Remember this forum is not advocating for home-cooked over other ways to feed. But for those who have been feeding one of the foods recalled you might want to have other options until you can find another kibble that you can feed your dog. Some dogs can go from kibble to an abrupt change of home-cooked but not cold turkey from one kibble to another kibble. These recipes might help make a change between kibble easier. For those who have been debating going to home-cooked then they might help buy you some time while you research into other menus. And some people wanting to go to raw fed sometimes put home-cooked in as a step between kibble and raw. As always, read info given and do your own research on major decisions concerning your dog. And don't forget, if you have any questions on the health of your individual dog check with your vet. The following is from a woman who does indeed sell books etc. on dog nutrition, but in this case I thought sharing this info would be of benefit. This is a person who I know has a very long waiting list of people wanting her personal info so she doesn't need to go out and drum up new business.
I debated posting this info at all as it would seem that I was giving her free advertising, but due to the increase of recalls and the most breaking news and rising concern from many quarters I decided to go ahead.
Remember, this post is borderline and some might take it as an advertisement, but posting the whole thing including her links is the only way I can share the important info with those who might need an emergency source of food for their animals.
Monica Segal's work has been praised by world famous Dr. Dodd, one of the vet's who was a big factor in changing many vets vaccine protocol from yearly to 3 year shots.
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I am cross posting this message with permission. If anyone cross posts to other lists, please post the ENTIRE MESSAGE per Monica's request. Thank You.
Monica wrote:
"Although I receive a lot of private email every day, today's requests are heart
wrenching. Desperate to find a home-cooked diet to feed their dogs that were
kibble fed just a few days ago, people have been emailing all day. I can't keep
up with the emails, so maybe this can help. Please find below, two diets, one
for a healthy 20 pd dog and another for a healthy 50 pd dog. These go against my
fundamental belief that generic diets aren't a good choice, but due to the food
recall, just about anything is better than feeding an unknown.
These diets are cooked because that's what people have asked for. I don't have
anything against raw diets - just to make it clear Please understand that I
won't be tweaking the diets if your dog happens to weigh 60 pds or 8 pounds or
whatever. The booklets on my site would help most people much more than these
recipes, but these should help in the meantime.
I've taken into consideration that most kibble fed dogs, especially ones eating
foods containing wheat gluten, may have different food tolerances. I've also
considered that these dogs are accustomed to more carbohydrates in the diet than
what many of us feed. For these reasons, these recipes are *not* indicative of
my usual diets. They use ingredients contained in many pet foods and are
formulated to make an easier transition. They offer no variety, which is also
not the usual way I go about things. However, people are asking for the simplest
recipe possible, and I'm trying to honor the requests.
You may crosspost to other lists, if the list rules allow. My goal is to help
dog owners, so go ahead and post to your breed lists, breeder lists etc - but
please post this in it's entirety, or not at all.
Please note that I have no way of knowing what supplements someone may have
access to, or what those supplements may contain. For this reason, the
supplements in these recipes are ones from my site, however, I am not offering
these recipes in order to boost sales of my supplements. You can go to my site
to look at what a supplement provides and buy a product that's the same, or as
close as possible, from another source. Just be sure that you are not adding
more minerals, and that includes the iodine is various brands of kelp.
The amounts of foods and supplements are per day unless noted otherwise. The
weight/measure of a food is the *cooked* weight/measure, not raw. Where weight
is noted, use a kitchen scale, not cup measurements. Cups measure volume, not
weight,
For a 20 pd dog:
4 oz chicken dark meat with skin, stewed
1 oz beef liver - every 6 days
3/4 cup enriched egg noodles
1 TBS carrot (optional)
3/4 tsp bone meal
1/4 tsp. NoSalt (found in grocery stores next to table salt)
1/16 tsp kelp
5 mg zinc citrate or gluconate
2 capsules, vitamin E -- per week
500 mg wild salmon oil or flaxseed oil
1 3/4 capsules magnesium citrate
2 capsules, Multi Mineral Complex -- per week
1/2 tablet, vitamin B compound, per week*
* B vitamins are water soluble and excreted through urine. They should be
provided often, so feed 1/4 tablet twice weekly. Also, B vitamins can upset an
empty stomach. Always feed with food. Best bet: tuck it in a hand held piece of
food and feed as a treat.
For a 50 pound dog:
8 oz ground beef, lean, 15% fat
1/3 oz beef liver
7 oz brown rice (boiled as 1 part rice in 3 parts water until very, very soft)
1 oz zucchini
1/8 tsp NoSalt
1/8 tsp kelp
1 capsule, cod liver oil
1 3/4 tsp bone meal
2 capsules, Multi Mineral Complex -- per week
1 tablet, vitamin B compound -- every 2 weeks
2 capsules, vitamin E 200 IU -- per week
These diets meet 2006 NRC recommended allowances. Nutrient requirements are not
linear to body weight. That is, a 100 pound dog does not have the requirements
of a 10 pound dog multiplied by ten. So, these recipes would need tweaking to
suit the weight of dogs weighing more or less than noted, but they're a start.
Feed as required to maintain healthy weight - until you can change the diets to
a more suitable profile for an individual dog.
Monica Segal - AHCW
http://www.monicasegal.comAuthor of: "K9Kitchen" and "Optimal Nutrition"
Seminars by Invitation: Email monica@...
Consultations ~ Diet Analyses ~ Quality-Tested Supplements"
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