Help a girl out- I’ve crawled down the homemade dog food rabbit hole and I can’t get up.
My brother made it sound SO easy to make homemade dog food. “Just find a recipe online” - sure Jan …Not for this over-thinker.
My vizlsa Hank is a 4 yr old neutered male. He’s never satiated. And despite measuring his food, and him running constantly at home on 10 acres chasing deer all day, and running on his huge ranch nearby, he’s still gaining weight. ( no medical issues, he’s seen by a vet, totally fine) He’s just a professional couch potato snuggler the rest of the time. He’s a sneaky counter surfer, and I’ve caught him stealing entire loaves of bread , only leaving the empty bag behind as evidence.
My other dog, Kenzie is at a healthy weight. She’s a Shepard/ collie rescue mix. So I’d like to make the same batch and just feed to their respective caloric needs accordingly. If that’s not an option, I’ll make two separate batches.
First thought, “I have backyard chickens, I’ll use fresh eggs with ground turkey, and the eggshells for calcium. Maybe make my own golden paste, garden fresh zucchini, sweet potatoes , and brown rice- some variation of this”
Went to Balance IT: and it was basically like- “Absolutely not”
It wasn’t meeting the requirements for the ingredients I added.
Do most of you use a vitamin/mineral supplement with whole foods, or are people actually meeting nutritional needs mostly through food?
I feel like every answer online is either “this is amazing” or “your dog will spontaneously combust from a zinc deficiency or some other mystery deficiency you didn’t know about .” Help. 😅
I just want a straightforward recipe to start with.
Thank you!