Basic dinner for my girls....THEY GOBBLE IT UP!!

Here is the basic recipe i use for my girls, I received this recipe from a Staffy breeder who has put together quiet a range of recipes, my girls have eaten every one!!



Basic Beef or Kangaroo
3kg minced beef or roo (cooked) All human grade of meats....pet meat contains additives.
2kg skinless minced chicken necks
1kg pasta or rice(dry weight)cooked
1 cup dried soup mix (soak for a few hours) or beans or lentils I normally just use canned.
1kg cooked minced grated or diced mixed veggies I just by the no-name brand(can use carrots,peas,potato,spinach)Never use onions they can be toxic to dogs.
1 cup Oat Bran
1/4 cup of tomato paste
50mls sunflower oil
50mls fish oil
1 cup LSA (Linseed, Sunflower and Almond grounded)
2tblspn Kelp powder (from health food shops)
2tblspn beef stock powder
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp salt.

Basically cook all your meat, veggies and pasta, and let cool down, then add everthing else. According to Julie, the author of these recipes 333gm servs daily will sustain an active, muscular 18kg SBT, in show condition.

Good luck, im sure your dogs will love it!!

Thanks Molly. I will try it (no, not me , Shoei of course ) when I've translated some of the ingredients. Don't have skippies over here, so I'll use beef .

Im sure Shoei will love it! At least you know 100% what he is eating, no hidden ingredients or nasty stuff. You can also try minced lamb or pork too. Good luck!!

Tyson loved it!! Need to make another batch just as soon as i can be bothered

Great Esther!!! try the beef and reef one next?? see if he likes that one. Im happy to post a couple more recipes if needed for anyone!! Just made them a veggie recipe, loved it, warning though it does contain cooked eggs (GASS!!!!) i make up a few different batches of recipes, and give them variety each day, that way their not bored with the same food each day.

garlic is a no no.......even processed.....same vege group as onion.

mine basically eat all that stuff.....sans onion/garlic......
...but on different days & mixed with a quality dry kibble.

food alone wont keep a dog trim & fit.

good tucker & adequate exercise is the go.

Can I just ask why salt is added?

Nice recipie Molly, nice to give them some home cooking, but i would advise you to leave out the salt Molly, as it is bad for dogs livers

hi all, just have a few mins....

The recipes that i have posted were given to me by a staffy breeder who has used these for several years with her dogs. there was some info with the recipes explaining ingredients... ok here is her explaination...
:- Salt and Spices...."I add very small amounts of salt for flavour, I use so little salt I'm not concerned with it, but I'll let you decide?"
:- "Garlic is added to many pet foods today, as usual it was already in use in the home cooked dog foods for years prior. Its said to help win intestinal health and also apparently can help with flea control, we do not have nay problems with fleas and our dogs are inside dogs-but mostly I feed it for flavour." Also she has this website for garlic info.
http://www.sojos.com/garlicarticle.html

As with everthing, you can use your own judgements. Also these recipes are then devided up into 330gm meals, so the traces of the above ingredients are minimal. You can always just leave them out.

Just curious...is the 330gm meal given twice a day? Cause when i cooked up a batch of this stuff for tyson...i divided the meals into two lots which equaled to 400gm...i gave Tyson one lot in the morning and one lot in the evening. He seemed to always be hungry tho so i started adding 1/2 a cup of dry food to it aswell. Was i not feeding him right?

Hi Esther, Just reading threw Julies recipe book.... She has written here that "330g daily-sustains an active, muscular 18kg SBT, if your dog is smaller or larger, or less active, adjust quantity as necessary".

I find that I give Roxy 1/2 of the 330gm in the morning and half in the arvo. also some dry food too, as well as some treats or fruit. Hanna gets this too as well as puppy porridge etc.

The main reason I chose to make these for my girls, was that at least i knew 100% what they were eating. With Molly dieing from cancer to the spleen and liver, im just not confidant that what i was giving her (pet meat etc) that it didnt some what contribute to the cancer. Also I wanted them to be free of added perservative and colors etc that are in pet foods.
I think with Tyson, just adjust the meals accordingly to his appertite.

Hi Molly, Thanks so much for the recipe. I really want to feed Chilli some different dinners. Kangaroo mince is cheap and seems reallly good. Do you think it's o.k. to give to a 12 week old pup? - wondering if it was a bit strong taste for her to digest. Love the feed back on this site, everyone is so helpful. Also what dry food do you think is best for pups in Aussie as we don't seem to have alot of the brands I'm reading about over here? Would appreciate any in put . Thanks

Roxystaffie wrote:Can I just ask why salt is added?

i wondered that too - seems like a lot of salt, especially as there will be salt in the soup mix too.

just omit the salt and garlic, if worried. These recipes were given to me by a staffy breeder here in aus. Not sure why she had them either.

Hanna has been on Eukanuba(spell check!) puppy, as this is what the breeder was already giving her.

Just looked at Julies recipes and she has for example "3kg of minced beef or roo" in one of her recipes. I personally havent given roo to my girls, only because of the Aussie Kangaroo!! but thats my opinion!

As I have stated before these are not my recipes, but thought others might like to try them for their dogs, If your not sure or comfortable with using certain ingredients, just omit them. In the end its gotta be better than canned food, you would think . good luck hope your staffy loves it too!

might have to give this a go as Bezials become a fussy eater now ( sod)