Feeding and nutrition
What do you feed your JR?
Taken from a post by of Molly, posted on 8th May 2007
Here is my recipe:
- 1 kg raw beef
- 1 kg raw mutton/lamb
- 1.5 kg raw chicken/turkey (white or dark meat it doesn't matter)
- 1.5 kg raw tripe
- 1 kg mixed raw offal - liver, kidney, heart
Ethnic butchers are the best source of meat as they stock a much wider range at cheaper prices, will often deliver and best of all will chop most of the meat to your specifications, which saves loads of time.
The meat should be chopped into pieces roughly the size of the top of your thumb.
- 2 kg of mixed leafy/green vegetables (spinach, spring greens, broccoli, green beans)
- 1.5 kg carrotts
- 1 kg apples
- 2 large (supermarket sized) bunches of fresh parsley
- 1.5 kg of frozen peas, lightly cooked
- 300g sunflower seeds
- 100g pumpkin seeds
- 100g sesame seeds
Pulverise all of the above in a food processor so that it resembles a slightly textured cold soup.
Mix all of the above ingredients together (I use a large rubber tub trug, but washing up bowls or buckets will do just as well and then add:
- 1 kg white rice - cooked (ie 1kg is the raw weight)
- 1 meduim jar of organic honey
- 1 tube of garlic puree
- 1 tube of tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons of brewers yeast
- 1 - 2 cups of vegetable oil
Mix together well and weigh out daily portions into freezer bags and freeze :-)
I allow 25-30g of food per kilogram of body weight (or expected adult weight in the case of puppies). Feed this amount for the first 2-3 weeks and then adjust up or down according to weight gain or loss until you reach the optimum portion for your dog's metabolism.
It sounds like a lot of work but as I said, it only takes me one evening every six weeks or so and it really is worth the effort in terms of benefits :-)
And here are a couple of recipe sites for biscuits, treats and snacks.. mine are particularly fond of the liver treats on the Bullwrinkle site.
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