Monday, January 25, 2010

Attempt at making homemade dogfood and saving a little $!

Here's a helpful link to make your own dogfood and save $.

Please make sure you look at what to AVOID as well.

Today, while Shad was making a carrot juice drink I had a thought - all the carrot that fell to the bottom that he was going to throw away shouldn't be wasted! So I sat it aside. I'm making some brown rice now, and going to buy some lean ground meat, or salmon later to mix in. I wish I could get around buying the 'meat' part, but I feel a responsibility to my canines to ensure their proper health. After all, what would they eat if we didn't domesticate them? hmmmm. It's hard for me to imagine green peas... but there are A LOT of veggies that can be added in - yay! However, I choose to include meat. I've read that soy isn't good for dogs, unlike humans, where soy can be very healthy. So, until I'm convinced otherwise, I gotta buy it. BUT, the good part is, I can make sure I buy ALL NATURAL organic meat and know where it comes from. That's always a plus, if you must.

Anyhoo, I'm adding the organic carrots, brown rice, natural meat and perhaps broccoli or peas. Then I'll mix their normal dogfood with it in halves. That way, they can get 'used to it' slowly. If they like it, and it makes sense for me financially, perhaps they'll have homemade dog food a few times a week - like a healthy treat on the weekends! If I don't have time, then they won't have to 'adjust' their bodies to a whole new type of food again.

The other half of my brain says, "Jentri, who are we kidding really? I see my dog eat poop and acorns, and lick pee off each other all the time!" Oh well, doesn't mean we can't try!! lol

Wish me luck! The nice thing is, they're not as picky as Shad. :)

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