Vet-Approved Homemade Dog Food

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subheading: For a 15-pound dog, mix:

3 ounces of a cooked protein source (dark chicken, turkey, lamb, pork, beef or eggs)

1 ⅓ cups of cooked carbohydrates (rice, sweet potato, barley, peas, corn or oatmeal)

1 tablespoon of vegetables, cooked or uncooked (carrots, bell peppers, green beans, baby spinach, squash or broccoli)

1 to 2 teaspoons of a fat source such as vegetable oil.

subheading: For a 30-pound dog, use:

4.5 ounces of the cooked protein source (dark chicken, turkey, lamb, pork, beef or eggs),

2 cups of cooked carbohydrates (rice, sweet potato, barley, peas, corn or oatmeal)

1.5 tablespoons of vegetables (carrots, bell peppers, green beans, baby spinach, squash or broccoli)

2 to 3 teaspoons of a fat source such as vegetable oil

subheading: For 60 pound dogs:

8 ounces of the cooked protein source (dark chicken, turkey, lamb, pork, beef or eggs)

3.5 cups of cooked carbohydrates (rice, sweet potato, barley, peas, corn or oatmeal)

3 tablespoons of vegetables

3 to 5 teaspoons of a fat source such as vegetable oil

As a supplement, MSPCA-Angell AMC recommends Balance IT, available from veterinarians.

Founder's Veterinary Clinic of Brea, California, offers a sample recipe for 20-pound dogs that you can half for 10-pounders or doubled for 40-pound canines.

subheading: For 20 lb dogs (Halve for 10 lb dog, double for 40 lb dog):

¼ pound of cooked, skinless chicken

1 cup of cooked brown rice

1 cup of peas and carrots

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

¼ teaspoon of potassium chloride (a salt substitute).

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