This video is great! I used to make my dog's food when she started having seizures with store bought kibble. I would often let the grandkids help and I let them taste it too. One day I asked them what they wanted for lunch. Their response was DOG FOOD! LOL!
I know it's controversial, but when my sweet Australian Cattle Dog got bad allergies, I tried raw chicken and veggies. Only, he preferred the veggies cooked. So he ate chicken leg quarters, and ground beef. (This was years ago when ground beef could be found on sale much cheaper than today.) He loved it. His skin condition cleared up entirely, and he loved to eat his meals. I made vegetable dishes, sometimes cooked in chicken broth. And a small amount of rice or oatmeal sometimes. Our vet was thrilled! But, another vet I have spoken to is dead set against giving dogs raw meat. My sweetie is ten years gone, now, but I know I made his life better on homemade food. And it's a good skill to have.
I have a friend who cooks for 5 dogs and 7 cats (numbers can fluctuate), all strays. She gets organic meat from a farmer, and every Saturday she cooks for the critters. She shares the house with her brother, and she says they eat hotdogs while the good grub goes to the critters. But she says it saves a fortune in vet bills. Has anyone else noticed that vets used to be caregivers to animals but have now turned into an industry to cater to pampered pets. Or pampering owners.
My cat Stevie ate whatever I ate, his favorites were pizza, White Castle, Hardie's chicken, 9 Lives super Supper. and Meow Mix. Stevie lived to 21yrs! He also enjoyed home made!
Pro tip: sardines are cheaper then most other fish but they're nutritionally similar to salmon or tuna and are packed with omega fatty acids, and if you get the ones packed in olive oil you can dump that in their food too for even more healthy fats, and since sardines are lower in the food chain (lower trophic level) they contain a fraction of the mercury. I did that with my rottweiler every day for a few weeks in summer and by fall the first rains beaded off her like water off a ducks back and made her coat soft unlike the typical coarse coat of a rottweiler
@@MaNkYmInX yeah. I'm weird and when i get back from the gym at night I'll often want a lazy, high protein meal so I often just eat canned sardines with hot sauce on toast with some side dish(es) to fill out the meal. The whole time my dogs will just stare at me waiting for their cut and I'll often give them some of the oil or some of the fish and they love it. Super healthy for them too since not only is olive oil healthy for them but oil fish like tuna, sardines, and salmon are some of the healthiest foods on the planet in general. Just dumping some in their kibble turns it from meh to a delicacy as far as dogs are concerned and they'll attack that kibble that gets coated in the olive oil-sardine juice like it's fine dining and the fish will disappear the second it hits the bowl. They're also really cheap, 1 can is easy to divide among multiple meals by adding it to their dry food and it costs about as much as wet dog food, so super cheap. I pay like $2/can at Costco for a fairly high quality sardine packed in extra virgin olive oil which is less then a similar amount of the cheapest tuna or salmon and it's like a dollar for a cheap sardine packed in soybean oil or canola oil. Fun fact there's a percentage scale they use to indicate how digestible a protein source is and to show if its a complete protein or not with 100% being breast milk. Sardines and some other fish along with eggs are some of the only foods to go above 100% on that scale while few vegetable proteins like soy get above like 70% and even a lot of meat scoring below 100%.
@@arthas640 not weird at all. I like mine on crackers but I add a little soysauce, chopped scallion, and tiny bit of vinegar. Maybe I'm the weird one.😅
With my last dog I had to give up guacamole for her. Since she gets the last bite(s) of whatever I'm eating and guacamole gives her the worst gas (she'll get up and leave the room a minute before you smell it) in the world. It's been 7 years since she passed and I still order my burritos and tacos 'sin guacamole' from the taco shop. Sorry, just had to share.
My Dad once gave our old yellow Lab, "Toby", a pot of boiled cabbage. Toby wolfed it down. Then..... Oh Gawd!!! THE WORST dog farts EVER! The air turned green, I swear! 😱 We never did that again. 😅
My parents hid Easter Eggs for me once and forgot to put our Golden away. While we were inside having breakfast, Jake was outside, finding all my eggs and having his own breakfast. He ate 12 boiled eggs! I cried. My parents thought it was hilarious. They weren't laughing a few hours later when Jake started peeling the paint off the walls!
Guacamole if it's made with avocado, no wonder your dog got sick. They can't digest the specific fatty acids you find in anvocado and it can straight up kill them
Common sense tells you to remove the bones for the animals to consume the food safely. Save the removed bones and cook them with vegetable scraps and freeze it. Drain it, strain it and freeze it for cooking for yourself. Saves buying the store bought chicken broth, etc. Raised 6 kids on the cheap, none of them ever died from starvation. When you don't have money to blow, you improvise.
Got our little dog when she was 6 years old, at the pound. Normally just gave her kibble and a little human food. She is 16 years old now with no teeth (small dogs generally have mouth issues). Decided to make her food. Went over everything with the vets and now she's got such a pep in her step and looks very svelt. Heavy on the chicken, with some veggies (darker the veggies, the more gas it will give to your pet), all pureed into 2 cup servings and frozen till needed. 1 batch lasts approx. 30 days. Cooked chicken, (heavy - but leaner cuts, since dogs don't do well with too much oils and fats), Canned pumpkin, Sweet potatoes (baby food - saves time), Frozen peas and carrots, Frozen green beans and already cooked rice as a filler. She eats this every day and not once has she turned up her nose. Also started making just chicken and low salt broth as a puree for the cat, too (the little diva) - mixed in with her wet food. She demands it every evening now. Hope this helps.
I stopped feeding my dogs any type of commercial dog food last October, and this is how I do it as well-but I do add cooked lentils along w/ everything else, and they have never been happier or healthier, and I save $$$ by not buying the expensive dog food-which is killing our pets! Chick peas is another protein you can add into the pot as well. I would love to see more dog food recipes to see what other combos you make for your pup. Also, in my area, our local meat market sells 1lb pkgs of 'hamburger' made specifically for dogs w/ organ meats, and so much more-they love when I make hamburger veggie stew with this and the liver! I make a new batch weekly, and they know what's coming when I get out their cooking pot and stay right near me the whole time-their menu changes weekly as well.
It's really easy to do this in the instant pot ! I have one designated just for dog food . P.S. you can add the bones back in the instant pot for another 15 minutes and pull out and they crush very easily between your fingers ,leaving no sharp parts of the bone then put everything back into the instant pot chicken, veges. and bones and cook for another 12 minutes . Good for the dogs with the bone marrow and you can use some of the bones for bone meal in your garden.
Raw chicken is great for the dog and its skin and hair. The bones can be eaten to if uncooked. You can always find chicken, pork, beef in the day old section for half off in most stores. Throw the livers of any animal in there to for a well rounded and nutritious meal for old yeller and they will love you more. Leave the veggies for the vegans
America and some countries is blessed to have a very strict butchery , in my country its impossible to feed em raw chicken. My dog got worms after doing that so I usually cook them first before feeding it to them.
I have a 14 yr old Labernese. She is 75 lbs with no health problems and I think it's safe to say it's cause of how I feed her much like Larry. For a dog that was only predicted to live ten years and at least already have hip and joint problems, it has really made a difference between her and my past dogs that I was too ignorant to feed this good. What little bit more it costs is more than worth it.
Yeah I would love to see more of Bella's meals made!! I make my own dog treats so this type of thing is definitely something I would be interested in! Love your channel! Godspeed!
Love this. A few years ago our dog wasn’t doing well, lost most of her hair and was constantly gnawing herself. A friend told us to make our own food. She’s a small dog so I don’t make as much. Our recipe is similar but I rotate the chicken with tuna and salmon. Within a month she was as good as new.
Good for you Sir taking care of that pupper. They are the highlight of our lives. Almost better than our kids. Sorry, not sorry. Love my five kids to death but my pets? Wow that's all I can say.
That's really great. My wonderful DJ has ventured beyond the veil, and now he's only in my thoughts and dreams. He was a small Chihuahua, less than 14 pounds but he had canine epilepsy and his dental health wasn't as good as it should have been. The dog food l got him was bothering his teeth, even though it was made for small dogs, so l started making homemade dog food for him especially. Because he was having such a hard time eating the dry dog food, he had dropped weight and this helped put weight back on him. Long story short, l found recipes online to make it myself. I lived in El Paso at the time and didn't get rides to go shopping like l needed. When l did get there (at Food King, cheap meat prices, just have to pay attention), l got whatever meat was cheapest and cooked it will brown rice, cans of mixed veggies and whatever veggies l needed to use up. Most of the time, what l made food with was pork. I got the best deal from that. And you're so right, no person or animal should eat the same thing day after boring day. I miss him so much and would do anything to still be cooking for him. Had he lived one more month, he would have been 14 years old. He died on the day of Christmas Eve and that day will never be the same for me ever again. Peace 🕊️
Kudos for making this video! I made my cats food for years while living overseas, where I couldnt get high quality food. With cats, you may have to add special cat vitamins to be sure they’re getting enough of everything. My cat’s favorite was lamb, rice and spinach (okay, truth be told, he would have skipped the spinach, but I’m the parent here). Now my cats get high quality kibble plus raw shrimp instead of wet food. Ounce per ounce, costs less than fancy feast, doesn’t smell, and its real food instead of canned erasers!
We cook for our 4 small terriers. They love their food, look great, have beautiful coats, are at good healthy weights, and typically live well way past their life expectancies. For snacks they love raw carrots or Charlee Beats from Trader Joe’s, and they always have air dried Lone Wolf Ranch premium dry available if they want to crunch them. Thank you for this video, I think more people should try to cook for their dogs if possible.
Just FYI, dogs don’t need veggies and some dogs, like mine are allergic to rice. I would not use brown rice at all due to it having some arsenic in it. I feed my dogs only beef with liver and some offal like pork lung and occasionally chicken liver and eggs. Their fur is the shiniest it has ever been and my old dog got her pep back in her step. A few months ago I caught her doing zoomies in the back yard. ❤😊
My daughter's dog is strange. He loves oranges and all kinds of fresh veggies, especially bell peppers. And yes, dogs can eat veggies. If they happen to be allergic to certain veggies, then of course you delete those specific ones. Common sense.
Dog food?.. Looks no different from the soup and stews my mom made, and I’d have no problem eating that..🤣.. In fact, I had a relative who made very similar meals for her dogs, and I used to sneak down to the kitchen overnight and nuke myself a huge bowl..😅.. So wonderfully filling, and did wonders for my digestive system….Woof…
I love seeing people reminisce about their animals on here that have passed. Its hard, even years later. Thank you wolfepit for this video, really brought the youtube community together with this one!
Should mix in a little dry dog food right before serving. The crunchy stuff is what helps keep their teeth clean. My dad did something very similar with our dog(s) when I was a kid growing up. It's "waste not, want not". No sense in throwing away extra produce or protein when it's getting towards it's best buy date and you know you're not going to use it if you got a dog or a cat sitting right there. Besides mixing in a little dry dog food my dad would always crack in a raw egg and mix it in as well if we happened to have them.
My mother used to make homemade dog food, but she added kibbles to it, which I thought defeated the purpose of staying away from chemicals. But her main reason for making dog food was cost, so different reason. After a week her dogfood smelled like aging pig slop though..
your dog is eating better than i am! good way to get them to eat some veggies. i might try this with my dogs even though i do share a lot of what i am having with them. and they still like their treats and dry food. i keep their dog food bowls full and they kinda eat it as a last resort when im not feeding them something from the fridge. and sometimes i will put a warm broth over their dog food to make it more exciting.
My dog eats the same food I eat since I went to a carnivore/keto diet. I figure if it's not healthy for him it's probably not healthy for me either. We've both had our health improve.
ThIS IS great I love watching your dog eat food. Even if you have low subs or viewers please keep making quality useful videos. Anyone can pump out garbage but this stuff is helpful,
Yup a profound statement... If I wont eat it... I dont expect a pet in my care to eat it. I adore dogs and cats ... dont have any of my own but I live with and care for a few. I am told I spoil them... but I feel it to be only fair to give them food I would eat. I adore them ... why give them anything less. This recipe is classic, yup.. I would eat that. May need salt and pepper for myself... but such as this Bentley ( the dog I live with) LOVES this. Salmon for the cats... when I can they are all over me for over a week. lol.
I LOVE another creator promoting not feeding kibble. It's gonna make your dog so much healthier. The only things I would change is no rice and no potatoes this includes sweet potatoes. They really aren't digested very well. You can also add different organ meats even brains which is a great secreting organ for dogs. Otherwise great job bringing awareness to a much better alternative.
Did I miss the step where you de-boned the chicken? Anyway, I approve this message. I stocked up on frozen mixed vegetables and nuked a bowl for her every day to go with her regular food. She wouldn't touch the green beans, though. She always got a bite of sushi roll when I had 'em (hold the wasabi), and a big sardine when I ate those (with rice and peas). Also, dogs love scrambled eggs, so it's easy to make extra for them if you're having that for breakfast. Oh, and blueberries.
Mr,Wolfe pit. I have been saying that for years,about pet food. If a person is going to eat it why not a dog?? Plus it's cheap. Anyway keep up the awesome work 👌
luckily cats are fairly easy. They thrive on a raw meat diet and they need 95-99% of their diet to be meat so a bunch of organ meats mixed together with some canned sardines is a great cat food with the occasional bit of pureed or finely chopped healthy vegetable like kale, spinach, pumpkin/squashes, peas, or cooked oatmeal. Cats in particular do better on a raw meat diet since there are some key nutrients that are destroyed in cooking so even if you have to cook some of the meat having some raw helps. You want the fish for the omega fatty acids but some finely ground flax seed mixed with their meat can work too, but canned sardines are cheap and better for them. If you ask some butchers even have a pet food mix they sell that's just a bunch of random organs mixed together. Liver in particular is great but should be mixed with other organs since it's got a high amount of vitamin A that can be toxic if you give them too much.
🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 Hi Larry! Awesome video! We have 5 big Anatolian Shepherds. I have been feeding them this same homemade food (including the same veggies) for 2 months now! They have never been more healthy and energetic! I buy beef “leftovers” from my butcher after they process cows! $1 a pound! I get 50 pounds a week and spend 3 days cooking it in my instant pot and then freezing 2 pounds bags. My husband also loves your videos! Love your daughter’s pink nails! ❤❤❤
I love this! But I have a question, is there any concern about bones in the final product? I would probably take them out before packaging, as I have heard that chicken bones can be dangerous to dogs due to their hollowness.
Never use bones make sure there are none in the food if more comfortable use minced turkey chicken beef or chciken breast also rice is not a good choice grains and fillers are a no no also make sure to use a slow feed bowl if ur dog eats to fast they will vomit or worse clip there stomach and die
Our dog had to have her spleen removed recently and we've been trying different foods, all the foods we tried are so expensive, but adding some homemade food might be the best way to go.
Excellent 👍🏼👍🏼 My family has been cooking for our dogs for decades, it's so much healthier than any commercial dog food, and costs less than the premium brands of commercial food. Our dogs also love raw celery and carrots as treats.
Animals need some dry food. Wet food only, causes tartar to build on their teeth. If large flecks of tartar are swallowed, urinary tract can become blocked and possibly inflamed / infected. Dry food keeps tartar from building up
Larry, this is one of the BEST ideas you’ve had for your channel! PLEASE make this into a series. I’ll definitely try every one for my furry friend.
This video is great! I used to make my dog's food when she started having seizures with store bought kibble. I would often let the grandkids help and I let them taste it too. One day I asked them what they wanted for lunch. Their response was DOG FOOD! LOL!
Bella looks very polite ❤ I love when people treat pets as Actual members of the family instead of claiming they do but then feeding them garbage.
You just gave your dog chicken & rice soup. If I'm every broke I'll ask to borrow some dog food you. YUM
I know it's controversial, but when my sweet Australian Cattle Dog got bad allergies, I tried raw chicken and veggies. Only, he preferred the veggies cooked. So he ate chicken leg quarters, and ground beef. (This was years ago when ground beef could be found on sale much cheaper than today.)
He loved it. His skin condition cleared up entirely, and he loved to eat his meals.
I made vegetable dishes, sometimes cooked in chicken broth. And a small amount of rice or oatmeal sometimes.
Our vet was thrilled! But, another vet I have spoken to is dead set against giving dogs raw meat.
My sweetie is ten years gone, now, but I know I made his life better on homemade food. And it's a good skill to have.
Thanks, Larry, for remembering our furry friends. Our dogs are part of "We The People" too! 😊
I have a friend who cooks for 5 dogs and 7 cats (numbers can fluctuate), all strays. She gets organic meat from a farmer, and every Saturday she cooks for the critters. She shares the house with her brother, and she says they eat hotdogs while the good grub goes to the critters. But she says it saves a fortune in vet bills. Has anyone else noticed that vets used to be caregivers to animals but have now turned into an industry to cater to pampered pets. Or pampering owners.
I love this. Yes, please. A series of dog food recipes would be very appreciated.
My cat Stevie ate whatever I ate, his favorites were pizza, White Castle, Hardie's chicken, 9 Lives super Supper. and Meow Mix. Stevie lived to 21yrs! He also enjoyed home made!
You ate 9 Lives and Meow Mix?
It's good to see you got your nails done for the video. I know it's not your hands but I couldn't resist.
Just when I thought this channel couldn't possibly get any better... It gets bloody better!!!
{cheers}
Pro tip: sardines are cheaper then most other fish but they're nutritionally similar to salmon or tuna and are packed with omega fatty acids, and if you get the ones packed in olive oil you can dump that in their food too for even more healthy fats, and since sardines are lower in the food chain (lower trophic level) they contain a fraction of the mercury. I did that with my rottweiler every day for a few weeks in summer and by fall the first rains beaded off her like water off a ducks back and made her coat soft unlike the typical coarse coat of a rottweiler
Agreed. My dogs love when I put sardines in their food. They think it's a treat!
@@MaNkYmInX yeah. I'm weird and when i get back from the gym at night I'll often want a lazy, high protein meal so I often just eat canned sardines with hot sauce on toast with some side dish(es) to fill out the meal. The whole time my dogs will just stare at me waiting for their cut and I'll often give them some of the oil or some of the fish and they love it. Super healthy for them too since not only is olive oil healthy for them but oil fish like tuna, sardines, and salmon are some of the healthiest foods on the planet in general. Just dumping some in their kibble turns it from meh to a delicacy as far as dogs are concerned and they'll attack that kibble that gets coated in the olive oil-sardine juice like it's fine dining and the fish will disappear the second it hits the bowl. They're also really cheap, 1 can is easy to divide among multiple meals by adding it to their dry food and it costs about as much as wet dog food, so super cheap. I pay like $2/can at Costco for a fairly high quality sardine packed in extra virgin olive oil which is less then a similar amount of the cheapest tuna or salmon and it's like a dollar for a cheap sardine packed in soybean oil or canola oil.
Fun fact there's a percentage scale they use to indicate how digestible a protein source is and to show if its a complete protein or not with 100% being breast milk. Sardines and some other fish along with eggs are some of the only foods to go above 100% on that scale while few vegetable proteins like soy get above like 70% and even a lot of meat scoring below 100%.
@@arthas640 not weird at all. I like mine on crackers but I add a little soysauce, chopped scallion, and tiny bit of vinegar. Maybe I'm the weird one.😅
Our old Rottweiler had hot spots. A tin of sardines in oil every second day for breakfast got rid of those and kept them away😊.
@@kellysouter4381 my two have been itching a lot lately and I've checked and no fleas. Going to try this and pray it works for them. Ty.
I love this idea, please share more of your dog food recipes.
With my last dog I had to give up guacamole for her. Since she gets the last bite(s) of whatever I'm eating and guacamole gives her the worst gas (she'll get up and leave the room a minute before you smell it) in the world.
It's been 7 years since she passed and I still order my burritos and tacos 'sin guacamole' from the taco shop.
Sorry, just had to share.
My Dad once gave our old yellow Lab, "Toby", a pot of boiled cabbage. Toby wolfed it down. Then..... Oh Gawd!!! THE WORST dog farts EVER! The air turned green, I swear! 😱
We never did that again. 😅
My parents hid Easter Eggs for me once and forgot to put our Golden away. While we were inside having breakfast, Jake was outside, finding all my eggs and having his own breakfast. He ate 12 boiled eggs!
I cried. My parents thought it was hilarious. They weren't laughing a few hours later when Jake started peeling the paint off the walls!
Guacamole if it's made with avocado, no wonder your dog got sick. They can't digest the specific fatty acids you find in anvocado and it can straight up kill them
Common sense tells you to remove the bones for the animals to consume the food safely. Save the removed bones and cook them with vegetable scraps and freeze it. Drain it, strain it and freeze it for cooking for yourself. Saves buying the store bought chicken broth, etc. Raised 6 kids on the cheap, none of them ever died from starvation. When you don't have money to blow, you improvise.
I'd love to see the other recipes. Thanks Larry!
Absolutely love this. Thx for filming this and sharing it with us.
I love this! Making it for my dogs today. I have a old dog that I cook for so this is perfect for all. I would love more recipes! Thank you
They eat what we eat. REAL WHOLE FOODS.
Got our little dog when she was 6 years old, at the pound. Normally just gave her kibble and a little human food. She is 16 years old now with no teeth (small dogs generally have mouth issues). Decided to make her food. Went over everything with the vets and now she's got such a pep in her step and looks very svelt. Heavy on the chicken, with some veggies (darker the veggies, the more gas it will give to your pet), all pureed into 2 cup servings and frozen till needed. 1 batch lasts approx. 30 days. Cooked chicken, (heavy - but leaner cuts, since dogs don't do well with too much oils and fats), Canned pumpkin, Sweet potatoes (baby food - saves time), Frozen peas and carrots, Frozen green beans and already cooked rice as a filler. She eats this every day and not once has she turned up her nose. Also started making just chicken and low salt broth as a puree for the cat, too (the little diva) - mixed in with her wet food. She demands it every evening now. Hope this helps.
I stopped feeding my dogs any type of commercial dog food last October, and this is how I do it as well-but I do add cooked lentils along w/ everything else, and they have never been happier or healthier, and I save $$$ by not buying the expensive dog food-which is killing our pets! Chick peas is another protein you can add into the pot as well. I would love to see more dog food recipes to see what other combos you make for your pup. Also, in my area, our local meat market sells 1lb pkgs of 'hamburger' made specifically for dogs w/ organ meats, and so much more-they love when I make hamburger veggie stew with this and the liver! I make a new batch weekly, and they know what's coming when I get out their cooking pot and stay right near me the whole time-their menu changes weekly as well.
that looks good to eat with a side of rice and hot sauce 👍
It's exactly how I prepare my meals.. 🤣
I've been doing the same thing for my three guys. They love the food and it is way cheaper than buying dog food from the store.
Yes! I love this! Love to see more.
It's really easy to do this in the instant pot ! I have one designated just for dog food . P.S. you can add the bones back in the instant pot for another 15 minutes and pull out and they crush very easily between your fingers ,leaving no sharp parts of the bone then put everything back into the instant pot chicken, veges. and bones and cook for another 12 minutes .
Good for the dogs with the bone marrow and you can use some of the bones for bone meal in your garden.
Happy healthy Dog happy life 😊
Yes please do more videos like this . 🤞
Loved it and need more
when they chasse it across the floor you know they like it.
Raw chicken is great for the dog and its skin and hair. The bones can be eaten to if uncooked. You can always find chicken, pork, beef in the day old section for half off in most stores. Throw the livers of any animal in there to for a well rounded and nutritious meal for old yeller and they will love you more. Leave the veggies for the vegans
America and some countries is blessed to have a very strict butchery , in my country its impossible to feed em raw chicken. My dog got worms after doing that so I usually cook them first before feeding it to them.
Awesome video. Please do some more.
I don't have a dog, but I watched anyway.
Fantastic video! Definitely continue the series.
(I don't have a dog... by my ladyfriend does.
If I care for her dog, she cares for me :) )
Before: what are wolves eating?
Now: what are dogs eating?
I have a 14 yr old Labernese. She is 75 lbs with no health problems and I think it's safe to say it's cause of how I feed her much like Larry. For a dog that was only predicted to live ten years and at least already have hip and joint problems, it has really made a difference between her and my past dogs that I was too ignorant to feed this good. What little bit more it costs is more than worth it.
Yeah I would love to see more of Bella's meals made!! I make my own dog treats so this type of thing is definitely something I would be interested in!
Love your channel!
Godspeed!
I'm afraid Bella would come up about 2cups short if l had to make it.
Man's gotta eat too!
Love this. A few years ago our dog wasn’t doing well, lost most of her hair and was constantly gnawing herself. A friend told us to make our own food. She’s a small dog so I don’t make as much. Our recipe is similar but I rotate the chicken with tuna and salmon. Within a month she was as good as new.
This is a great video! I hope you share your other dog food recipes.
brilliant!! thanks!!
Raw pumpkin seeds are the best and regular medicine for getting rid of worms by the way.
Going to try this as well
I did not know that, thank you
Me to I didn't know
Do you grind them or anything?
Good for you Sir taking care of that pupper. They are the highlight of our lives. Almost better than our kids. Sorry, not sorry. Love my five kids to death but my pets? Wow that's all I can say.
That's really great. My wonderful DJ has ventured beyond the veil, and now he's only in my thoughts and dreams. He was a small Chihuahua, less than 14 pounds but he had canine epilepsy and his dental health wasn't as good as it should have been. The dog food l got him was bothering his teeth, even though it was made for small dogs, so l started making homemade dog food for him especially. Because he was having such a hard time eating the dry dog food, he had dropped weight and this helped put weight back on him. Long story short, l found recipes online to make it myself. I lived in El Paso at the time and didn't get rides to go shopping like l needed. When l did get there (at Food King, cheap meat prices, just have to pay attention), l got whatever meat was cheapest and cooked it will brown rice, cans of mixed veggies and whatever veggies l needed to use up. Most of the time, what l made food with was pork. I got the best deal from that. And you're so right, no person or animal should eat the same thing day after boring day. I miss him so much and would do anything to still be cooking for him. Had he lived one more month, he would have been 14 years old. He died on the day of Christmas Eve and that day will never be the same for me ever again. Peace 🕊️
Great video, going to give it a shot for my fussy boy.
Kudos for making this video! I made my cats food for years while living overseas, where I couldnt get high quality food. With cats, you may have to add special cat vitamins to be sure they’re getting enough of everything. My cat’s favorite was lamb, rice and spinach (okay, truth be told, he would have skipped the spinach, but I’m the parent here). Now my cats get high quality kibble plus raw shrimp instead of wet food. Ounce per ounce, costs less than fancy feast, doesn’t smell, and its real food instead of canned erasers!
We cook for our 4 small terriers. They love their food, look great, have beautiful coats, are at good healthy weights, and typically live well way past their life expectancies. For snacks they love raw carrots or Charlee Beats from Trader Joe’s, and they always have air dried Lone Wolf Ranch premium dry available if they want to crunch them. Thank you for this video, I think more people should try to cook for their dogs if possible.
Just FYI, dogs don’t need veggies and some dogs, like mine are allergic to rice. I would not use brown rice at all due to it having some arsenic in it. I feed my dogs only beef with liver and some offal like pork lung and occasionally chicken liver and eggs. Their fur is the shiniest it has ever been and my old dog got her pep back in her step. A few months ago I caught her doing zoomies in the back yard. ❤😊
Yeah, they're carnivores.
my wolf eats watermelon and loves cucumbers you are tripping
A lot of animals that we might consider carnivores or herbivores actually eat both, just in very small amounts.
My daughter's dog is strange. He loves oranges and all kinds of fresh veggies, especially bell peppers. And yes, dogs can eat veggies. If they happen to be allergic to certain veggies, then of course you delete those specific ones. Common sense.
That feel when Larry's dog eats better than you do...
Dog food?.. Looks no different from the soup and stews my mom made, and I’d have no problem eating that..🤣.. In fact, I had a relative who made very similar meals for her dogs, and I used to sneak down to the kitchen overnight and nuke myself a huge bowl..😅.. So wonderfully filling, and did wonders for my digestive system….Woof…
Awesome video!!
I'm making this tomorrow, thank you! Mans best friend needs to eat healthy!
I love seeing people reminisce about their animals on here that have passed. Its hard, even years later. Thank you wolfepit for this video, really brought the youtube community together with this one!
Should mix in a little dry dog food right before serving. The crunchy stuff is what helps keep their teeth clean. My dad did something very similar with our dog(s) when I was a kid growing up. It's "waste not, want not". No sense in throwing away extra produce or protein when it's getting towards it's best buy date and you know you're not going to use it if you got a dog or a cat sitting right there. Besides mixing in a little dry dog food my dad would always crack in a raw egg and mix it in as well if we happened to have them.
I LOVE YOU MAN!!! Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
My mother used to make homemade dog food, but she added kibbles to it, which I thought defeated the purpose of staying away from chemicals. But her main reason for making dog food was cost, so different reason. After a week her dogfood smelled like aging pig slop though..
your dog is eating better than i am! good way to get them to eat some veggies. i might try this with my dogs even though i do share a lot of what i am having with them. and they still like their treats and dry food. i keep their dog food bowls full and they kinda eat it as a last resort when im not feeding them something from the fridge. and sometimes i will put a warm broth over their dog food to make it more exciting.
My sister watched this with me and really appreciates the dog food videos. Asked me to leave a comment even.
My dog eats the same food I eat since I went to a carnivore/keto diet. I figure if it's not healthy for him it's probably not healthy for me either. We've both had our health improve.
Thx WolfePit. Hope everything is getting better for you 😊
I make my Huck’s food, he’s a pug/Boston terrier mix. I usually use some kind of ground meat, lentils or rice or oatmeal and some veggies.
Really cool idea for a video! And you can just meal prep these for you and your dog.
This is so AWESOME! Thank you so much for sharing! I have a small rescue doggie and have been looking for this! Keep 'em coming. Thanks again. 😊
Yes, more dog food videos please. I sometimes make food for my Yorkie. You are correct in that he doesn't like the same thing over and over.
This is great, let's see the rest of 'em!
ThIS IS great I love watching your dog eat food. Even if you have low subs or viewers please keep making quality useful videos. Anyone can pump out garbage but this stuff is helpful,
Excellent, just started making food for my dogs. I was adding it to their kibbles, but you have shown me a better way and I thank you!
Yup a profound statement... If I wont eat it... I dont expect a pet in my care to eat it. I adore dogs and cats ... dont have any of my own but I live with and care for a few. I am told I spoil them... but I feel it to be only fair to give them food I would eat. I adore them ... why give them anything less.
This recipe is classic, yup.. I would eat that. May need salt and pepper for myself... but such as this Bentley ( the dog I live with) LOVES this. Salmon for the cats... when I can they are all over me for over a week. lol.
Fido eatin' good 😸 My cat approves.
I LOVE another creator promoting not feeding kibble. It's gonna make your dog so much healthier. The only things I would change is no rice and no potatoes this includes sweet potatoes. They really aren't digested very well. You can also add different organ meats even brains which is a great secreting organ for dogs. Otherwise great job bringing awareness to a much better alternative.
Mr Wolfe, you are the Renaissance Man of the Tube!
What are they eating? Fillers, bulking agents, TVP and floor sweepings, only missing the tonne of salt to call it a TV dinner... :P
This is GREAT!!! PLEASE share more!
Did I miss the step where you de-boned the chicken? Anyway, I approve this message. I stocked up on frozen mixed vegetables and nuked a bowl for her every day to go with her regular food. She wouldn't touch the green beans, though. She always got a bite of sushi roll when I had 'em (hold the wasabi), and a big sardine when I ate those (with rice and peas). Also, dogs love scrambled eggs, so it's easy to make extra for them if you're having that for breakfast. Oh, and blueberries.
BTW...you can give your dogs the flat bones from the chicken. It is good for them. Just pull out the round bones and wing bones that splinter. :)
Outstanding idea, so 2 cups for your pup once a day?
I may not have a dog but i still like the video, thanks for the recipe for our furry friends and family members
I was making home made dog food. Back in 2007. Better than all the other crap.
Thank you
Yes more please
Nice job, please do more of these.
Mr,Wolfe pit. I have been saying that for years,about pet food. If a person is going to eat it why not a dog?? Plus it's cheap. Anyway keep up the awesome work 👌
That made me hungry 😊
Awesome Awesome video ❤
Great vid, thanks for the inspiration! My dog will be thanking you too lol.
LAR BEAR!! Great idea!
Love it!! Yes, more please! Thoughts about catfood? Thank you for sharing!!
luckily cats are fairly easy. They thrive on a raw meat diet and they need 95-99% of their diet to be meat so a bunch of organ meats mixed together with some canned sardines is a great cat food with the occasional bit of pureed or finely chopped healthy vegetable like kale, spinach, pumpkin/squashes, peas, or cooked oatmeal. Cats in particular do better on a raw meat diet since there are some key nutrients that are destroyed in cooking so even if you have to cook some of the meat having some raw helps. You want the fish for the omega fatty acids but some finely ground flax seed mixed with their meat can work too, but canned sardines are cheap and better for them.
If you ask some butchers even have a pet food mix they sell that's just a bunch of random organs mixed together. Liver in particular is great but should be mixed with other organs since it's got a high amount of vitamin A that can be toxic if you give them too much.
Love this I cooked for all my dogs
Thank you, Larry! Interested in more homemade dog food & cat food recipes.
I would like to see more. Thanks.
🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 Hi Larry! Awesome video! We have 5 big Anatolian Shepherds. I have been feeding them this same homemade food (including the same veggies) for 2 months now! They have never been more healthy and energetic! I buy beef “leftovers” from my butcher after they process cows! $1 a pound! I get 50 pounds a week and spend 3 days cooking it in my instant pot and then freezing 2 pounds bags. My husband also loves your videos! Love your daughter’s pink nails! ❤❤❤
Enjoyed!
I love this! But I have a question, is there any concern about bones in the final product? I would probably take them out before packaging, as I have heard that chicken bones can be dangerous to dogs due to their hollowness.
"Add the chicken back in, along with the skin and cartilage"
Please remove the bones, and don't skip the livers.
Never use bones make sure there are none in the food if more comfortable use minced turkey chicken beef or chciken breast also rice is not a good choice grains and fillers are a no no also make sure to use a slow feed bowl if ur dog eats to fast they will vomit or worse clip there stomach and die
Chicken bones are really bad when cooked they break apart and can cut the colon !
I’ve been subscribed to you for a long time. I like the dog food recipe. Yes, please do more.
Our dog had to have her spleen removed recently and we've been trying different foods, all the foods we tried are so expensive, but adding some homemade food might be the best way to go.
Bring on the
WHAT ARE THEY EATING RECIPES!!!
Excellent 👍🏼👍🏼 My family has been cooking for our dogs for decades, it's so much healthier than any commercial dog food, and costs less than the premium brands of commercial food. Our dogs also love raw celery and carrots as treats.
Man. I'd remove the gristle and skin, then switch out the sweet potatoes for human food (normal potatoes) and eat it myself!
Animals need some dry food. Wet food only, causes tartar to build on their teeth. If large flecks of tartar are swallowed, urinary tract can become blocked and possibly inflamed / infected. Dry food keeps tartar from building up
I'm going to try this
saw video of something similar, except they then blended the food, put it in a mold and dehydrated it, making kibble.
I am slightly disappointed that this video did not cross-over with the Eating on a Budget series... $20/week for food sounds like a good deal.
Thanks much! For smaller dogs, I'd remove the bones.