I have been cooking for my Chihuahua since she was 4 months old. She eats about 3/4 cup a day. I did not think about the fish! I do add pumpkin & oil. Peas, carrots, green beans, broccoli, rice, ground beef or turkey. I make enough for about 5 weeks. I also make sure she gets scrambled eggs 2x week. She’s healthy & her coat is shiny. She refuses dry dog food. Great info here Thanks!

I save and clean my eggshells. I bake them for 15 minutes in a 400 degree oven. I then put the cooled shells into a plastic bag and break them up into smaller pieces. I then put the smaller pieces into my coffee grinder that's only used for eggshells and grind them to a powder and use that in my home made dog food.That's how my babies get their calcium. I use a couple of tablespoons of it in a weeks worth of food. My Chihuahua and Chiweenie love my food.

My Maltese just got diagnosed with diabetes. They put her on a prescription diet but when I looked at the second ingredient it was dehydrated wood ground into a flour. I was paying $90 a bag for this prescription diet DW. Even with insulin, we could not get it under control. I went to Cornell and saw a nutritionist. Your recipe for your dog is awesome. Mine consists of chicken, cauliflower broccoli or beans. Pearled barley. Half an egg. And omega 3 oil and a multivitamin for dogs. Since cooking at home my dog has gotten so much healthier. People please read what the ingredients is on dog food. What rendering plants are. Just read the ingredients to Siri and she will tell you what it is. You will never give your dog, dog food again. Again this is a very good recipe and cooking at home for your dog is actually fun.

Your video is awesome!! I’m wanting to switch to homemade meals this week. this helped lots thanks for the info!

That seems like a lot for a 6lb dog....our 17 dog gets 1 cup of homemade a day. I started doing homemade about a year and a half ago, and I used the guide that I found in a FB group. The "rule of thumb" is 2-3% of body weight.... so 17x16oz for weight of dog in oz is 272oz and then 2-3% of total is amount of food per day 5.44-8.16oz total food per day. She does still get healthy treats during the day... but if she gets more than about 7-8 oz of food/day, she starts to gain weight! I give her just meat/egg/fish and veggie... treats are cheese, veggie, fruit. She is thriving! I love to find out other people's recipes/methods. Always learning!

New puppy owner, this was very interesting! Thanks for posting.

Im sorry but I have to call you out about the rice. Brown rice is full of natural fiber, which helps a dog's digestion. It is also an excellent source of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Specifically, vitamins D and B - essential to heart health - are found in brown rice. Minerals and vitamins essential to a dog's health, including calcium, iron and riboflavin are also packed into this superfood. It is important to have the right balance of these nutrients in your dog's food, White rice, while less expensive, is more processed than brown rice. That processing causes white rice to lose much of its nutritional value. In addition, your dog digests white rice much more quickly than brown rice, which may have an adverse effect on blood sugar levels. Brown rice, in comparison, is much more nutritionally dense, takes a dog longer to digest and is higher in protein content and lower in fat.

I started doing this because my dog who is not too old has stopped eating, I gave her this with some extra protein source using chicken hearts because she was skinny and she is doing great

Thank you so much for this tutorial. My very picky rescued Bichon Poodle mix is having a hard time finding food that he will actually eat. I am going to try this.

Thank you, Yogi is going to love this recipe!!!

Few things that are of concern: 1) You overcooked the chicken liver such that most of the vitamin A and D are probably destroyed; 2) Yet you did not cook and mince the veggies so those will just come out whole without being digested; 3) The canned mackerel is one of the fishes with highest mercury content so better to switch to canned salmon or sardines (use the ones canned in water with skin and bones); 4) Most calcium supplements for humans contain vitamin D. So, there is a risk of too much vitamin D when you just randomly add an amount to the recipe. You said in the video to comment and "tell me what you think". Please don't take my comment the wrong way and think I am just trying to be negative. On the contrary, I am watching a lot of videos and learning about homemade dog food just like many others. I am thrilled that more and more people understand that a commercial kibble diet is the root cause of many if not most pet dog health problems. It is important for people to understand that dogs need great variety and no one recipe should be the sole diet. As you said, this recipe is one of many that you feed.

Loved it! Thank you for sharing!

Great idea I’m going to start making for my Chihuahua .💕

We love our pets. I cook for my 30lbs. Border terrier, she loves her . We supplement with vitamins and omegas 3. She is healthy and full of P&V

Tfs! I'm so excited to try ur recipe.

Can't wait to make this for my Shiloh, and I will be mixing it up for her as you stated. THANK You!

Great video! I have a 4lb dog, a 6 lb dog and a 9 lb dog. This is going to help me on the portion amounts.

Thank you for your gift. Your video & instruction on recipe is easy to understand.

I will try this for my morkie. Thanks, love the video.

Great recipe.

Thank you!! Simple and affordable.

Hi- I love cooking for my dog. I don't think you can really screw things up but always question if they are getting enough vitamins/supplements. I get the calcium but what about other vitamins/minerals and what about flax seed?

I have a Pomeranian who is very overweight, and what I made today is very similar to your recipe, but next time I will use yours. He should only weigh about 8 - 10 lbs but he is up to 16 lbs. It is winter right now so he is not getting the exercise he normally gets, so this may help me control his weight and still be able to give him treats. Thanks.

Thank you for the meal idea🙏

Love this! Thanks!

Great information, thank you !!

GREAT VIDEO & SIMPLE... STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. I appreciate this.

Well that was easy thank you for sharing

Thanks so much!! This is great.

So good !👍👍👍

Hi from australia im going to try this for my pooch great video

awesome info, easy to follow thank you

Be careful with canned veggies as they may contain additives, salt is bad for their hearts

You explain everything so easily, and your video is so helpful. And also, you are so cute!

i've been making dog food for 35 years. ground beef, green beans, carrots, white rice and water. for snacks sugar snap peas and carrots. changing their diet all the time upsets their stomach.. i keep the same and they love it...

Great video !!!

I love this recipe so awesome thank you I was just wondering how many times I feed my dog a day

Just what I was looking for. Thanks for making this video. Looking forward to trying this out for my dog.

Thanks for the new ideas! I’ve been cooking homemade for my small dog for the past year. I’ve been using brown rice, I will start using white, also the fish & beans great idea! I heat it up on the stove in big pot with bone broth for the calcium. I also use my food processor for the blending👍🏻✌🏻

Gonna try something homemade for my dog!!

Thanks !!!! Very good!!

Fantastic! Thank you so much for this amazing yet simple idea, really appreciate.

Thank you for sharing💛💛💛

If you're going to use the fish, calcium is already there within the bones.

Very good n nice way to prepare, I'll try your recipe, my it's a little similar. Blessings

Question: do you think your recipe would cost more or less than the same quantity of retail dog food for same amount of time?? And does cooking the protein lessen it's good value?? Thanks, I am inspired !!

Does your dog eat it cold or do you warm it up first?

Great video,thanks

Ground egg shells are excellent for calcium.

Hi thank you for sharing the dog food..my dog is small. And very fuzzy eater..

Thank you. this video was excellent help for me to feed my chihuahua

Love it

Brown rice is fine for dogs, as is white rice Brown has more fiber so use that if your dogs needs it.

Would add a good powdered multi-vitamin/mineral powder supplement (recommended by my vet)for nutritional balance. My son is a hunter and gives me deer meat that I use to make my dogs food pretty much the same way. It saved her life.

A pound of liver as your protein source... very brave. This would give my dogs the runs for days. I use a pound of liver mixed with almost 5 lbs of muscle meat, plus vegs, fish, heart meat, etc... for a total of at least 7 lbs of food. Would never feed liver as the main protein source... far too rich and probably too high in minerals (iron) to feed long-term. Check out Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet for balanced recipes! Glad you’re adding a calcium source.

Good Luck on your new channel. I will still follow your channel. I have had 3 Maltese. Sadly, we said goodby to our Tiffany about 6 weeks ago.

Wonderful, thanks a lot .am gonna try it.i hope she likes it ,my Maltese is a picky one

Excited to try for my 5lb Porkie!

Thank you....

Practical easy

We had a small schipperke who lived past 16 years eating mostly people food. Let over veggie salad, fish, beef & chicken, Spanish rice, oatmeal, loved toast. It may not be popular but she ate very well.

See I would have cooked this stuff together with a no salt broth but this is good too.

All canned fish I found are either salted, spiced and salted or with oil and salt. It's really hard to find anything unsalted. Even meat is salted and often smoked too. Shouldn't the broccoli and the beans be cooked? Is it okay to give the dogs raw vegetables? My dog refused carrots, apples and basically everything I tried except liver.

Really good recipe for a little one, I have a 6 lb toy Chi Dolly who will be 13 Oct 20 😊 Thank you!

Hi, do you need to reheat the packet of food each time you feed your dog? or just feed it straight from the fridge at room temperature?

Great video I will try it . But what mg of calcium pills do you use ???

Great idea thank you for sharing we have a Maltese Shih Tzu mix and he is almost eight years old and getting picky about his food. I'm gonna try this and see how he responds too it.

How do u warm it up once you take it out the fridge

Beef liver is exceptionlly high in vit A and my 16 lb schnauzer could only have 2 oz and not every day. Different liver have different amts of Vit A which they can build up too much and become toxic.

Do u let it get to room themp before serving it to her?

I gotta try this.

Do you have to heat up the food or serve it cold to the dog?

Thank you 🙏

love your video, only concern is the amount of rice. Of course Im trying to knock a pound or two off a yorkie that's a bit too heavy.

I have a 14 year 10 pd Doxie refusing to eat his dog . This will be my first try making him homemade food . Where do you get calcium pills . I want to make sure he get all his nutrition . Great video . Veronica K

Thanks 👍

My shi tzu likes to eat her food in bite size chunks. I always make a little bit of gravy with each meal. Since I have done this, she actually is eating.

We will be trying this and getting away from grain free it is severely harmed one dog and the other is getting the same problem, our Vet is totally against grain free so I will be making this, it is simple compared the others I postings...thx again

I am gonna start doin this for my baby cause hes been having spasm episodes and i think it might be his food or something and i want him to be healthier, hes a little older too hes 9.

Does not white rice turn to sugar?

I don't understand the percentages , how do I know how much percent of meat to give how to I measure it out?

The fish..has salt? And the garbansos have salt? ...because i cannot find fish in can without salt.....do you know a specific brand of can fish without salt?

My dog refuses to eat any type of fish. Any suggestions on substitutions?

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I'm cooking this tomorrow

My Chiweenie has been on raw feeding all her life. She'll be 16 yrs in 2 months

I want to eat that

Would crushing up egg shells also provide the calcium?

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You mentioned mixing it up and giving her variety. But wouldn't you have to worry about "loose stool" doing that?

The amount if calcium to use is 1000mg of ground calcium carbonate per pound of animal protein. It is needed to balance the high phosphorus level in animal proteins.

My mini foxy has a relentless itchy skin. Whilst we are in lockdown, I've considered making her healthy biscuits/wet food that may calm her skin. I have limited funds since losing my workability as a massage therapist. Do you have any advice or recommendations? She was on 1/2 tab 250gm Apoquol. This is very expensive. Why can't dogs eat onions? Thank you

Im gonna try this in puree form for my senior maltese

Maggie usually eats before we go to to bed. Can you give quinoa instead of the white rice. . I use pinto beans.. I tell others about whole grain rice. I grind down the egg shell fine as a calcium substitute.

Would love to see your dog actually eating it.

How many mg. of calcium are you using ?

Do they eat it? My Maltese is very picky!

Good luck man hope you’re doing well!!

I hear than we cannot give chicken lives to dogs..more than 2 to 3x per week...i hear we have to be careful with not given too much chicken liver to dogs because it can be bad for them.

Can I use chicken hearts instead of chicken livers?