How To Make Dog Food Recipes

Exactly how do you go about making Homemade Dog foods?

There are so many variations on the subject each of us will develop our own way of preparing our natural homemade Dog food recipes. We will need to decide whether we are going to make homemade Dog food as a raw or a cooked meal. Personally I do like to feed the Dogs raw when I can. Raw meat is natural for Dogs and most Dogs never react badly to it at all.

However as with all new diets that Dogs are introduced to it should be done gradually. You should not simply jump from feeding commercial Dog food to recipes for Dog food that you have made at home. It will need to be a gradual process. Try introducing an odd home cooked Dog meal a few times a week to gradually get your Dog used to it. Maybe you do not wish to prepare food for your Dog more often than this anyway. You may decide there is too much work involved in constantly preparing your Dogs food, money may be a constraint or you simply feel like making healthy homemade Dog treats on occasion.

Home Made Dog Food Recipe

Lets look at an example of a Raw Meal we can prepare for our Dog at home. The tasty meal will have the following ingredients:

• 1 Raw Egg


• Half a cup of Yogurt


• Half a can of Peas


• 1 stick of celery


• 1 Cup of Vegetable or Meat Stock


• A large handful of a meat of your choice


• 1 spoon of Olive Oil

Of course, the variations on this are innumerable. You can substitute the vegetables, meats etc for any of your choosing. This is also just one meal. If you are going to be feeding only natural homemade dog fod recipes then you will have to ensure that the correct ratio of fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals are present in your Dogs diet. For an occasional home made Dog food recipe this is not such a major consideration.

How To Prepare Your Home Made Dog Food Recipe

The above recipe for Dog food will be served mostly raw. If your Dog has never eaten raw before then make sure you introduce raw meat very slowly. For the sake of this recipe I am assuming you have already given your Dog small amounts of raw meat and it is used to it.

As we are serving raw the time taken to prepare the meal will be drastically reduced. This recipe will be for an average, medium sized Dog. Obviously you will make more or less depending on the size of your Dog, or you will save some for a later meal.

There is not too much preparation involved as it will be mostly raw.

Slowly heat up the stock so it is warm but not too hot.

Add to this a large handful of raw meat such as Chicken, Turkey, Beef etc

Add the yogurt, Oil and drained Peas.

For the celery or maybe carrot, ideally you will blend this to break down the fibers and make it more easily digestible.

After blending add the whole raw egg to the blender and mix until it is thoroughly broken up.

Add to the rest of the ingredients and serve.

This natural homemade Dog food will be appreciated by any Dog. It is full of proteins, fats and healthy for your Dog. Do not worry about serving the whole egg, calcium is important and an amount of roughage will do nothing but keep your Dog in fine shape.

This recipe is by no means perfectly balanced but whose food is. We can get hung up on technicalities without looking at the bigger picture. If you feel that commercial foods lack the right qualities for your Dog then surely a healthy meal like this will be a vast improvement.

Natural food for Dogs will do nothing but improve their health. We will be trying to source our produce cheaply and if possible both buy and prepare in bulk, saving both time and money. If you do try the above recipes it is very doubtful that even the fussiest of eaters will leave anything. Raw meat is a firm favorite with Dogs but if you really don't wish to serve raw then boil the meat on the vegetable or meat stock first.

Just remember that Dogs never eat cooked meat in the wilds. Their bodies are perfectly suited to deal with raw meat, it may just need to get used to it if you have never provided raw food before.

A raw Dog food recipe is much easier and quicker to prepare than many homemade Dog foods which is an obvious advantage. Nothing is set in stone however, just use your judgement and serve what you feel comfortable with. Preparing recipes for Dog food means, to a large extent using your common sense. Think about what will be a healthy meal for Dogs and you cannot go that far wrong. The Dog food meal that you prepare may not be perfect in every respect but if commercial food for Dogs concerns you then you will probably feel much happier even if it is not a totally optimised recipe for Dog food.

We will look later at how to totally optimise homemade Dog foods if we are going to serve nothing but healthy homemade Dog Food, but the above recipe, with the endless variations that are possible is a good starting point in response to the question "How to make Dog food?".

How To Make Dog Food Cheaply

If we do wish to learn how to make Dog food then one of the main considerations will be cost. The reality is that many commercial Dog foods are an extremely cheap way of feeding our Dogs. When deciding if and how regularly we will feed healthy homemade Dog treats then we need to be able to buy the food for a reasonable price. Dog food recipes can seem quite complicated with added vitamins and oils to ensure a healthy diet but we need to know how to make the basics for a reasonable price.

How To Make Dog Food Cheaply

One of the best ways to make Dog food for a reasonable price is to buy in bulk. There are many discount stores as well as Supermarket chains that will sell many basic foodstuffs in quite large quantities. There are a few staples when it comes to buying food that will make the basis of recipes for Dog food, such as:

• Meat


• Rice


• Eggs


• Vegetables


• Cottage Cheese


• Potatoes


• Oils

Many of these ingredients can be bought in bulk. Buying large quantities will mean that they will work out much cheaper in cost. Many of these items can be stored for a reasonable amount of time. Of course some can't, such as eggs and cheese. It may also be worth considering buying dried milk as a great source of calcium. It is cheap and a great addition to homemade Dog foods.

Homemade Dog food needs to have a bit of preparation. It will be far better to prepare meals in bulk, as well as buying in bulk. It will mean a fair amount of freezer or fridge space will have to be put aside, but if you wish to make the Dogs meals on a budget or at the most reasonable price that you can they buying and preparing in bulk will be the solution.

How To Make Dog Food Cheaply By Being Friends With Your Butcher

If you want to learn how to make Dog food cheaply then you may do well to revert to your Butcher. So many of us now do all of our shopping at Supermarkets and forget about the friendly neighbourhood Butcher. As well as having a lot of information at their disposal about the different cuts of meat, Butchers are also very kind to their regular purchasers. If you buy meat on a regular basis then why not buy from your Butcher. Apart from saving a fast dying local business there is also something in it for you.

Regular customers will often be given cheaper, or soon to go over, cuts of meat for nothing. Added to this are the fact that raw bones are exceptionally good for Dogs and can be got very cheaply or for free from a local Butcher. Start going to a Butchers regularly and after a few weeks start to explain how you are thinking of feeding your Dog homemade Dog foods. The Butcher may well give you advice on what Dogs really love meat wise, and will probably begin to give you left over pieces of meat for next to nothing.

How to make Dog food cheaply will be much easier if you can find a supplier of meat at knock down prices. Even if you do not get free, or very cheap meat, you can at least buy in bulk which will make the recipes for Dog food that much more bearable cost wise.

How To Make Dog Food Cheaply By Shopping Wisely

We all have our regular shops. Places we always go to do the weekly Grocery shopping. But are they the cheapest? It may be that we go to a certain Supermarket out of habit or because they stock a certain range that we like. If we want to learn how to make Dog food for a reasonable price then it may be worth considering any number of the budget Supermarkets that have sprung up all over.

These no frills Supermarkets stock many of the basic foodstuffs at very discounted prices. Try visiting and seeing if you can bulk buy some of the basic ingredients used to make the recipes for Dog food. You may be surprised how much money you can save, especially if you are thinking of switching to only feeding your Dog homemade Dog foods. Food is an expensive commodity as we all know, and looking for the ingredients to make Dog food at home will soon make us realise just how cheap commercial Dog food is.

It begs the question "What is in Commercial Dog food?". If we find it difficult to match the price on a per serving basis then we have to wonder exactly what is in it. There have been so many Pet foods recalled in recent years that this mass produce Dog food must have a few flaws in its production.

Shop around and learning how to make Dog food, especially on a budget, may make more sense even from a cost point of view.

How To Make Dog Food

Welcome to How To Make Dog Food. Here we will be exploring the many recipes for Dog Food, the pros and cons of homemade Dog Foods and all topics related to homemade Dog Food Recipes. More and more Dog owners, worried about the quality of commercial Dog food are turning to making their own Dog food at home. Not just to save money but out of a real concern about the quality and content of commercially made Dog food.

Natural homemade Dog food recipes will ensure that we know exactly goes in to our Dogs feed. There will be no worrying about the provenance of the Meat, or the quality of the ingredients. We will know exactly what is involved. I have become more interested in this topic of late and while writing this Blog I will be investigating the many aspects of healthy homemade Dog treats and homemade Dog food recipes.

Recipes For Dog Food

Recipes for Dog food need to be carefully balanced. We, as owners of Dogs need to know that what we are feeding our Dogs at home is well balanced and of the correct nutritional value. There are many elements to this including, but not limited to the following:

• Getting the right balance of Vitamins


• Ensuring the Mineral content is right


• The levels of healthy Oils


• Calcium content


• Quantity of Meats


• The amount of Grains


• Protein and carbohydrate levels

This is by no means exhaustive but already we can see that there are many things to consider if we are to begin making homemade Dog foods. Dogs need a balanced Diet, and whatever we may think of commercial Dog foods, many Dogs thrive on them. Dogs live so much longer now than they ever did. Although many Dogs do not get on well with commercial foods, maybe because of allergies or the fact that the Dog may have been consuming a product that has later been recalled, for many Dogs commercial food has served them well.

Why Learn How To Make Dog Food?

For many owners it will be a total change to the way they wish to feed their Dogs. Some of you reading this will wish to completely eliminate commercial Dog food and make nothing but natural homemade Dog food recipes. For others it will simply be a wish to start making certain meals at home. There is nothing wrong with making an occasional meal for your Dog at home. It will certainly be a nice change for Dogs that are given the same commercial Dog food day in and day out.

How to make Dog food may seem a bit daunting at first, especially if we have already read many of the numerous sites there are online about homemade Dog foods. The problem is that many can seem overcomplicated and added to this is the fact that many of them seem to contradict each other.

By learning how to make Dog food we are, if nothing else, giving ourselves the option to feed our Dogs a different and varied diet on occasion.

Homemade Dog Foods

Natural homemade Dog food recipes can be easy or complicated to prepare. It really depends how far you wish to take it. You can make an occasional Healthy homemade Dog treat as a nice change to regular Kibble, or you may decide that homemade Dog food is all that you will be feeding your Dog from now on. Either way you need to ensure that you use quality ingredients in the Dogs homemade meals.

This does not necessarily mean that you will be buying the best quality cuts of Meat, but hey do have to be of a certain quality otherwise you will not be doing your Dog an favors.

Homemade Dog foods have a few ingredients in common for the most part, including, but not limited to:

• Raw or cooked Meat (preferably Raw)


• A Stock or Gravy


• Rice or Pulses


• Yogurt


• Vegetables


• Fruits


• Eggs

Again, this is no where near an exhaustive list but it is a good starting point for learning how to make Dog food. It is important that we understand the dietary needs of Dogs. They are not the same as ours. All Animals need different types of food and respond better or worse to different ingredients. So many people insist on feeding Dogs only cooked foods and meat, when in reality Dogs are perfectly adapted to Raw Meat as part of their Diet. Understanding this and accepting it will greatly simplify the homemade Dog foods that you prepare.

For an example meal why not try the following list of ingredients to make a healthy homemade Dog food recipe:

• Raw Meat


• Carrots


• Beans


• Oatmeal


• Eggs

Many owners are loath to use meat and eggs raw. Dogs can easily break down raw meats as they are designed to do so but if it is of concern to you then you can, of course cook them. There are any number of variations on this, you can use ground beef, Chicken, Turkey etc and your Dog will love it Raw. The same goes for vegetables, they can be cooked or raw. If feeding raw then try to put the vegetables through a blender to break them down and make them easier to consume.

This is just the beginnings of what will be a comprehensive look at learning how to make Dog food. If you are in the process of deciding whether to feed your Dog homemade Dog foods then read the posts and look out for some great recipes for Dog food.