It’s Not Always About Full Recipes

We don’t always need to create full recipes for our dogs, although we do want to make sure we stick to the recommended dietary guidelines throughout each day:

• 50% – 75% animal protein
• 15% – 18% fat
• 25% carbs

Sometimes we will make full recipes that may contain chicken, rice, vegetables, eggs, fruit, flax seeds… all kinds of things.

But sometimes we can just serve a single ingredient.

This is a plate of catfish. I bought 1/2 lb., put it in a saute pan, added a little water, and 10 or 15 minutes later it was ready.  I gave my dog about half of it, and will give her the rest tomorrow.

Catfish has about 40 calories per ounce. Fish is a super easy food to make, and doesn’t require you to slave over your stove for hours. Just make sure that your dogs gets a balanced ratio each day, and you can feel free to offer single ingredients like this anytime.