It is very important that the food you feed your dog is complete and balanced. Meaning, it is able to meet all of your dog’s nutritional needs. However, it is not important that every meal be complete and balanced unless you feed your dog with the same diet everyday with no variation.
Home prepared foods that include a wide variety of foods fed at different meals rely on balanced, not at every meal but over time. Just as similar as how humans eat, as long as your dog gets the essential nutrient he needs every week or two, his diet will be complete and balanced.
Here’s a complete and balanced homemade dog food recipe which you can prepare for your dogs.
Chicken Dinner
Ingredients:
• 2 cups of red cabbage
• 2 cups of spinach
• 2 skinned apples
• 5 whole eggs (cooked or raw)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 5 pounds chicken
Preparation:
• Chop up the chicken and boil it in a pot
• Reduce to a simmer and add in the cabbage, spinach and apples
• Simmer for another 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.
• Remove from the pot
• Let cool then add in the eggs and olive oil
• Stir
Serving:
2 ½ cups is usually good for a large dog, if you are feeding them twice a day.
Tip: You can keep leftovers in the fridge in an air tight container up to five days. You can use whole chicken and include the heart, neck and livers. It’s better if you serve this food using a slow feeder for dogs.
Keep in mind that dogs are more susceptible to problems caused by nutritive deficiencies. As long as your dogs don’t have a health problem that requires a specific diet, there’s no reason you can’t prepare this for your dog.