Homemade Doggie Casserole.....

Doggy Casserole

1 cup boiled poultry, chopped
1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup boiled mixed vegetables
3 to 4 Tbsp unsalted chicken broth

(Note: Salmon may occasionally be substituted for boiled poultry, with chicken broth omitted.)

Stir together and serve at room temperature. A good doggy multivitamin/mineral supplement (Missing Link) may be added for good measure. Be sure to store unused portions in a covered container in the refrigerator and discard remains after 3 days.

Tip: Make up individual portions and place in freezer bags in freezer. Take out as needed.

Missing Link is one of our favorite general vitamin/mineral supplements. Nutritional supplementation is a great thing to add to any pet food, especially for puppies and kittens, older animals, or animals with special nutritional needs. Like Sojos Pet Food Mix, Missing Link derives its nutrition from unprocessed, nutrient-rich, human-quality whole foods. The Missing Link is nitrogen flushed and vacuum-packed for freshness to protect its precious nutrients. For years, veterinarians and pet owners have used Missing Link to promote better digestion, healthy skin and coat, increased energy, quicker recovery, reduced allergies, reduced odor, less joint stiffness and overall health and well being. Available in Missing Link for Cats, Missing Link for Dogs, and now Missing Link Plus for Dogs (with Joint Support).

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Mmmmmmm! Chicken Stew anyone?

Chicken Stew

1 whole chicken, or mix of legs, thighs, or leg quarters (about 4 or 5 lbs or so)

1 or 2 lbs ground turkey or chicken

1 lb or so gizzards and/or hearts. Add a small container of chicken livers to every other batch of stew (too much is not good for dogs).

2 lb or so of mixed vegetables, I typically use the Sojos Europa Grain Free (dehydrated), sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, celery, apples, eggs, flax meal, parsley leafs, calcium carbonate,carob powder, kelp, alfalfa, ginger root, garlic. NO onions!

2 cups uncooked pearled barley or whole brown rice

16 oz cottage cheese or plain yogurt

1/2 cup powdered milk

1/2 cup ground flax seed

1/4 cup vitamin supplement (Missing Link, or Missing Link Plus)


Instructions

Place chicken, all other meats, and vegetables in a large stock pot. Add just enough water to cover*. Cook on medium heat for about an hour, until chicken is falling off the bone. Remove chicken from pot and let cool. While chicken is cooling, add barley or rice to the pot and cook another 45 minutes. Pull all chicken meat and cartlidge from the bones, shred or chop into bite sized pieces and return to pot. Discard the bones. Turn off heat. Stir in cottage cheese or yogurt, powdered milk, flax seed and vitamin supplement. Allow stew to cool completely. Spoon into various containers and freeze all but what you will use in a few days.

Stew can be fed alone, or mixed with a small amount of high quality kibble.

*If stew is too thick, add more water. If it is too soupy, add a bit more barley or rice.

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Shared pet food recipes.....

Someone sent me this recipe when I was scouring the net for something to feed my 4 rescues. Granted commercial food is so much easier, but is it truly worth the risk? I myself haven't tried this yet, but figured it was worth sharing with our loyal readers. Remember when starting your pets on a new diet, give them small portions mixed with the foods you were feeding them. Then gradually increase the new foods every other day while decreasing their old food, so their systems can adjust. If you have a homemade recipe you'd like to share, please feel free to email it to us here at lil Country Paws.....

1lb Shin Beef

1lb Ground Beef

1lb Talapia

1lb chicken Giblets

4 whole eggs

4 lbs Assorted Veggies (substitute this for our Sojos Europa Grain Free Mix)

1 Cup of Brown Rice and Barley.

Cook the shin and ground beef for 10 mins in boiling water then remove to container.
Cook the fish for 4 mins at boiling and remove
Cook the Giblets for 10 mins at boiling and remove
Chop and cook veggies for 10 mins and remove
Cook Barley for 30 mins drain and remove
Cook rice for 35 mins, drain and remove
Hard boil the eggs, remove shells, and chop, grind down the shells.
Mix everything together and cool in the fridge

This last my two dogs 2.5 to 3 days (dogs weigh 75 lbs and 91 lbs), 2 meals per day.

Top with either cottage cheese or Live plain yogurt, add the oil of 1 codliver oil capsule per meal, and 750 mgs of natural oyster shell calcium per meal. (substitute with Missing Links, our vitamin & mineral supplement for complete nutrition)

**Tips & Tricks for making homemade

A lot of ppl balk at the idea of feeding their pets raw food. Somehow we have the idea that the big bad wolf roasted the little pigs before he ate them so with that in mind here is what I do when preparing food for my critters.

Large pot filled with water, bring it to the boil, when you see it boiling drop the meat of your choice in the pot, cover with a lid and leave for 10 mins, with fish you need to only leave if for about 3- 5 mins. Remove the meat from the pan and put it in a storage container to cool.

Drop prepared veggies into the still boiling water, and leave them for another 10 mins, remove the veggies and allow them to cool, once cooled you can either just mix em in with the meat or you can puree them then add them to the meat.

If you are cooking rice, barley, or raw oats with the meal add a cup to the remaining boiling water and allow it to cook until it is just on the hard side of fully cooked… about 20 mins.

Drain the liquid from the grain into a measuring jug and allow it to cool. Once cooled place it in a bottle and save.
You can add the juice to each meal as you wish.
Add the grain to the rice and veggies and mix well.

There you have a dogs/cats dinner

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