Sign in or Register
Search Forums
Recent Topics
-
Find Beautiful Girls from your city for night
by
Lauren
12 hours, 2 minutes ago -
Cane Corso lipomas
by
ste stef
1 week ago -
Ultimate Pet Nutrition Nutra Thrive
by
l m
2 weeks, 1 day ago -
Vet recommended âGastroentericâ kibble
by
michael s
2 weeks, 5 days ago -
Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete
by
l m
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Recent Replies
-
peter moor on New York Times Article
-
Sunny P on Where to buy bulk frozen meat for cheap?
-
Ahsan Bhatti on Chia Seed (Topic 2)
-
Robert Fine on When Co’s change recipes to dry dog food
-
Robert Fine on Music
-
Lia S on Need opinions please on Titan or Eureka Raw dog food?
-
Lia S on Treat reviews/ratings?
-
Ramesh Kumar on Stella and chewys wild red raw kibble or open farm raw mix?
-
ApolloCa on "Kahoots" brand foods
-
Ramesh Kumar on Sudden problem with Merrick Grain Free Dry
-
A on Cat Lane review
-
Ramesh Kumar on Ultimate Pet Nutrition Nutra Thrive
-
Naba Jacw on Benny Bullys Liver Treats
-
Ramesh Kumar on Pomeranian Food – Less protein?
-
Stephen Council on Blue Buffalo not good per vet
- This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 5 months ago by
riverratdad.
-
AuthorPosts
-
riverratdad
ParticipantI am new to this forum. I did not see a search function so if this topic has been covered I apologize.
I have 2 small dogs that are over 10 years old. A couple years ago I found this site and began feeding them 5 star dog foods. They often were not overly fond of the food. I tried different brands in the 5 star category. About a month ago it dawned on me that I can feed them chicken from the grocery store cheaper. I boil it with a couple chicken bullion cubes tossed in and they love it.
I am wondering now if they are missing some important nutrition on a chicken only diet. Should i go back to the more expensive 5 star foods that they were not overly fond of? Is there some sort of doggie style multiple vitamin that would complement the chicken diet?Hound Dog Mom
ParticipantHi riverratdad –
This is EXTREMELY unbalanced – so unbalanced I don’t even know where to start giving suggestions. Get your dogs on a quaility commercial food IMMEDIATELY. It’s only been a month but if you continue this your dogs WILL start to suffer – they’ll develop nutritional deficiencies and their organs could fail. Research before starting a homemade diet. It’s not rocket science to make a balanced homemade diet – I do – but it does take some research. Check out the raw diet area of the forum, under the suggested menus thread I have several of my dogs’ menus posted. Invest in a good book suck as “Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet” by Steve Brown or “Real Food For Healthy Dogs and Cats” by Dr. Becker – both books include AAFCO compliant recipes.
riverratdad
ParticipantI appreciate the feed back. I will return them to the 5 star foods I was buying.
But since I have a weeks worth of chicken frozen maybe I will try one of the premixes you recommended in another post.
Hound Dog Mom
ParticipantYou don’t need to give up on making homemade food – just follow a recipe or use a pre-mix. You can even boil fresh meat and mix it with the kibble to boost the protein levels.
aimee
ParticipantHi riverratdad,
I agree with Hound Dog Mom. Here is a link to a balanced homemade recipe based on chicken. I use Tums as a source of calcium carbonate.
riverratdad
ParticipantI just got home with 6 cans of assorted 5 star foods. I will try that route again. The only reason I switched to the chicken was because they would turn their noses at the dog food and I would end up throwing some away. At nearly 4 dollars a pound (12 oz cans @ $3 each) and chicken at 99 cents I thought I’d try it. If there is some simple additive and other grocery store items like eggs hamburger, ground turkey, I would cook them stuff but I am not going to get as elaborate as some of you folks with a dozen items.
My dogs are a Maltese and a half poodle half shih tzu mix. The Maltese weighs about 10 pounds and is the finicky eater. Some times he won’t eat for a couple days. But since i started the chicken he eats every day and has gained a couple pounds for sure. The poodle /shih tzu mix is not nearly as finicky an eater, he weighs about 19-20 pounds. Both dogs are over 10 years old. I bought a senior dog vitamin today too. The poodle mix gobbled his down but the Maltese didn’t. So I may look for a liquid version I can squirt down his throat.
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Sign in or Register
Search Forums
Recent Topics
-
Find Beautiful Girls from your city for night
by
Lauren
12 hours, 2 minutes ago -
Cane Corso lipomas
by
ste stef
1 week ago -
Ultimate Pet Nutrition Nutra Thrive
by
l m
2 weeks, 1 day ago -
Vet recommended âGastroentericâ kibble
by
michael s
2 weeks, 5 days ago -
Badlands Ranch Superfood Complete
by
l m
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Recent Replies
-
peter moor on New York Times Article
-
Sunny P on Where to buy bulk frozen meat for cheap?
-
Ahsan Bhatti on Chia Seed (Topic 2)
-
Robert Fine on When Co’s change recipes to dry dog food
-
Robert Fine on Music
-
Lia S on Need opinions please on Titan or Eureka Raw dog food?
-
Lia S on Treat reviews/ratings?
-
Ramesh Kumar on Stella and chewys wild red raw kibble or open farm raw mix?
-
ApolloCa on "Kahoots" brand foods
-
Ramesh Kumar on Sudden problem with Merrick Grain Free Dry
-
A on Cat Lane review
-
Ramesh Kumar on Ultimate Pet Nutrition Nutra Thrive
-
Naba Jacw on Benny Bullys Liver Treats
-
Ramesh Kumar on Pomeranian Food – Less protein?
-
Stephen Council on Blue Buffalo not good per vet