My First Attempt at Cooking for Molly

So, I decided to make a kind of casserole for Molly, it's got heart, spinach, carrot, broccoli and cauliflower in it, along with some gravy. Oh it also has some of her mince in, because I had some defrosted that needed to be cooked



Hopefully she'll like it

Yum yum!!!!!!

So when are being invited for dinner? Looks better than food I cook for myself!

I burn cornflakes

Ive got exactly the same work top as you! lol
ps. it looks lovely! x

Janey wrote:So when are being invited for dinner? Looks better than food I cook for myself!

Lol, it actually smelt really damn nice as well!
If it had of been beef instead of heart, I might have been tempted to try!

blaze666 wrote:Ive got exactly the same work top as you! lol
ps. it looks lovely! x

lol

Ours is from the council I think :S

Tracie-Milly-Moos Mum wrote:I burn cornflakes

I don't usually get as far as putting them in the bowl!

i cook all the time for memphis and iv been tempted to try more than once lol

Ohh,that looks tasty! id eat it myself if it didnt have heart

Talking of cooking dogs dinners,my nan actually cooks cairo some dinners for 3 times a week lol.She cooks some for her labrador too,so she does extras for cairo.She does either rice or potato with chicken,carotts,broccoli and some other veg She started cooking dinners for her labrador years ago,when we found he had skin allergys to normal dog foods.

Molly's a very lucky dog

Wow.. that looks good..
I thought dogs could not eat veggies unless they were pureed??
looks nice just the same.. Kind of like what i lived on from my slow cooker when Brandan screamed for 14 hours s day.... anything i had got chucked in there and eaten anywhere bewteen 7pm and 1am that night lol.... ahhh the good ol days NOT

Cornish-Muscle wrote:

Janey wrote:So when are being invited for dinner? Looks better than food I cook for myself!

Lol, it actually smelt really damn nice as well!
If it had of been beef instead of heart, I might have been tempted to try!

blaze666 wrote:Ive got exactly the same work top as you! lol
ps. it looks lovely! x

lol

Ours is from the council I think :S

Lol, Ive got the same one aswell! Yeah its council, they must have got it cheap!!!

lol,
I gave it to her today, she ate about 5 mouthfuls really quickly then didn't bother... All that hard work for nothing!

id eat that myself lol ,,,, give her the heart raw

Looks yummy! But yeah, like niff said, the heart and mince will be better raw for her.

I know, but I didn't want to leave it defrosted for two days, so cooked it instead, as I'd have done if I was cooking it for myself.
She usually always has raw heart, well, raw everything.

Bet she loves it too. My boy loves raw meat. Well actually he just loves food full stop!

Yeah, she does. We get more comments about her in the street now, positive ones too! Someone said she looks fit the other day, and that we must have her diet right.

She's been a little off her food the past few days, she's been eating one day and not the next. Not too sure why, she had an upset stomach the other day, so it might be that. Gonna see how she is for the next few days.

Has she been spayed? If not, then I wonder whether she's due a season?

No, not yet, I never thought of that, it could well be that. She'll be fine one day, wolf all her food down, the next day she'll have like 2 mouthfuls if we're lucky...

As long as she's healthy & lively I wouldn't worry.

She's lively alright! We had a friend over and she wouldn't leave him alone, she ate a load of her heart today, so there's not much wrong with her.

shady and dakota eat when they want to not when i put food out though there is always food in their dishes , they pick away at it through the course of the day , unless they are getting their sardines or chicken thighs , these are greatly recieved and devoured

We're pretty sure she's coming into season.
She's usually really good at eating her new meals, but as I said that past few days have been a bit hit and miss. And she's VERY vocal at the moment, and well basically a mardy cow.

seasons a good shout

Did I read somewhere you are feeding Molly raw?
If so....How are you getting on with that?

Yeah, we are, she's getting on really well, we need to adjust the amount she is eating a little as she's pretty much at the point where if she looses any more weight she's gonna look unhealthy. She's loving the raw heart, thanks to Caryll! We're going to look at trying her on a little tripe once a week, just for an extra fat boost.

Yes, the tripe will put weight on - the Bullyview breeders told me that before a major show they feed tripe for a week, that way they still have the muscle & tone, but they also get a bit of bulk. Dempsey gets tripe about twice a week, and kidneys once or twice. The rest is heart & he's good on that. Dempsey puts on weight really easily though.

Nice one!!!

Might nip the butchers in a bit and get a couple of bits for Blue
What should I try him with for a starter?
Do you normally feed bones in the morning and offal/tripe etc at night?

At the moment Molly's on a mixture of heart, mince, kidney, chicken wings and vegetables, we have a set routine for her so she's not having the same thing every day. We first started really with liver or kidney with her wet food, but she stopped eating wet food and then we tried her on the mince, which she thrived on.
Most of the time Molly gets her meat between 1 and 3pm, her chicken wings are sometimes breakfast, sometimes dinner, bones are when I remember to get them and she just munches on them throughout the day.

Great to hear Molly is doing well on it.
What is the average amount? about 400g of meat per day plus bones?

That depends on how much excercise your dog gets. Dempsey gets a bone either mid morning or mid day (depends whether I'm working or not) and about 500g of heart (or whatever he's having) at about 4.30pm, after his main afternoon run.

I wouldn't give too much mince, though, as the stomach acid doesn't get full use with it, and they can get stomach ache!

I tried blue on some chicken and some turkey from pets at home 400g packs. Tried it raw and microwaved. He brought both back up yet when it's cooked chicken meat from tescos he is fine with it.
What would you suggest as a bone to try him on Necks?
Also what raw meat/offal would you suggest to try him on first?

Necks would be a good place to start, or chicken wings.

Most dogs LOVE ox heart! If you get it from the supermarket it's very lean, if you get the frozen bags of heart chunks from pets at home there's a bit of fat in there (essential). I normally buy the frozen bags & only use the supermarket if I run out & can't get to the pet shop.

You can try any offal. Most dogs like it all, especially liver. However, liver's a strong taste & some dogs (Dempsey included) don't like it. I give kidneys mainly. I've never been able to find out if tripe is considered offal or meat. I'll have to ask my mate on the bully forum - he's been feeding raw since the year dot!

Thanks Caryll
I'll go hebutchers in a bit and get some necks.
Do I have to freeze them for a couple of days before I give them to him?
Sorry for taking over your post Leaim/Amy

Ideally all raw meat should be frozen for at least a couple of days before you give them to your dog - it kills the bacteria that would normally be killed by cooking.

Thanks Caryll
I'll let you know how he gats on with the necks in a few days if I manage to get hold of some.

No, it's fine, I love reading them, it helps me work out what Molly should be on!

it looks like the wifes sunday dinner lol bodey always no's wen it sunday for his roast dinner