We appreciate that the quantities recommended to cook in our homemade recipes for your giant breed dogs are challenging. We always advise cooking for more than one day but if your dog is particularly large, or you are cooking for 2 large dogs, then it makes sense to cook once a day, and invest in a pressure cooker.
It is not advisable to bake the food as shown in our recipes for smaller dogs, but rather just feed it once it has been mashed or blended with the nutrient rich ‘icing’ on the top like a lid (once the food is cooled).
The only concern with this is that dogs do not particularly like ‘mashed food’ with the consistency of ‘mushy peas’. Most wet dog tinned food is quite slimey as dogs far prefer this ‘smoother’ texture.
We have the solution…….
Add in 15g per 1 kg cooked food of boiled and then cooled Agar Agar powder to the mashed food. Agar agar is a plant-based natural thickener that is used in Asian cuisine (particularly desserts) to give food a slimier consistency. It is ideal for fussy dogs who do not like mushy food and it has the added benefit of being 80% fibre so very effective to help the gut microbiome.
Gorgeous boy Hank is enjoying his homemade Umami Recipe that his Mum Shirley made for him
Being vegan keeps my eating in check
I tried jackfruit for the first time – cooked it with tomato, artichokes, onions, paprika, olives, capers, stock cube – really really nice alternative to chicken!
Vegan Cappucino
For my mid-morning cup of tea, I found the ideal solution to having a creamy frothy cup of hot caramel tea
Healthy bircher muesli for breakfast
A little like my poor Ruff, I too have suffered with a bit of indigestion with the sudden increase in all this healthy vegetable fibre for the last 2 weeks
How I love my pets
It is mental health week and being a vet, I want to highlight our profession and mental health
Mental Health Week
Our pets never judge us, trust us implicitly and they provide us with our routine and with their never-failing love….
5km run and a juice boost
Decided to try and use my saved chickpea water. My daughter and I made meringues
Excited about my new book!
This time the box had a book that I had to buy – ‘What Vegans Eat’. I imagine it is leftover stock from all those books not sold during Veganuary!
A very sad day with 3 deaths
I also had 2 very moving euthanasias of 2 Staffies today
My first day of full consulting as a vegan vet!
I felt that I had to be extra organised as a short time in the morning before setting off for work
Green smoothies are delicious!
My second day of eating as a vegan…..and I enjoyed it but bit of a sore tummy!
My first day of being a vegan vet!
My first day of eating as a vegan…..and I loved it!
We fly to Germany with 2 guinea pigs, 2 dogs and a chicken
We were just remembered as the family that chose to travel with their chicken!
