So we switched from Fromm dog chow (gravel) to TSC brand a couple years ago. Recently dawg has lost her taste for that stuff. Perhaps a batch went rancid, or the ingredients were off. So I've been making a pot of rice, and adding the gravel to it, sometimes with an egg or two, mixed but not cooked in. That is devoured. So, it has occured that I should think more about making food for her. She eats table scraps, or rather, I feed her from my plate regularly. But thats not balanced or enough volume. I want her to gain a few pounds, but rice shouldn't continue too much after that is accomplished. Dog gravel is not cheap, and sometime I see that being prohibitively expensive or unavailable. Looking for ideas as to what to feed as I suppliment her kibble, with an eye to eliminating kibble at some point when it becomes necessary. Sca
Many years ago I made food for our 3 big dogs (GSD mixes and lab mix - 65-90 pounds) for a while. Cooked ground beef or chicken (depending on cost and availability at Sam's club) mixed with cooked frozen vegies and would add eggs, oatmeal/rice, cod oil etc. Occasionally I would add beef/chicken liver, gizzards and/or hearts. That comprised about 1/2 -2/3 of their diet as I would also mix in some kibble when I fed them. I also had to add vitamins and minerals, so that is an added cost. I would make a big batch each weekend and freeze some of it. Remembering to thaw it out ahead of time was sometimes my biggest challenge. There are lots of recipes out there for dog food and guidance on how much protein, carbs, fat and fiber they need. Just make sure they don't put something stupid in them like onions and other things that can build up toxicity.
We made food for our Anatolian. If there's a slaughter house nearby they sometime sell 25 pound frozen blocks of trimmings marked for dog food. I mixed that with rolled oats ,eggs, molasses and Total cereal. Nothing got cooked
