OT- found recipes for making your own cat& kitten and dog treats

Posted by Barbara on April 27, 2009, 8:54 am

http://www.nocans.com/index.html

Has anyone ever tried any of these recipes before
Barbara

Posted by MelissaD on April 27, 2009, 1:16 pm

Barbara wrote:
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Never made my own dog food but I have made these type of treats before -
using my dog bone cookie cutters :) Basically just like making cookies.

I don't make them too often as my dogs (Labradors) love to eat - LOL -
and don't really need too many treats!

MelissaD

Posted by on April 27, 2009, 1:38 pm

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:16:19 -0700, MelissaD

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I haven't, but intend to browse the cat ones. I don't care much for
the smell of the cat canned food and might study those and see if one
could make a quantity and freeze it or something. My cat only eats a
teaspoon or so of wet food, I could probably leave her with just dry
food. However she only weighs about 3lbs so I figure I should keep
her eating.

Am just thinking, if I froze stuff in ice cube trays, I could put one
out to thaw for the evening each day. Something like I used to do
with grandchildren lol

Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on April 28, 2009, 5:59 am

MelissaD wrote:
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When we lived in Sutherland, Scotland the local shepherds fed their dogs
on porridge oats.
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
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Posted by Trish Brown on April 28, 2009, 7:45 am

Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply) wrote:
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Porridge is the very best way in the whole wide world to put weight on
an ailing animal! Years ago, my Ugly Sister had a pair of blue merle
collies, both of whom suffered from pancreatitis. She was advised to
give them a mostly vegetable diet for a time and she tried boiled rice,
puffed wheat etc etc etc. Good old rolled oats did the trick and both
dogs recovered beautifully!

Later, we tried the same thing with horses that did poorly on hard feed
and, you beaut, the rolled oats did the trick again! You can feed it
dry, but for a sickly animal with a dicky digestive system, it works
best when you've boiled it for at least five minutes in plenty of water
and serve it warm, just as you would a bran mash. A pinch of salt adds
flavour and a great glob of molasses or treacle adds even more (horses
can't resist molasses).

The two huge successes I recall were a grey mare called Foxtrot and a
young dun colt called Chocolate Buddy. Both were abuse cases and Foxy
was especially skinny: she looked like a coathanger when we got her! Her
digestion was so out of whack, she couldn't tolerate ordinary food
(grass, hay, bran etc). Just a few days of good old porridge got her
appetite back, though, and when we sold her she was in excellent nick!
Buddy was lousy and thin and suffering from sand colic (he'd been eating
damp soil in an effort to slake his thirst). Again, porridge saved the
day and put him on the right track in just days.

Now, if I could only convince the kids to eat the darned stuff instead
of the feelthy, sugar-laden, cardboard-based stuff they say they prefer.
You simply can't beat a bowl of steaming, creamy porridge with a massive
shovelful of brown sugar on top! ;-D

--
Trish Brown

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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