Djammy's Homemade Raw Dog Food Recipe

Djammy

Hello everyone,

We have been working on Djamila's diet for a while and it took some batches of raw to figure out a recipe that works pretty good for us - and HER . 

I have also done a lot of research to come up with a balanced mix for her, e.g. considering calcium - phosphorous ratio and things like that.

As she is a "yeast" candidate, I have also included considerations due to that and tried to avoid yeast promoting ingredients.
Yet the recipe is still of general value for a healthy doggy diet, even without yeast problems being present.

For all of you looking for a raw recipe this might be something. I am not using bones, meat and innards only.
But, see for yourself, if that works for you.

I have also included a calculation of the costs for comparison and a PDF of the recipe for download.

Attached you find a preview of the recipe.

The entire recipe can be found here: http://www.bullterrierfun.com/low-starch-grain-free-raw-food-recipe-for-dogs/

Enjoy making your own dog food!

MikeSBT

Spent near to an hour reading the entire recipe from your website.

Cannot imagine how much time and efforts you devoted for this.

Respect for you!

philsergeant

@Djammy, So simply put even a simpleton like me can get it, great! Thanks for the hard work. So you are not using any kibble at all?

Djammy

The advantage for me behind this work is: By documenting the process so thoroughly, I myself can't forget what I need and how to prepare, either.
I take my own recipe with me next time I go grocery shopping for the next batch.

The real hard work for me was to find ingredients, such as the innards in my area. Still desperately looking for affordable green tripe. But I guess for this I'll have to go a little inland and try one of our Florida farms.

@philsergeant

You got that right: We are no longer feeding any kibble at the moment. If there are not fundamental reasons coming up in the future, I will also probably not switch back to kibble.
This food mix looks and smells yummy once prepared and it's not messy at all, because Djamila leaves her bowl superclean after every meal time.

philsergeant

@Djammy,

NICE!!!

RoscosMom

Wow!  Thank you for all of this hard work and excellent post.  I am going to check it out, it might work well for Rosco too!

MikeSBT

As i trying to prepare the ingredients,

I am curious (as my wife was screaming at me for making a mess of mushy vegetables in her kitchen) 

Between Cooked or Uncooked Vegetables (Broccoli, Carrots and Peas) which is better for their digestive system and nutrients absorption? Why will you choose to cook them?
Thanks.
 

Djammy

@MikeSBT

It is said that dogs are not able to digest raw, uncooked vegetables properly.

Although I feel like the frozen green beans and the pieces of baby carrots I feed to Djamila raw during our training seem to get digested, I think it is a different story when they are part of the daily food serving in larger amounts.

I have learned that on my own in one of her food batches.

In that batch I had used dried lentils and just did not cook them long enough to really get mushy. For the next 6 weeks I found the uncooked lentils merely unchanged in her stools - well I did not really examine them, but they looked intact, which for me confirmed the digestion theory with vegetables.

This is why I cook them.

Cooking them to mush is especially important for legumes, because of the reasons given above.

For the carrots and other veggis it is sufficient to cook them until you are able to squeeze them with your fingers in order to work them into your meat dough and distribute them evenly. They don’t have to be completely mushy.

The shorter veggis get cooked, the less vitamins they loose during the process. So in this case its your task to find the compromise

Therefore like when preparing food for humans, I also try to use as few water as possible in order to avoid flushing out all of the valuable water-soluble vitamins. So the cooking water almost completely goes into the veggis during cooking and there is only a very small rest of water remaining to pour away. You can also steam the veggis, if you have the tools to prepare such large amounts that way.

That is even better to preserve the vitamins.

Cooking the veggis has another advantage after all: Their soft consistency together with your ground meat and innards leads to an even mix that your dog will love!

Hard, small pieces in a mush usually feel odd during eating and can also lead to choking, especially when your dog tends to gobble the food down.

I hope my information helps.

Have fun cooking!

philsergeant

My Kid's are loving Djammy's Broccoli mash... Thought I'd give it a try but, my, my, what a seller! I like to look at it from the perspective of their (wild dogs) original diet ..... the mix of raw meat, kibble (in my case) substituting for bones, raw egg, cooked veggies... In my mind this meal mimics the overall mix they would have upon killing a hen or other small animal... they love the different textures and flavour mix.  I take the carrots off the boil a little early so they are cooked but still a little snappy. Swapping out the raw meat type and the veggies for peas, beans, cauliflower... Plus the coconut cream and Salmon Oil.... For them it's the Ritz at home!

MikeSBT

Thanks for your reply.

 
By the way, My boy love it !

And, the ingredients are easy to get around my area. 
Thanks.

Djammy

Guys, I am happy that your Bullies verified the great taste of the recipe!

@MikeSBT
Also happy that you do not have any problems with finding the ingredients in your area.

If you are able to replace the chicken hearts with beef hearts and can get a hold of green tripe every now and then - that's a great variation to the mixture.
Some dogs have their problems with chicken. Sadly at the moment the chicken hearts are the only ones I can get a hold of in my area for now.

Some other veggis that are good for variation are: like philsergeant says cauliflower (for the broccoli), sweet potatoes and/ or brown rice (if dog does not have allergies or yeast issues), a large can of pure pumpkin (aids digestion), green beans, lentils (to replace green peas), spinach, brussels sprouts, asparagus, celery.

Also if yeast is no issue bananas can be a nice and safe add-on.

BulliesofNC

There are so many different vegetables and meats that dogs enjoy that the substitutions or extra additives are endless.