posted 1 month ago
John feeds Bailey science diet.
I feed my two homemade, 99% of the time, raw. Their dinner is essentially a loaf:
If I'm buying the meats, I shoot for 90/10 ground beef, plus liver and whatever other organs I can find - gizzard, brain, heat, kidneys, etc., 85% muscle meat: 15% organs. The raw meat is combined with blueberries, cranberries, pumpkin, psyllium husk, powdered egg shells from our own chicken's & duck's eggs, powdered hawthorn berries, a tiny amount of garlic, a variety of gently cooked veggies, beef gelatin, and sometimes bananas. Whenever possible, I switch as much of the meat as I can to game meats or what has been raised locally.
Breakfast is raw eggs from our birds, a multi supplement, and about 1 tablespoon raw organic coconut oil, melted and shaped in a 'paws' mold, for my ease of prep.
I make the treats for all three dogs, and they are made with eggs, parsley, pumpkin, and either coconut flour or oat flour to make a pancake-like consistency. I use small bone shaped molds for regular treats and tiny dot molds for training treats. Sometimes, I'll throw in some mint.
In the winter, I'll add a little ginger to their food &/or treats for warmth. Charlie also gets turmeric and black pepper, for her joints, because she has a luxating patella.
They sometimes get a nibble from my plate.
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