How to cook porridge for a dog
If you take care of your pet's health, its diet will be extremely important for you. It is up to you to cook porridge or buy ready-made food in its natural form or in dry form. This page contains recipes for boiled cereals.
The general principle is simple - we take different cereals, which require approximately the same temperature treatment, and cook together with the addition of vegetables and oil. We mix boiled porridge with the meat component - canned food or raw meat products.
Porridge is great for all dogs, but if you have any particular condition of your dog, consult your veterinarian. And remember - your dog's diet should be balanced.
Option 1 - rice + buckwheat
ProductsRice - half a cup
Buckwheat - 1 glass
Beets - 1 large
How to cook porridge from rice and buckwheat
1. Rinse rice and buckwheat, add to a saucepan.
2. Fill with water (3 glasses).
3. Pour in the peeled and diced beets.
4. Place the pot on a low heat for 50 minutes.
5. Add some salt and vegetable oil.
6. Add chopped greens, mix the prepared porridge, it can be mixed with canned dog food or meat. Sometimes a raw egg can be added.
Option 2 - millet + corn porridge
Products
Millet - 1 glass
Corn grits - 1 cup
Zucchini or pumpkin - 1 large vegetable
Carrots - 2 pieces
How to cook porridge from millet and corn grits
1. Soak millet and corn grits in cool water for several hours. 2. Boil in fresh water over low heat - 30 minutes after boiling. 3. Add some salt and vegetable oil. Serve with meat products. 4. Because both cereals are quite heavy, it is recommended to give green vegetables (cucumber, celery, lettuce, green beans) along with it.
Option 3 - oatmeal
Products
Oatmeal (namely oatmeal, requiring cooking, not "Hercules") - 2 cups
Water - 4.5 cups
A little salt and oil
How to cook oatmeal for a dog
1. Pour oatmeal into boiling water and cook for 25 minutes.
2. Add vegetable oil, a little salt.
Option 4 - How to cook porridge for a dog with meat?
Economical recipe for a dog 20 kg:
As meat part either specialized dog meat (beef) or low-grade minced meat will do. Additionally, you can add offal - Adam's apple, lungs, cartilage, udder, cheeks, ears, tripe, liver, fish, poultry offal, etc. Usually, meat products for dogs are bought in specialty stores. high-quality meat in butchers and supermarkets is quite expensive for people. The downside of online dog meat stores is that they only make sense to purchase large quantities, but this requires a lot of freezer space. If there is a good butcher shop near your home with carcass butchery, then you should go directly there - perhaps they are ready to become your supplier. Total meat and cartilage / veins / offal should be 50/50%. How much meat to add? - 3.5-5 percent of the dog's weight. For example, a dog weighing 10 kg is fed 300-350 grams of meat per day. But different situations allow you to deviate from the norm to a lesser or greater extent. For example, for an eco-friendly food of a 20 kg dog, we will take meat at the rate of 250 grams per day, for 5 days 1250 grams.
Vegetables... Carrots, beets - 1 each. In season, you can add zucchini, tomatoes, pumpkin, some cabbage and potatoes. Total vegetables 150 grams.
Cereals... We take any cereals that dogs can - rice, buckwheat, millet, corn grits. 3 ikeevsky mugs with a slide or 900 grams of dry cereal.
Water - 9 glasses for buckwheat and rice, 10 glasses for millet and corn grits.
What is the feed yield from this amount of products?
From this amount, about 4 kilograms of dog porridge will be obtained. A 20 kg serving for a dog will be approximately 400 grams, for just 5 days.
How to cook dog porridge with meat?
1. Put meat products in a saucepan and fill with cold water. If the meat products are frozen, it's okay: while the water heats up, they will defrost. We put on fire and after boiling, cook the meat for 10-15 minutes.No longer needed. In general, naturalized dogs eat raw meat, but many owners are afraid and at least scald it. We recommend that you act according to the situation, depending on each particular pet, the actions may differ. While the meat is being cooked, we process the vegetables - peel and cut / three. 2. Remove the meat from the pan, let it cool, at this time put cereals and vegetables in the broth. 3. When the cereal is cooked, mix it with minced meat, and wait for complete cooling (about 6-7 hours at room temperature, to speed up you can take the pan out to the balcony). Is it a complete feed?
In general, yes, the dog will definitely not remain hungry, but because It is rather difficult to calculate all the proportions of proteins-carbohydrates-amino acids-vitamins at home, it is worth giving the dog an additional complex of vitamins.
Option 5 - simple porridge with meat
Groats (any) - 2 glasses
Meat on the bone - 700 grams, or can be replaced with minced meat
How to cook porridge with meat
1. Boil meat in water, beef bones with meat (trimmings, lungs, liver, etc.), pork and pork offal (ears, tails, etc.), chicken, and so on are perfect for dogs. Keep in mind that there should be enough broth to be enough for cereals in a ratio of 2-2.5. 2. Put cereals in the broth, cook for 20-30 minutes, add salt and oil. 3. Stir the porridge, chill it to room temperature.
How to store dog porridge
Option 1 - cook every couple of days and store in the refrigerator;
Option 2 - put into packages in portions and freeze;
Option 3 - buy canned porridge already boiled, this is stored at room temperature.
And another tip - if you just cooked porridge and it is too hot - dilute it with water or place a bowl of porridge in a sink with cold water - this will cool down very quickly.
Since cereals are rather coarse food, especially with meat, the saying "you can't spoil porridge with butter" also applies to the nutrition of dogs. :)