Veggie Delight Dog Food Recipe

Dog Shrink

yes there are but most can be obtained thru vegitative matter but in a slightly modified way that requires you to feed 3 times as much of the veggie matter to make up for it.

Dawnben

You are thinking humans and gas dogs can eat cabbage and beans without the same effect as humans. Corn is one thing that does cause gas in dogs and we stay away from it and sugar in any form except fruit.
This is what my dogs were eating before I started cooking for them It is Dick van Pattens vegetarian formula It is what I based my doggie delight from but read an article by a vet named Dr Jean Dodds that added beans as a good source of protean. I also add a great supplement called platinum performance that adds L-caritine and tauine and a lot of amino acids to the diet that would cause health problems if they did not have them. I also started Quinoa and cut the grains it has 3 times the protean.
Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Peas, Potato Protein, Canola Oil, Potatoes, Tomato Pomace, Vegetable Flavoring, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Spinach, Parsley Flakes, Cranberries, L-Lysine, L-Carnitine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Kelp, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D-2 Supplement, Folic Acid.

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein 18.0% minimum
Crude Fat 8.0% minimum
Crude Fiber 4.0% maximum
Moisture 10.0% maximum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 0.3% minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 2.0% minimum
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® Vegetarian Formula For Dogs is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the A.A.F.C.

Dawnben

Yes L-Carnitine and Taurine I give them in supplements. These are the only 2 you can not get from a vegetarian diet. I also give flax seed for amino acid

Colt

That's very interesting, Dawnben, and your dogs both look healthy. Are they the first ones you've fed a vegetariandiet?

Dawnben

No I have been feeding like this for quite a long time I had my dogs on Natural balance vegetarian dog food for about 5 years before I started home cooking for them. I moved to Mexico in 2006 and could not get a healthy food down there so I started cooking for them and then in 2007 we got a costco down there so I bought their food because the ingredients were good but my dog buck could not tolerate the meat he got chronic gastritis from it, so I started cooking for him again. He has a very delicate stomach and he tends to gain weight so the vegetarian diet suits him. When I started cooking for him again his stomach issues stopped in about 2 weeks and he lost all his extra pounds in about 3 months. My other dog did not loose an ounce on the same food but she was not overweight. So I guess it is a good diet for those that want their dogs to loose those extra pounds.

HeatherMeeBee

I like how your dogs are vegatarians!
There is so much in meat now days you never know what your going to get!
Beans and peanut butter is a good replacment for meat! And eggs are a good source of protien...
Do you have any other home made dog food recipe??
If so I would love to hear them!

Dawnben

No I don't. The one I posted can be very versatile. You can change the kind of beans and veggies so it is different all the time. You can also leave the beans out and add ground turkey in its place. The reason I started this was because my foxhound had stomach issues. He did not seem to be able to tolerate any kind of dog food even the vegetarian kind. There is a lot written about keeping your dog a vegetarian and heart issues so you do have to be very careful to include a good vitamin and mineral supplement. I have since added turkey back into his diet without any of the stomach issues coming back. I use 1/4 ground turkey ( like foster farms without hormones ) 1/4 grated sweet potato 1/4 grated veggies and 1/4 quinoa , all cooked separately and mixed together. The quinoa is also a protein.