Home cooked meals

Koda is 7 mths now and has gone off his kibble considerably, so we are thinking of home cooking his meals. My OH is keen on cooking a mixture of kangaroo mince, brown rice & vegetables together. Is this ok, and what supplements are needed (i.e. calcium, brewers yeast) ?

Well cooking the food isn't really raw.  Have you considered raw without adding the rice and veggies which they don't need? No need for supplements either as they get everything they need from the raw meat, organs/offal and bones.

Check out http://dogsdinner2.webs.com - That site was my go to guide when I started Marquez on it as it has how much and what to feed. He loves rabbit (whole), beef (meat/organ/offal), pork (meat/organ/offal/bone), lamb (meat/bone) and fish (whole). For some reason he prefers his food frozen.

Raw would be much easier than home cooking   

Certainly open to raw (my pref, less fuss & more variety), can't find the link to topic showing all raw styles and what to feed??

These ones Hun?

http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/raw_faq

http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/barf_and_raw_diets

It's a bit daunting at first but really easy once you get the hang of it   

Also another question, sorry, if I feed raw won't he just want to go bury all the bones???

Well Daisy never has!   it's only 10% bone in the diet, mostly muscle meat   

That's it fab thank you, I looked everywhere lol!! V daunting to me at this stage ...

It was to me too, took a while of researching and thinking about it before I took the plunge but now I'd never go back   any questions just ask xx

Almost think there's too much info avail online, I'm finding it v overwhelming Sorry for sounding whiny!

Yes it does seem like that, my advise would be don't overthink or over complicate it, it really is quite simple  

Basic instructions

Start with chicken

Add one new meat each week

Add offal after about 6 weeks

Then your up and running, roughly 80% muscle meat, 10% offal, 10% bone, split over a period to suit you. I do it weekly but you can do it over a longer period if that works for you.

Awesome thank you!!

Saz gave a great basic run down. Do you know how much to feed though? If doesn't always look like enough food but they use every single thing they utilise just about everything and you'll find there will be a lot less pooling and drinking of water. If Koda's poo is very light coloured and crumbly, you'll work out the "how much bone is too much" question.

It does get easier over time but once you see the benefits you'll be glad you did it