not to use greens from a yard sprayed with chemicals for weeds or fertilizer.)

 

There are a lot of other meats and vegetables that are great to feed your dog.  For this reason, one of the books, Give Your Dog A Bone or The BARF Diet, is vital to your library.  Many items are available seasonally at very inexpensive prices.  Remember, balance over time is what is important.  Every meal need not be balanced.  Nothing in the world eats that way.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail me.