RE:dog food and recipe

[Guest guest]

> to survive. Cats only eat meat, which is why you

> can't feed dog food to cats, it's not high enough in

> some amino acids. Some vets, one of mine, thinks that

 

 

Actually they HAVE to eat meat, it's the only way for them to get taurine,

which is needed for muscle control I believe (trying hard to remember the

function of taurine from classes 4 years ago!)

 

 

I don't feed my dogs vegetarian, but I do supplement with veggies. I have

to be careful with one dog, he's got a propensity for developing urinary

crystals (and hence stones) so I have to feed him a special diet, and he's

only allowed the veggies for treats. Speaking of that, does anyone else's

animals come running when they hear the knife hitting the cutting board?

It's as bad as the cheese wrapper and my cats! And my other pug LOVES

wasabi peas!

 

Anyway, here's a recipe for a Veggie dog food from Laurel's Kitchen. I

haven't tried, but I've wanted to for my other dog. Heck, I make cornbread

for my birds, why not the food for my puggies? Just remember if you are

changing their diet, do it slow, mix like 1/4 of the new with the old and

slowly increase the new and decrease the old. There's less chance for

diarrhea, or even the " gas " that they pretend didn't come from them.

 

 

Basic " Doggie Dinner "

 

2 tbsp oil

1 cooked egg

2 cups cooked vegetables, blended unless very soft

1 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 cup milk (I would be careful with this, unless your dogs are used to milk,

it can give diarrhea....)

bread ends and leftover cooked cereals and beans

 

Morning is the best time to feed dogs, and once-a-day feeding is quite

adequate (tell that to my dogs!). Let your pet's size and activity

determine the amount you feed him - about 2 quarts of the basic dinner

mixture seems right for an active 75 lb dog. Some owners like to cut back

on the breakfast and provide a snack later in the day: dogs like bread and

peanut butter as much as kids do. The vitamins in the nutritional yeast

(wheat germ is good too) will help protect your pup against fleas and the

eggs with keep his coat shiny. Don't worry about the yolks - dogs

apparently have to cholesterol worries!

[Guest guest]

Speaking of that, does anyone else's

> animals come running when they hear the knife hitting the cutting board?

> It's as bad as the cheese wrapper and my cats!

 

My dogs sit around my island in my kitchen when I make salads. They love

cabbage and snow peas. When I want them to come inside I just yell, who

wants a snow pea and they all come running. They don't like carrots though

which I find odd.

[Guest guest]

my guinea pigs hear me opening the fridge door and all of a sudden I have the Mormon Squeakernacle Choir in my house. *ggg*

 

Megan