Vet Approved Homemade + Healthy Dog Food Recipe | Cooking For Your Dog

Hey guys! Welcome back to my channel. So in today's video I'm going to be sharing with you guys how I make my homemade dog food for my Blissy girl. She is a golden doodle and she's my leeks and also for Bentley who is six years old and he is a yorkie. So I've been making his homemade dog food for a little over a month now and I'm here to report he hasn't vomited. He has been doing so well. He was having a lot of digestive issues which is why I made the idea to make homemade dog food. It definitely wasn't by choice but it was something that I just had to do because I didn't want my fur baby on medication. So he used to vomit every single day you guys. He would vomit. We tried so many different dog brand foods and nothing was working. He was even putting on a medicated dog food and that didn't help. He was taking acid reflex medication. That somewhat helped but not really. So since he's been on the homemade dog food you guys he has not vomited in over a month which makes me so happy. He's doing absolutely amazing. Also his coat used to be so dry so when I used to do this on him you could just see dandruff just flaking off of his coat and now it's so healthy and so shiny and it really is because of the homemade dog food. So he's been doing amazing. He's been having so much more energy. I am just so happy that he's not vomiting anymore and he's off of the acid reflex medication. He simply just has his homemade dog food and the supplements that I add into it which I'll be sharing with you guys. It has literally changed this poor guy's life. He is so much happier and he's having no more stomach issues right Bentley. And also the last thing I've noticed that has been a huge change is Bentley used to have very bad breath you guys. It's kind of like a small breed kind of dog thing. He does get his teeth cleaned professionally um through his vet once a year and I also brush his teeth. I was giving him greenies but every time he would eat kibble his breath would just reek and it wouldn't matter what brand of kibble it was. His breath would just be kicking and it was awful. So now that he's been on the homemade dog food his breath does not smell like a dog's. It finally smells good and I am just so happy about it because it used to be so bad you guys. So I've just seen such an amazing improvement and I wanted to make this video if I could just help one dog who's maybe going through the same thing that Bentley's going through to be able to just have a change of life. I wanted to make this video for that reason. So I'm gonna put him down and I'm gonna be sharing with you guys the recipe that I have been feeding my dogs. So this is everything that I put in their homemade dog food. This is their favorite formula so we have really been sticking to this exact formula for the last like two or three weeks and it is the one that I've seen the best results on. So we're going to be sticking to this but what I put into it is this is pumpkin puree. It's a hundred percent pumpkin puree. The only ingredient is pumpkin. You really want to make sure you're doing that and this is one third of the can. So what I do is I get three of these containers and I section it off and so this is one third and then I also use some brown rice. I will leave the exact recipe in the description box for you guys. I use two sweet potatoes which yields about 1.5 cups to two cups of sweet potatoes. I use spinach. Usually I use frozen spinach but we only have fresh on hand but usually I will buy a few of these bags and then I will just pop them in the freezer so that way they stay good for a really long time but since I picked this up yesterday it was still in the fridge and it was fresh we're going to use this. I also use some carrots as well. I like to get the baby carrots because they're already peeled for you and all you have to do is chop them in like bite-sized pieces. It makes it so much faster buying them like this and I get all of these ingredients from Aldi's but the brown rice and it's super affordable you guys. I think this pack of carrots is like 80 cents at Aldi's and then I use some frozen peas. These were fresh peas that I just froze so that way they wouldn't go bad but you also can use canned peas, frozen, fresh, whatever you have. Like I said these I bought a whole bunch of fresh peas and then I just froze them in these little bags so that they would not go bad in the fridge and then you need two and a half pounds of some fresh ground turkey. I picked this up from Aldi's and two and a half pounds of ground turkey from Aldi's is five dollars and 86 cents. All right so we're about to get ready to cook the dog food. I did want to say you don't have to have an instant pot. You can definitely pop this in the crock pot and put it on high for four hours or low for eight hours. You can even cook it on the stovetop as well but the instant pot is going to be the fastest way. It only takes 25 minutes in the instant pot. So first thing you're going to do is you're going to add the sweet potatoes. You can see they are big chunks because it's going to mash down. You'll see what I mean when it's done pressure cooking. It gets really small because we're going to mash it. So just put your sweet potatoes in the instant pot. You're now going to be adding your fresh carrots. You could add your frozen peas. This has already been measured out. Add your fresh spinach. You can add your pumpkin puree. This is amazing fiber for your dogs. It's like a dog power food even for humans. It is just so good for your dog. It's good for their fiber intake, their digestive system. It just makes their stool so good. So don't skip out on the pumpkin. I've seen a huge difference with using the pumpkin. And now you're going to need to add in the brown rice. I do one cup of brown rice. Then you can go ahead and add in your water which is two cups of some filtered water. And then the last thing you're going to add in is your ground turkey. You can see the instant pot is perfectly full. It's just right at the max level. So this is going to be quite a bit. Just put the top on and you're going to make sure your instant pot is on sealing if you're using an instant pot. And you want to pressure cook it for 25 minutes. And then you just want to let it do a manual release. You don't want to release it yourself. Just let it naturally release and then the dog food will be all done. Now that the food is cooking in the instant pot, it is going to be so fast before it's done. I want to talk to you guys about supplements. So if you're going to be feeding your dog homemade dog food, it is so important that your dog is getting the nutrients that they need. Just giving them this recipe is not going to be enough. They still need their vitamins, their minerals, their omega-3s, and all of that amazing stuff that is in kibble. They still need that. So when you are making the homemade dog food, you need to add it in. So I did toss out the containers that their supplements came in, but I will link the exact ones that I use down below. This one had, both of these had the best reviews on Amazon. And it had all of the ingredients that my veterinarian said they needed. So I ordered them and I got them for a very affordable price off Amazon. So the first one I'm going to talk about is Blissie. She's a nine-week golden doodle and she needs a puppy supplement. So this is a all-in-one puppy supplement. It's So with her current weight right now, she gets two of these. It really just depends on their weight. Eventually she'll get three and then eventually she'll get four. And what I do is she will not take these as treats. They're peanut butter flavor. A lot of dogs like them in the reviews, but some dogs didn't. And she is so, she's laying on the floor below me, so that's why I keep looking down. She is so picky with her treats. She will not take this as a treat, but what I do with their morning serving is I will chop up two of these treats and just mix it in her dog food. So she has already had her AM serving. She has it at 8 a.m every morning, so she already got her supplements. And this gives her so much nutrients, so I make sure I mix it in her food every morning. So Bentley is a Yorkie and he's six years old. And this one came from Amazon as well. It came in a powdered form. You can also, I believe, get this one in a treat form too. But Bentley is very particular with his treats as well. So I went ahead and got this one in the powdered form. It had the best reviews for like adult dog food supplement. So this one has everything in it. It's an all-in-one supplement. So everything they need it has. He gets one teaspoon based off his weight. It really depends on their weight. But I just wanted to say that I already mix it in their morning serving. So they're about to have some dinner in a few hours and they will not need the supplement. I just like to go ahead and take care of it in the morning so they get it. They're good to go. So I will have the exact supplements that they use down in the description box. Another supplement that I add into their homemade dog food that I completely forgot to add in. I usually add it in before I start the Instant Pot. But that's okay. You can just add it in when it's done as well is coconut oil. So you really want to make sure you're adding in a healthy fat. Fat is so amazing for your dog's joints and their coats. That's how you're going to get them to have that shiny coat. So I add about two to three tablespoons per batch of food. And it has been doing amazing things. If you think about it, coconut oil is amazing for our hair too. So I add it into my hair whenever I'm doing like a deep conditioning treatment. So I've been adding it into their dog food and I've seen such a huge change. I just pick up a big jar and I get the organic one. And like I said, you're going to notice a major difference with your dog's coat. So add this in and add it in before. I just simply forgot. All right so the Instant Pot already manually released. So all the steam is out. So I'm going to open it up and I'm going to show you guys how it looks. They, both of my dogs are sitting right here. They love the smell of this food. All right so this is how the food looks. Not very appetizing but I promise you it will when it's all done. So since I forgot to add that coconut oil in earlier, I'm just going to go ahead and add it in now. That is Blissy hitting the bell. She has to go potty. Give me one second Blissy okay? And mama will take you out. I add about two tablespoons. And then once you add in your oil, do that before you cook it. You just take this little guy. I will link it below. It is key to getting the dog food to be the perfect consistency. And I just mash everything together. So that's why you're able to cut everything in like big chunks because you're going to mash it anyway. So this is the consistency you're looking for. It is perfect. It is still piping hot right now. So I'm going to let it cool off but you can see I really took that tool and I mashed everything. So there's tiny bits of carrots and sweet potatoes. They're not too chunky, not too big. Perfect for my puppy and perfect for Bentley so that they don't choke on anything and everything's softened since it was pressure cooked. So here is the two large containers I was able to get out of one batch. This is good in the fridge for up to four days. So what I do is I keep one of these containers in the fridge and then I will freeze the other container so that way it doesn't end up going bad. I actually already have a large container in the fridge already because I made some a few days ago. So I'm going to freeze both of these. You can also freeze them in like a freezer bag. That works as well but I was finding that it was hard to get like the portion out the freezer bag when it was defrosted. So I just go ahead and freeze it in here and I only keep it in the freezer for like a week or two. So these are airtight. It doesn't get like any freezer burn or anything like that. So you can do it in these containers or in freezer bags work well too. Okay Bentley. You ready for your food? Come on boy. All right. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Eat. He loves his homemade dog food. He is going to town. Blissie's over here going crazy too. Let me get her portion. All right Blissie girl. Come here. You ready? You ready for your homemade dog food? Come on baby girl. Come on. Come on. All right. Sit. Sit. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Up. Let's try again. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Eat. She loves her homemade dog food. Going to town. Bentley's over here. You still going to town Ben? Is it yummy Blissie girl? Bentley cleared his entire bowl very fast. There's Blissie with sweet potato and carrots all over her mouth. Let's see your bowl. You devoured your bowl. How is mama's cooking? Was it good? Was it good? She's going back for more you guys. So I definitely think your dogs will love this recipe.