dogfoodtips

The Basic Dog Diet - for healthy pets over 6 months old

Fresh boneless skinless chicken breast --1 pound

Cooked white rice -- 2 and 2/3 cup

Safflower oil -- 1 Tablespoon

Morton's lite salt -- 1/4 tsp

Iodinated salt -- 1/4 tsp

Calcium carbonate without vitamin D (regular Tums - check size) -- 3 grams

Centrum adult multivitamin-mineral supplement (no special senior, ocular,

women's or other versions) -- 1 tablet

Saute chopped chicken breast in oil until thoroughly cooked. Add rice and salt.

Grind Tums (calcium carbonate), multi vitamin/mineral tab, and taurine

supplement together. Add to cooled mixture. Store in refrigerator. Larger

batches may be prepared in advance and stored in the freezer (although add

minerals & supplements to mix after thawing and re-heating).

`Fish and Sweet Potato Recipe (based on a 75 lb dog)`

Baked Sweet potato -- 4 cups

Cooked Fish, trout, rainbow -- 1 1/2 cups

Salad or cooking Oil, vegetable, corn -- 5 teaspoons

One A DayR Maximum Multivitamin/multimineral Supplement -- 2 tablets

PostureR caplet (600 mg elemental calcium) -- 2 1/2 caplets

Morton Lite Salt Mixture -- 1 tsp

These recipes represent the amount to be fed per day and can be fed in

multiple meals.

More than one day's worth of the food can be prepared ahead of time and

refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 2 weeks.

Prior to serving each meal and after warming, add the appropriate

amount of supplement to the food.

Mix thoroughly. Heating supplements that contain vitamins can destroy

Their effectiveness.

The amount of supplement(s) shown above is the daily amount. Therefore,

please divide the amount listed by the number of meals given a day.

White, long grain Rice, cooked -- 5 cups

Vegetable oil -- 6 teaspoons

Cooked chicken breast -- 2 cups

One A DayR Maximum Multivitamin/multimineral Supplement -- 2 tablets

PostureR caplet (600 mg elemental calcium) -- 5 caplets

Morton Lite Salt Mixture -- 1 1/2 teaspoons

These recipes represent the amount to be fed per day and can be fed in

multiple meals.

More than one day's worth of the food can be prepared ahead of time and

refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 2 weeks.

Prior to serving each meal and after warming, add the appropriate amount of

supplement to the food.

Mix thoroughly. Heating supplements that contain vitamins can destroy

Their effectiveness.  The amount of supplement(s) shown above is the daily

amount. Therefore, please divide the amount listed by the number of meals

given a day.

Lean ground beef, fat drained         454 grams (1 pound)

Rice, cooked           227 grams (1 1/3 cups)

Liver, beef            138 grams (1/3 pound)

Vegetable oil          63 grams (4 1/2 Tbsp)

Fish oil               9 grams (9 1000-mg fish oil caps)

Calcium carbonate              3.3 grams (5 Tums with calcium)

Salt substitute (potassium chloride)          1.9 grams (1/3 tsp)

Adult multivitamin             1 tablet

Cook the rice with salt substitute added to the water. Cook the ground

Beef and drain the fat. Cook the liver and dice or finely chop into small pieces.

Pulverize the calcium carbonate and vitamin/mineral tablets. Mix the

vegetable oil, fish oil (break open capsules) and supplements with the

rice and then add the cooked ground beef and liver. Mix well, cover and

refrigerate.

Feed approximately one-quarter of this mixture each day to a 10 pound

dog or cat. Palatability will be increased if the daily portion is heated to

approximately body temperature (Caution: when using microwave, avoid "hot spots,"

which can burn the mouth).

Boiled white fish / Canned tuna  -- 1 cup

Boiled potatoes or Cooked rice -- 4 cups

Calcium carbonate or Tums -- 1 teaspoon (tablet)

Corn Oil -- 1 tablespoon

Potassium chloride (light salt) -- 1 teaspoon

Multivitamin -- 1 tablet

Mix all ingredients together and divide into equal portions, feeding 2

½ cups in the morning and 2 1/2 cups in the evening.