Before We Start....

In the past two years, people in many countries overseas have taken an interest in this website. The biggest problem is locating a quality dog food and nutritional supplements for individuals. This is very frustrating for me when I am trying to assist the average pet owner. Like wise veterinarian care is also limited or nonexistent in some areas of the world.

For those who do not have the benefits of a quality commercial food and whole food supplements, my intent is to develop a feed program that is based on the indigenous foods available to individuals, in their area of the world. Please discuss this program with your veterinarian and remember, you are ultimately responsibile for your pet's well being.

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Introduction ~

Most homemade diet are very unbalanced and cause many orthopedic or growth problems in dogs of all sizes/ages. This program is a better option for owners in this situation. In this article I will provide you with 2 options:

(1) using a commercial dog food kibble with fresh whole raw foods
(2) using a homemade diet - 5 Recipes

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OPTION 1. - Using A Commercial Kibble/Dog Food

If you have a commercial dog kibble available to you, choose a moderate protein 22% - 25% and moderate fat 12% - 15% dog food for puppies or adults, and choose one according to this criteria, as opposed to purchasing a food according to the "type" of the food such as (senior, puppy, growth etc).

A 22% - 25% protein and 12% - 15% fat, is a range of protein and fat that supports all stages of development.

The best dog or cat food available is Eagle Pack line of dog foods and you have a distributor in India. For puppies or adults you can use Eagle Natural, Eagle Original, Large and Giant breed Puppy.

India
M/s. HAR BHAGWAN BAJAJ
2135-A
Tilak Bazar
Khari Baoli
Delhi 110 006
Tel: +91-9350580765
Fax: +91-11-23929312
e-mail: eaglepackindia@rediffmail.com

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How to Improve a Commercial Dog Food without Unbalancing the Diet

These amounts are based on an Adult Great Dane. For smaller dogs, you will have to reduce the amount suggested.

Owners can upgrade their pet’s commercial diet by adding the following foods to any commercial dog food.

1). Fresh fruit and pulverized vegetables - 225 grams (1 cup ) divided into 2 feedings.

Daily amount for an adult Giant breed such as a Great Dane, should be 225 grams divided into two feedings, serve on top of kibble. Decrease amounts used depending on the size (puppy or adult) of the dog. If you have a small breed or small puppy you would only want to use a little fruit and vegetables. For example my pug would only get 4 blueberries and a spoonful of minced carrot. Of course one has to use the fruits and vegetables indigenous to the country in which you are living.

(no onions, garlic, grapes or raisins for pets!!)

If you have not used fruits and vegetables with your dogs, introduce one at a time to make sure they can tolerate them with no loose stool. Reduce the amounts if there is a stool problem. The veggies you use need to be pulverized, mashed so the dog can digest
it easier.

The fresh fruits and vegetables will provide some living "dietary enzymes" lost in
cooking of the commercial food.

2). Meats - raw or lightly cooked ~ chopped/minced - 225 - 450 grams (1 cup) divided into two feedings, morning and evening.

Beef, chicken, turkey, duck, fish (fish must be cooked) or whatever is the protein/meat source in your country. I do not advocate bones unless you have a way of pulverizing the bone along with the meat so it will not be sharp. NO COOKED BONES !! They splinter and can puncture the dogs intestines. You can use organ meats, like heart etc, but use liver no more than once a week, it is a filter organ and feed too frequently can cause Vitamin A overdose.

3). Yogurt or Kefer - 225 grams (1 cup) divided into two feedings a day.

I highly recommend the daily use of some yogurt or kefir to your animals diet to help balance calcium and phosphorus levels and provide good micro-organisms to the digestive track.

4). Other foods: Milk, - these can be used daily if the dog tolerates it. Eggs can be used to substitute for some of the meat protein. Cheese can be use several times a week in small amounts - 55 grams (1/4 cup).

5). Calcium Citrate w/ Vitamin D - 1000 mg daily - pulverized and added to food, this is needed to balance out the additional meat you are using with the commercial dog food. Do not use a calicum supplement with phosphorus in it. If you do not have access to Calcium Citrate w/Vit D, you can use 4-5 raw washed chicken necks and wings daily. THEY MUST BE RAW!!

Warnings: I do NOT recommend adding rice or any grains to any commercial dog food it will disrupt the balance of your dogs calcium and phosphorus levels. Every commercial dog food has more then enough grains in the food so adding more is only going to cause skin, digestion or orthopedic problems in the long term.

• If you are using a commercial dog food, use Vitamin/Mineral supplement
  only - 2-3 times a week .
• Do NOT add: Oils, Cod Liver Oil or additional vitamin E supplements or Bone Meal
• If you have access to Spirulina, seaweed or kelp - give 1/3 the dosage for an adult human when you are feeding a young puppy. Use this 3 times a week on the food. For dogs 60 lbs or more you can dose according to the label for an adult human - 3 times a week.

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What If I Don’t Have A Commercial Kibble Available?

If you do not have a commercial dog food available to you from the USA or Canada, then you have to make a homemade formula for your dog. I will give you recipes below which will include supplements and fresh foods.

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Option 2 - Recipes You Can Make

These are about 4200 - 4600 calories per recipe - The active adult Great Dane needs approximately 2000 -2800 calories per day divided into 2 meals a day.

These bulk recipes will make approximately 4 meals (2 days) for one adult Great Dane. More is required if pregnant or lactating, less if inactive. The amount you feed to your dog will be determined by the size, age and energy level and you and your vet will have to be the judge of the amount that is needed.

It is very important that you add the calcium citrate(with Vitamin D) to each of these diets and not just give it to the dog. I t must be crushed and mixed evenly into each batch of food you make up . I have balanced the calcium and phosphorus levels so do not vary from the proportions of each recipe. Do not change the amount of calcium citrate per recipe.

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(1.) Mutton/Oat Diet

6 cups (486 grams) cooked oats and/or barley
2 lbs (908 grams) (meat) mutton
4 eggs - (133 grams) cooked
1 cup Carrots - (146 grams) pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Broccoli - (156 grams) - pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Milk -(225 grams)
1 cup Yogurt or Kefir - (227 grams)
1 Tablespoons (15 grams) - olive oil, corn oil, canola
1 teaspoon (5 grams) iodized salt
3500 mg Calcium Citrate/w Vitamin D*

*Calcium Citrate is needed to balance this diet. Pulverize and add to batch. Do Not Use Bone Meal - it has heavy metal contaminants in it. Do NOT used any calcium product that contains phosphorus or you will disrupt the balance of this recipe and can cause health problems for your dog.

Required: Add Daily to Each Meal - the "living enzyme " part of the diet

Yogurt or Kefir - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) at each feeding

Vegetables - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) pulverized raw vegetables (blender or food processor) (green beans, tomato, cauliflower, peas, broccoli, cabbage, kale, squash, zucchini). You can use a mixture of 1 - 2 of these or just rotate what you use daily is important.

Fruit -1/2 or (115 grams) - if they will eat it - use it as treats
bananas, apples, peaches, pears, mango, berries, oranges, melon etc.

(No onions, grapes, raisins)

This amount is based on what you would feed to an adult Great Dane. You will have to reduce the amount for smaller dogs.

Suggested Supplements:

• Vitamin ~ Mineral Supplement - 3 time per week (can be a human product)
• Spirulina, Kelp or Trace Minerals - 2 - 3 times a week (amount recomended for an adult human. This is for an adult Great Dane, reduce amount for smaller dogs).
• Vitamin C - see below for dosage

Optional things you can add for variety

Cheese - 1/2 cup (115 grams) of cheese shredded or cottage cheese
Pumpkin/Squash (115 grams) Pumpkin - divided into two meals

Sprouts are good to use as well - alfalfa sprouts, wheat sprouts etc. (no beans)

Lemon Juice - 5-10 grams in bucket of drinking water, this helps keep the pH balance of the gut where it should be as well as they will absorb calcium
much better. Introduce slowly.

To each of the recipes should add some fresh fruits and vegatables because this will provide the fresh/raw "living enzymes" that are lost in the normal cooking and storage of foods.

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(2) Chicken Oat &Sweet Potato Diet

6 cups (486 grams) cooked oats
2 cups (400 grams) cooked sweet potato
2 lbs (907 grams) of cooked chicken meat
4 eggs - (133 grams) cooked
1 cup Carrots - (146 grams) pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Broccoli - (156 grams) - pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Milk -(225 grams)
1 cup Yogurt or Kefir - (227 grams)
1 Tablespoons (15 grams) - olive oil, corn oil, canola
1 teaspoon (5 grams) iodized salt
3000 mg of Calcium Citrate with Vit D

*Calcium Citrate is needed to balance this diet. Pulverize and add to batch. Do Not Use Bone Meal - it has heavy metal contaminants in it. Do NOT used any calcium product that contains phosphorus or you will disrupt the balance of this recipe and can cause health problems for your dog.

Required: Add Daily to Each Meal - the "living enzyme " part of the diet

Yogurt or Kefir - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) at each feeding

Vegetables - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) pulverized raw vegetables (blender or food processor) (green beans, tomato, cauliflower, peas, broccoli, cabbage, kale, squash, zucchini). You can use a mixture of 1 - 2 of these or just rotate what you use daily is important.

Fruit -1/2 or (115 grams) - if they will eat it - use it as treats
bananas, apples, peaches, pears, mango, berries, oranges, melon etc.

(No onions, grapes, raisins)

This amount is based on what you would feed to an adult Great Dane. You will have to reduce the amount for smaller dogs.

Suggested Supplements:

• Vitamin ~ Mineral Supplement - 3 time per week (can be a human product)
• Spirulina, Kelp or Trace Minerals - 2 - 3 times a week (amount recomended for an adult human. This is for an adult Great Dane, reduce amount for smaller dogs).
• Vitamin C - see below for dosage

Optional things you can add for variety

Cheese - 1/2 cup (115 grams) of cheese shredded or cottage cheese
Pumpkin/Squash (115 grams) Pumpkin - divided into two meals

Sprouts are good to use as well - alfalfa sprouts, wheat sprouts etc. (no beans)

Lemon Juice - 5-10 grams in bucket of drinking water, this helps keep the pH balance of the gut where it should be as well as they will absorb calcium
much better. Introduce slowly.

To each of the recipes should add some fresh fruits and vegatables because this will provide the fresh/raw "living enzymes" that are lost in the normal cooking and storage of foods.

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(3.) Mutton/ Rice

6 cups (948 grams) white rice cooked
3/4 cup ( 70 grams) Oat Bran
2 lbs (908 grams) cooked mutton
4 eggs - (133 grams) cooked
1 cup Carrots - (146 grams) pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Broccoli - (156 grams) - pulverized raw or cooked
1 cup Milk -(225 grams)
1 cup Yogurt or Kefir - (227 grams)
1 Tablespoons (15 grams) - olive oil, corn oil, canola
1 teaspoon (5 grams) iodized salt
3000 mg Calcium Citrate with Vit D

*Calcium Citrate is needed to balance this diet. Pulverize and add to batch. Do Not Use Bone Meal - it has heavy metal contaminants in it. Do NOT used any calcium product that contains phosphorus or you will disrupt the balance of this recipe and can cause health problems for your dog.

Required: Add Daily to Each Meal - the "living enzyme " part of the diet

Yogurt or Kefir - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) at each feeding

Vegetables - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) pulverized raw vegetables (blender or food processor) (green beans, tomato, cauliflower, peas, broccoli, cabbage, kale, squash, zucchini). You can use a mixture of 1 - 2 of these or just rotate what you use daily is important.

Fruit -1/2 or (115 grams) - if they will eat it - use it as treats
bananas, apples, peaches, pears, mango, berries, oranges, melon etc.

(No onions, grapes, raisins)

This amount is based on what you would feed to an adult Great Dane. You will have to reduce the amount for smaller dogs.

Suggested Supplements:

• Vitamin ~ Mineral Supplement - 3 time per week (can be a human product)
• Spirulina, Kelp or Trace Minerals - 2 - 3 times a week (amount recomended for an adult human. This is for an adult Great Dane, reduce amount for smaller dogs).
• Vitamin C - see below for dosage

Optional things you can add for variety

Cheese - 1/2 cup (115 grams) of cheese shredded or cottage cheese
Pumpkin/Squash (115 grams) Pumpkin - divided into two meals

Sprouts are good to use as well - alfalfa sprouts, wheat sprouts etc. (no beans)

Lemon Juice - 5-10 grams in bucket of drinking water, this helps keep the pH balance of the gut where it should be as well as they will absorb calcium
much better. Introduce slowly.

To each of the recipes should add some fresh fruits and vegatables because this will provide the fresh/raw "living enzymes" that are lost in the normal cooking and storage of foods.

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(4.) Chicken/Mutton - Rice

4 cups (632 grams) white rice cooked
3/4 cup ( 70 grams) oat bran
1 lbs (454 grams) cooked mutton
2 lbs (908 grams) cooked chicken
1 cup Carrots - (146 grams) cooked
1 cup peas(160 grams) - cooked
1 cup Milk -(244 grams)
2 cup Yogurt or Kefir - (454 grams)
1 Tablespoons (15 grams) - olive oil, corn oil, canola
1 teaspoon (5 grams) iodized salt
3500 Calcium Citrate with Vitamin D

*Calcium Citrate is needed to balance this diet. Pulverize and add to batch. Do Not Use Bone Meal - it has heavy metal contaminants in it. Do NOT used any calcium product that contains phosphorus or you will disrupt the balance of this recipe and can cause health problems for your dog.

Required: Add Daily to Each Meal - the "living enzyme " part of the diet

Yogurt or Kefir - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) at each feeding

Vegetables - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) pulverized raw vegetables (blender or food processor) (green beans, tomato, cauliflower, peas, broccoli, cabbage, kale, squash, zucchini). You can use a mixture of 1 - 2 of these or just rotate what you use daily is important.

Fruit -1/2 or (115 grams) - if they will eat it - use it as treats
bananas, apples, peaches, pears, mango, berries, oranges, melon etc.

(No onions, grapes, raisins)

This amount is based on what you would feed to an adult Great Dane. You will have to reduce the amount for smaller dogs.

Suggested Supplements:

• Vitamin ~ Mineral Supplement - 3 time per week (can be a human product)
• Spirulina, Kelp or Trace Minerals - 2 - 3 times a week (amount recomended for an adult human. This is for an adult Great Dane, reduce amount for smaller dogs).
• Vitamin C - see below for dosage

Optional things you can add for variety

Cheese - 1/2 cup (115 grams) of cheese shredded or cottage cheese
Pumpkin/Squash (115 grams) Pumpkin - divided into two meals

Sprouts are good to use as well - alfalfa sprouts, wheat sprouts etc.

Lemon Juice - 5-10 grams in bucket of drinking water, this helps keep the pH balance of the gut where it should be as well as they will absorb calcium
much better. Introduce slowly.

To each of the recipes should add some fresh fruits and vegatables because this will provide the fresh/raw "living enzymes" that are lost in the normal cooking and storage of foods.

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(5.) Chicken / Rice

4 cups (632 grams) white rice cooked
3/4 cup ( 70 grams) oat bran
2 lbs (908 grams) cooked chicken
2 cup Carrots - (292 grams) cooked
2 cup Yogurt or Kefir - (454 grams)
1 Tablespoons (15 grams) - olive oil, corn oil, canola
1 teaspoon (5 grams) iodized salt
2500 mg Calcium Citrate w/Vitamin D

*Calcium Citrate is needed to balance this diet. Pulverize and add to batch. Do Not Use Bone Meal - it has heavy metal contaminants in it. Do NOT used any calcium product that contains phosphorus or you will disrupt the balance of this recipe and can cause health problems for your dog.

Required: Add Daily to Each Meal - the "living enzyme " part of the diet

Yogurt or Kefir - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) at each feeding

Vegetables - 1/2 cup or (115 grams) pulverized raw vegetables (blender or food processor) (green beans, tomato, cauliflower, peas, broccoli, cabbage, kale, squash, zucchini). You can use a mixture of 1 - 2 of these or just rotate what you use daily is important.

Fruit -1/2 or (115 grams) - if they will eat it - use it as treats
bananas, apples, peaches, pears, mango, berries, oranges, melon etc.

(No onions, grapes, raisins)

This amount is based on what you would feed to an adult Great Dane. You will have to reduce the amount for smaller dogs.

Suggested Supplements:

• Vitamin ~ Mineral Supplement - 3 time per week (can be a human product)
• Spirulina, Kelp or Trace Minerals - 2 - 3 times a week (amount recomended for an adult human. This is for an adult Great Dane, reduce amount for smaller dogs).
• Vitamin C - see below for dosage

Optional things you can add for variety

Cheese - 1/2 cup (115 grams) of cheese shredded or cottage cheese
Pumpkin/Squash (115 grams) Pumpkin - divided into two meals

Sprouts are good to use as well - alfalfa sprouts, wheat sprouts etc. (no beans)

Lemon Juice - 5-10 grams in bucket of drinking water, this helps keep the pH balance of the gut where it should be as well as they will absorb calcium
much better. Introduce slowly.

To each of the recipes should add some fresh fruits and vegatables because this will provide the fresh/raw "living enzymes" that are lost in the normal cooking and storage of foods.

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Vitamin C Supplementation Dosage: - optional but my preference

25-50 mg of Vitamin C for puppies 8 wks - 10 wks daily
100 mg of Vitamin C for puppies 10 wks - 12 wks daily
250 mg of Vitamin C for puppies 12 wks - 16 weeks daily
500 - 1000 mg of Vitamin C for puppies 4 months - Adult
If they get a loose stool, try a lower dose or a different brand.
If you use Ester C - use a lesser dose, 500 mg of Ester C = 1000 mg of activity.

For more information about Vitamin C and your pet - www.belfield.com

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Supplements I Use:

If you have Eagle Dog Food or another commercial kibble available to you and you want to purchase the supplements that I recommend in my Adult Feed Program or Puppy Feed Program and Puppy Guidelines - (Nzymes, BakPakPlus and Oxydrops, they will ship overseas to some countries. Please contact them at www.nzymes.com

This is an excellent Joint Supplement that I use for me and the dogs and they will ship overseas.

Flexicose- Joint Supplementation

If you are looking for a high quality glucosamine joint support product,
is the on Flexicose I have used for some time. I find it an excellent and affordable product and they ship overseas too - Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom - more added daily so check with the company to see if they ship to your country.

I have used it with great success on my dogs and my elderly dogs respond well to joint nutritional supplementation. The amount of glucosamine in better dog foods is minimal, helpful nonetheless, but minimal, so a good joint supplement is ideal especially for any age or breed. I start my dogs during growth stages and continue throughout their adult life. With the large/giant breeds their joints have added stressed, so any thing that can help support them as they age is a positive thing in my opinion.

Growth Patterns - if you have written me specifically about uneven growth patterns additional MSM is helpful and the source I recommend is the Vita-Flex MSM - the best price is through First Choice Naturals at 800-937-1104

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Basic Nutritional Supplements:

If you want to purchase other nutritional supplements Nutrition Express they will ship overseas and so will Global Health Central, here is their website.

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