Homemade Dog Food and High Protein Food

by Sheila Zevit
(Victoria, Canada)

I just read the article on your web about Vitamin K. There was a recipe for homemeade dog food in it, can this be used as an alternate to kibble a couple of times a week?, Would I get enough vitamins and minerals from adding a prepared supplement that already contains vit/min/omegas and efa's or do I add these when serving. Also can the meats and organ meat be slightly cooked before hand? How much would I feed my Norwich (the one that's still overweight), we are hoping to get her down to 12lbs, from the 15.
Sorry I did not see this sooner, I would have asked everything (previous email) together. Do you have any other homemade diets? I haven't tried the Evo yet, is there still a contreversy about high proteins on a regular basis?
Thanks again, SZ
Hi Sheila

About a recipe I can give you another as I have all the details about calorie content and amounts. Unfortunately I don't have that for the diet on the vitamin k page. But, this on should be fine as well even if it is designed for pups it is suitable for adult dogs as well.

You can find it Here

The homemade food recipe is 40% protein, 40% fat, and 20% carbohydrate.

Now, that's with using lamb as the main meat source.

You can use lean chicken, turkey, venison, etc. for the lamb, and will decrease the fat content while increasing the percentage of protein and carbs.

The omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio is 1.3:1 (again, that's using lamb; substituting poultry will bring the ratio to slightly over 2:1, but anything between 1:1 and 4:1 is considered optimal).

One kilo of food provides 1500 calories (or about 1200 calories if you use leaner meats such as chicken)

Knowing the need of calories in your other mail (about 234 cal I think it was) so she need about 150g a day to satisfy the calorie need.

About the protein content. Yes, it is still discussed. The best thing for you to do is to read some papers and make up your mind. Orijen has a very informative one and you find this here - http://www.orijen.ca/orijen/ORIJEN_White_paper.pdf

Just clip and paste.

Personally I can't see any medical problems giving much protein to a healthy normal dog.

I find this more logical compared to use dog food containing as much as 60% carbohydrates as you may find in some cheaper dog foods. But, it all comes down to the well being of your dog performing a test.

Test and research a lot, and finally you may be able to make your own opinion on it.

All the best to you

Sincerely

Per Schonbeck