Post by: The Weazle on June 24, 2018, 06:45:09 PM
I save a fair bit of my carcasses and all trimmings and scraps not made into burger or sausage and pressure cook them at 15 pounds for 2-21/2 hours and divide up the meat and fat/marrow juice. Then my wife takes one of the containers of meat and fat and all juices from pressure cooking, brings it to a boil and addds rice, sweet potato, and all the veggie scraps and trimmings to it. One container of my pressure cooker surprise makes 6-7 Costco cottage cheese containers of finished dog food.
We have 4 dogs and we supplement the kibble with this, and they love it!!! I will say I have a small chest freezer that we use just for dog food...it’s kind of ridiculous but the dogs love it, it doesn’t take much time, and all of the waste gets used, even table scraps!
Post by: Stein on June 24, 2018, 06:52:38 PM
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Post by: The Weazle on June 24, 2018, 06:57:21 PM
Post by: runamuk on June 24, 2018, 07:03:26 PM
When I raised sheep I kept most of the offal and a lot of bones for my dogs. My current dogs eat lots of fresh veggie scraps from the garden. I do feed either a grain free or rice based kibble for convience but in the past I have cooked for a dog or two.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on June 24, 2018, 08:36:18 PM
This batch was aprox. 250#
Post by: yorketransport on June 24, 2018, 08:59:41 PM
I tried making food for my dogs but weren't that crazy about it. They're both pretty picky though, one time I grabbed the wrong flavor of Acana and the dogs nearly went on a hunger strike. Apparently the Grasslands formula is not as good as the Appalachian Ranch flavor. :dunno:
Then the dogs self supplement with plenty of fresh veggies that they steal from the two rabbits that live in the house. I constantly find carrots and kale on my couch after the dogs have stolen it from the bunnies. I'm not sure the rabbits ever actually get any.
Post by: Stein on July 01, 2018, 08:59:25 AM
I like the idea of making more of a complete meal type of food over what I have now which is 100 ziploc bags rolling around in the bottom of my freezer.
Post by: Netminder01 on July 01, 2018, 09:33:14 AM
Yep :tup: I use every bit of left over meat/trimmings from kills, as well as multiple salvage animals. We grind and cook all meat, then add sweet potato and various veggies and some fruits. Also add a vitamin supplement to each feeding.
This batch was aprox. 250#
I love this!
When I moved my last dog to a raw diet - or mostly raw the difference in her coat and overall body was noticeable.
I've save the bones and of course give her meat but have not incorporated as much as I should or would like to...Do you have a recipe to share?
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 01, 2018, 05:49:43 PM
10lbs ground meat(including liver)
16 Eggs, put egg and shell in blender and pulverize, then scramble (shell has nutritional value)
4 cups oats
8 cups canned green beans
6 cups canned peas
6 cups canned carrots
4 cups yams, fresh and cooked
3 cups pumpkin canned or fresh....cooked lightly
2 cups acorn squash, cooked lightly
mix it all up and package/freeze in cheapy Tupperware.
Post by: Netminder01 on July 02, 2018, 06:48:10 AM
This is our base recipe. Our Chocolate has severe allergies and can only eat certain things. we usually add trimmings from other things too, chicken, steak, huckleberries when plentiful, etc.
10lbs ground meat(including liver)
16 Eggs, put egg and shell in blender and pulverize, then scramble (shell has nutritional value)
4 cups oats
8 cups canned green beans
6 cups canned peas
6 cups canned carrots
4 cups yams, fresh and cooked
3 cups pumpkin canned or fresh....cooked lightly
2 cups acorn squash, cooked lightly
mix it all up and package/freeze in cheapy Tupperware.
Thanks - I'll try this on my next harvest (fingers crossed)!
Lucky dogs!!
Post by: 4fletch on July 03, 2018, 06:33:03 PM
Post by: runamuk on July 13, 2018, 06:11:43 PM
Post by: kevinlisa06 on July 19, 2018, 06:57:00 PM
On a side note what grinders are you guys using?We need a new heavyweight grinder for bone.
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Post by: jackelope on July 19, 2018, 07:44:16 PM
All of our dogs eat 100% raw. Both of our Pugs and the American Bully and our American PitBull Terrier. Mainly because processed dog food is garbage, with companies using euthanized dogs as part of dog food now. We’ve been feeding 100% raw for 3.5 years now. They eat Elk Deer Beef and Chicken.
On a side note what grinders are you guys using?We need a new heavyweight grinder for bone.
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You should look into feeding rabbit meat.
Post by: runamuk on July 19, 2018, 07:58:07 PM
All of our dogs eat 100% raw. Both of our Pugs and the American Bully and our American PitBull Terrier. Mainly because processed dog food is garbage, with companies using euthanized dogs as part of dog food now. We’ve been feeding 100% raw for 3.5 years now. They eat Elk Deer Beef and Chicken.
On a side note what grinders are you guys using?We need a new heavyweight grinder for bone.
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You should look into feeding rabbit meat.
I would feed rabbit in a heartbeat my dogs love that stuff, but too expensive to buy and no room to raise.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 19, 2018, 08:12:03 PM
All of our dogs eat 100% raw. Both of our Pugs and the American Bully and our American PitBull Terrier. Mainly because processed dog food is garbage, with companies using euthanized dogs as part of dog food now. We’ve been feeding 100% raw for 3.5 years now. They eat Elk Deer Beef and Chicken.
On a side note what grinders are you guys using?We need a new heavyweight grinder for bone.
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You should look into feeding rabbit meat.
Josh, Cant help but find your reply hilarious. You dont let your daughter read this do you? ;)
Kevin, do you give them any supplements, or just raw meat?
Post by: jackelope on July 19, 2018, 08:46:00 PM
All of our dogs eat 100% raw. Both of our Pugs and the American Bully and our American PitBull Terrier. Mainly because processed dog food is garbage, with companies using euthanized dogs as part of dog food now. We’ve been feeding 100% raw for 3.5 years now. They eat Elk Deer Beef and Chicken.
On a side note what grinders are you guys using?We need a new heavyweight grinder for bone.
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You should look into feeding rabbit meat.
Josh, Cant help but find your reply hilarious. You dont let your daughter read this do you? ;)
Kevin, do you give them any supplements, or just raw meat?
😂
My kid is fully aware of the livestock value of rabbits and will drop a whole ton of info on you in that regard. We’re buying a house and moving and it’s a crazy summer otherwise my kid was going to raise a market pen of rabbits for our fair and the evergreen youth livestock sale this year. Make no mistake, she loves her rabbits, but she also understands where meat comes from and will stand in front of the auctioneer next year at fair anxiously waiting to see how much $$ her meat pen of rabbits will bring(I think). I raise Californian rabbits with a buddy now for meat. We’re just getting started but it’s good fun and really great meat.
11.5 pounds of pure protein!
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 19, 2018, 08:58:37 PM