DOG FOOD RECIPE WITH Childs BLUEBERRIES

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Blaze

February 2, 2006 is Blaze's (pictured above)  birthday. He is the poster dog for all of the healthy new line of dog foods which has all of these neat ingredients because he has never eaten the processed, grain based dog foods of just a few years ago. Since this recipe has been posted online in 2006, we have seen many dog food companies start incorporating the ingredients--fabulous!  Let's see how long we can all get our beloved pets to live with proper nutrition.

Our beloved canine companion of 10 years died of a tumor despite our buying the best and most highly acclaimed manufactured dry dog food available.  We decided to start making our own dog food for our English Springer Spaniels. Being farmers, we know a lot about chemical misuse and trust USA products to some degree,  but really don't trust  food products produced abroad .   After the untimely loss of our pet, we feel strongly that perhaps better food could have added a few more healthy years to his life.

Precooked 3 pounds meat diced or cook until it falls apart (skim fat off top). Dogs are carnivores, so you need a good meat. Pork has the least chemical transfer compared to beef or chicken. Organic meat, turkey or venison is best but pork does well.   I cook a large batch of meat and then freeze it in 3 pound packages to use as needed. This really saves time. I cook the meat part once every six months is all and it really does not take up much room in the refrigerator freezer.

32 oz mixed vegetables
32 oz tomato or spaghetti sauce
3 lbs Childs Pesticide Free blueberries
Handful Walnuts and/or Almonds
8 oz Lentils

8 oz Barley
8 oz Green Split Peas
2 cup Brown Rice cooked in 4 Tsp. Olive Oil
Oatmeal to thicken
3 tablets (3600 mg) Flax oil
3 tablets (3600 mg) Chondroitin
3 tablets (4500 mg) Glucosamine

3 tablets Fish Oil

3 tablets MSN
3 multi vitamins

Thaw meat in your 10 quart stock pan on low heat. Add a touch of garlic if you want. Simmer vegetables, tomatoes, blueberries, nuts, lentils, split peas, two cups water and vitamins. Use a rice cooker ($20) and make 2 cups brown rice. Add rice to mixture and stir. Simmer for a little while.  Add 2 cups water or more and stir in Oatmeal to 2" from top of pan until water is absorbed and you can spoon mixture. Cool  and then refrigerate.

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Yours in friendship,

UPDATED RECIPE FOR DOG FOOD.

July 24, 2010

We now have three dogs due to our newest addition to our family--Sky King from a rescue in Connecticut. Evidently, Sky's family lost him maybe at a rest stop or something and he lived on the streets until the English Springer Spaniel Rescue saved him at the pound. He is such a friendly guy and so appreciative of attention. We had to start making bigger batches so here is that recipe.

We use a 25 quart stock pan and then put the finished dog food into shoe box size sterlite containers and refrigerate.

Here is the updated recipe:

Put 5 pounds of meat ($8-10) into 3 gallons of hot water and bring to a boil stirring. Add 1 pound of brown rice ($1) and simmer for 40 minutes until the rice is cooked well stirring now and again. Now add 1 pound of lentils ($1) and 1 pound of split peas ($1) and simmer for 10 minutes more. You can cut the 40 minute time out by using a rice cooker and just adding the cooked rice with the lentils and peas.

Add a 6.5 pound bag of frozen Childs Blueberries seconds (by order at market for $10 per bag) to the mixture plus 2 pounds of available vegetables. We use zucchini in season and any older veggies from the refrigerator or frozen mixed vegetables. Add a jar of spaghetti sauce ($1), a half cup of walnuts or almonds and vitamins and stir. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until hot. Add oatmeal ($3) to thicken and let sit and cool and then put in the sterlite. Don't over thicken with oatmeal. I usually use a 42 oz container of oatmeal.

4 tablets (3600 mg) Flax oil
4 tablets (3600 mg) Chondroitin
4 tablets (4500 mg) Glucosamine

4 tablets Fish Oil

3 tablets MSN
4 multi vitamins

Meat--I use a lot of venison but when that runs out, ground turkey works well. Also, you can buy a whole pork tenderloin and ask your butcher to grind it for you into 3 or 5 pounds packets depending on which recipe you use.

We use 1/4 to 1/2 cup of dry dog food (you pick it) for crunch and then our dog food and mix it sometimes adding milk or water. We feed at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our 107 year old Springer barks like a puppy he is so excited before dinner. We think the vitamin mixture really helps him.

Healthy Dog Food for your Family Member

Fit for Human Consumption—

Daniel & Carrie Childs 

Blaze, now 4,  has only known the food recipe listed above. He is the poster dog for this recipe. Lord willing, he will live a long life beyond our wildest hopes and prove our theory right and make all the time we spend making his dog food worthwhile. Compared to his father, his head and bones are larger and he has "real" personality. Almost too smart. Maybe nutrition helped with his development.  Dan and Carrie.

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