Making Up Your Own Food

[Raya]

Hello as you know I feed my dogs raw meat, but I want to know what veggies to add? I have read through the thread in here but cant find a list of what veggies to add..... I also feed whole egg (shell and all) once a week, sardines, raw chicken necks and carcass and I mix up in the food processor raw veg, but I'd like to know whats good and what to be careful of?

I buy bulk raw chopped beef and freeze it in 2kgs lots and I only add the veg in every second meat I take out the freezer which would get roughly two meals from as my cats also eat raw meat aswell :) I feed every second lot of meat so they are not getting to much veg, this has worked for my two for the last 8 years I also give fruit sometimes when we are eating it, but can anyone advise me on which veggies are good to add?

[Sandra777]

Green leafy vege are good, cabbage & others of that family not so much. Broccoli, cauli, beans & peas would be more a moderation thing to me. Beans are often suggested for bulking up the meal for a dog on a weight loss program so might not suit what you want.

Root/tuber vege such as carrots, parsnips, a little sweet potato are fine raw or cooked, I have fed the odd beetroot (raw, whizzed up) but not sure it's actually good for anything!

Anything except onion would be fine but the cabbage family doesn't agree with a lot of dogs (just like people :laugh: ) and raw potato isn't meant to be very good for a lot of dogs, mine like peelings though - crazy sods!

The odd bit of garlic is OK.

[minimax]

I add zucchini, carrot and a bit of apple to my raw mix. Pulverized through the juicer.

[ellz]

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[Guest Maeby Fünke]

Oscar is on an anti-cancer diet so he is only allowed to have low carb vegies...

I buy frozen vegies and blend them, raw, in a food processor and add them to his mix. You can even buy organic ones now.

Edited April 28, 2013 by Maeby Fünke

[Tara8430]

I've wondered about beets as well....

I add spinach, carrot, sweet potato, zucchini, pumpkin and small amounts of cabbage to the raw patties I make up.

[Esky the husky]

I've hear beetroot being a great supplement for sprinters (humans) so I've been adding it.to.our raw mix for a while

[Jed]

Pumpkin - I precook mine a bit in the microwave to soften it

Most fruits - bananas/pears/apples/stone fruit etc. Mine wont eat citrus, some will.

Occasionally I cook potato and chuck it in processor.

Brown rice contains Vit B. Just feed occasionally

And add some organ meat (liver/heart/kidney)

The more different things you add, the more balanced the diet will be - not over a day but over a month.

Good luck

[BC Crazy]

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