Home made food for your dogs by Dr. Manik Godbole
This is a user-submitted post by Dr. Manik Godbole, an INDog enthusiast. This is in response to my previous post: What do you feed your dogs.
When , I had adopted Tommy, 5 yrs back, we were quite new to this doggy world and so were confused as to what to feed him? When I asked this question to his vet, he said, its difficult to answer.
Also in a one day orientation program that i attended on pet dog care,by mumbai vet college and hospital at Parel, they told us in scientific terms how much proteins , how much fibre, carbohydrates etc a dog would need.
This is dificult to measure when we give home made food. After reading many articles and books on dog nutrition, I came to the conclusion that both home made food and readymade dry food available on shelf have advantages and disadvantages. Coming to the point, this is what i feed my dogs and they are doing very well:
Being the Indian pariah, they have an edge over other dogs as far as health is concerned, and by God’s grace they keep fit thoughout the year. I feed them ‘dalia’ or ’sooji’. It is wheat, grounded roughly with its husk on it. It is not refined, so it adds fibre to the food. (Added by Paws Awhile: Our readers in the US, if you want to try Dalia out (I can vouche it’s very tasty), try looking for it in the Indian stores).
Added to that is vegetable pulp(this includes carrot, red pumpkin, dudhi, cabbage, snakegourd, tondli, potato, moong sprouted or dal (lentil), green peas, spinach—any combination available).
Sometimes, I feed them soya (‘nutrella’), or chicken (liver, or legpieces, or breast, or minced, no bones). I add to that, ‘Revive’ (brewer’s yeast’) which is rich in Vitamin B Complex and aids digestion.
In the afternoon, I give them 5 ml of ‘Rex’, which is a Vitamins ‘A’, ‘D’, and ‘E’ supplement ‘A’, along with a morseful of rice and dal (lentil), and little ghee (an Indian milk product readily available at all Indian stores). My Tommy has hyperacidity so i give him 3 feeds a day.
At dinner time, I also give them a cup of milk and a boiled egg each.
Their play time snacks include biscuits, cheese or paneer (cottage cheese).
I have recently learned that dogs can be given ‘mushrooms’ too. This I will start adding soon. Mushrooms have good iron content, so those who have kept their dogs on a veggie regime should add mushrooms regularly.
During the months of March to I give them one tab of liv-52 ds (himalayacompany)everyday, and once in a week 5 ml of ostocalcium( my vet said dogs require calcium throughout their lifetime).
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