Pet Nutrition – Homemade Food for Your Pet
This post is a handout for Dr. Mark Hanks presentation Cooking for Your Pet given on Saturday, October 29th as part of Green Acres Kennel Shop’s fundraiser for The Green Gem Holistic Healing Oasis
Homemade food for your pet: Canine
One-on-One (Dr. Pitcairn)
2 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
1 cup lean hamburger or similar
1 cup cooked kidney beans
1 tbsp. Healthy Powder
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tsp bone meal
10,000 IU Vit A and D capsule
400IU Vitamin E capsule
1 tsp salt or soy sauce (optional)
1 small clove fresh garlic (optional)
250kcal/cup 32% protein, 17% fat, 47% carbs
Green Turkey (Barbara Taylor-Laino)
3lbs ground turkey meat
1 egg
1 cup finely chopped raw seasonal produce
1/4 finely chopped fresh dark leafy greens
2 tbsp. bonemeal
2 tbsp. alfalfa powder
1 tsp powdered garlic
1 tsp kelp
1 tsp dulse
Healthy Pawsibilities Blend (Dr. Cathy Alinovi)
6 oz. beef liver
6 oz. beef kidney
6 oz. ground chicken
6 oz. ground beef
6 oz. ground turkey
2 tbsp. olive oil
12 oz. cauliflower
12 oz. broccoli
12 oz. carrots
12 oz. canned kidney beans
12 oz. pinto beans
Healthy powder—
2 cups nutritional yeast,
1 cup lecithin granules,
1/4 cup kelp powder,
1000 mg vitamin C
Homemade food for your pet: Feline
Mackerel Loaf (Dr. Pitcairn)
4 large eggs
3 cups whole milk
3 tbsp. healthy powder
1 1/2 tsp bone meal
100 IU Vitamin E
1 tbsp. fresh vegetables
500mg taurine supplement
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
2-15 oz. cans of mackerel
6 slices whole wheat bread, crumbled
Ground chicken and eggs dinner (Cynthia Cherry)
4 1/2 lbs. chicken thighs
7 oz. turkey or chicken livers
14 oz. raw chicken heart
1 cup bottled spring water
4 large egg yolks
4000 mg wild salmon oil
200mg vitamin B complex
200 I U Vitamin E supplement
2000 mg taurine
1tbsp psyllium husk
(Healthy Cat Food Cookbook)