Liver and heart dog’s dinner
A natural alternative dog food!
By Kizkiznobite (Bev Cobley).
I have 4 clumbers and a springer, so in total we are looking at a total 165 kilo of dog!
Yesterday on Tesco’s sell off shelf there was 2 packs of pig liver and 1 pack of sliced heart with a total price £2.10. In the fridge I had a sorry looking neep that wasn’t used on burns night alongside some rather wilted carrots and half a bag of sorry looking mange tout and some left over mash tatties.
Benefits?
Well, I know what is in it and I know what is not in it! They love it, also as it’s a meal for in between bones days and because liver is a natural laxative they wont need any oil on their bones tomorrow.
Over the course of a week I feed 3 bone days 3 home cooked days and 1 fish day, alternating the bone days with homecooked/fish.
Happy dogs = Happy me and cheap at half the price!
Go for it folks…am here to help and advise!
Bev and the spanners :)
Recipe:
Dice the meat and chuck it in the dog’s stock pot.
Add the diced potatoes, carrots, mange tout and neep!
Add a cup of water, a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and a handful of chopped parsley.
Cook lightly so that the veg is still crunchy! They’ll still be water in pot but don’t worry about that…
Chuck in a bag of couscous, stir and leave to rest for 10 mins! That’ll soak up all the water and juices!
If you have an average size dog then you’re looking at 12 – 15 meals…especially if you add a cup of whole meal type mixer!
Bev says: I split half of it between the 5 dogs and added a chopped raw apple on the top…the rest is for Saturday as tomorrow is a bone day…this will give each of them 2 days of food…about 32p per dog…so that is 10 meals.
BDWS says: Heart can be quite tricky to buy in Renfrewshire! Forget Tesco’s, they may advertise it on their website but the Renfrew and Port Glasgow stores don’t sell it. Your best bet is from the Morrisons supermarkets in Paisley or to ask your local butcher to order them in!
UPDATE: Morrisons in Erskine have started selling chopped heart! Bought all 4 packs that I could find and visiting the cheap veg stand I bought some runner beans that were on sale, potatoes and carrots and a bag of cous cous and made a delicious dog’s dinner!
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I made this today and it smelled beautiful!! Add some salt and pepper and it would make an excellent dinner for people!!
please can you send me some of your wonderful dog recipies
thankyou
Liz Baker and Treaclewoof
Hi, I’m wondering if you have any tested and tasty tuna biscuits/snacks for dogs. I have 2 large/giant dogs (one Bouvier Bernois and 1 Rafeiro do Alentejo = Portuguese breed, both weighing around 52 kg) and a spayed mutt (a mix of 2 other Portuguese breeds) weighing about 27 kg. I don’t like giving them processed snacks and they tend to get fat.
Thanks so much for your help. Teresa
Hi Teresa! We’ll look into tuna biscuits this week and see if we can get something up soon!
Hi Bev, I’ve been cooking for my dogs for years now and the difference between that and feeding them dried shop bought food is incredible. Many people ask me why my dogs dont smell like dogs or why they dont have bad breath, easy answer: good healthy food! I just found this website today and will be trying out some of your recipes to add to the variety
One question i have is whether you add any vitamin supplements to the food? I used to be able to buy one which had all the vitamins etc that the dogs need but its not being sold anymore. Was wondering if you could recommend one or if its even necessary. They get plenty of grains added to the food: linseed, oats, quinoa, brown rice, sunflower seeds, millet etc. Also olive oil and pure vitamin C a couple of times a week.
Many thanks in advance!
Helen
Hi
I have just started to make my own dog food. Can you let me know if I need to puree the veg as I saw another web site that suggested this? Also should I add vitamis or oil etc
Finally you mention bones day. Do you give them anything else on bones day and what kind of bones?
Thanks
Hi Moira! veg’s can be lightly cooked or added raw. Please read Bev’s ‘feeding the dogs’ for a great insight. There are 5 parts, here’s part 1!
http://www.bdws.co.uk/2012/01/12/feeding-the-dog-part-1/