Homemade Dog Food for 3 different dogs

[uromac]

Hi!

Long story short - we have 3 dogs (2 yo Chocolate Lab 75lb, 8 yo Chihuahua 7lb, and 13 1/2 yo - 25lb-ish Welsh Terrier w/cancer who used to love food). Our terrier has had his share of '9 lives' - however we just found a new lump on our terrier (lymph node probably) and have elected not to do anything this time. He is now losing his faculties - not always all there, walking/getting up difficulties, has had daily accidents, etc... but we would like to make his last days better and are thinking of making our own food as he is not eating that well. I would also like to be 'fair' to our other dogs, and so I'm thinking about switching over making our own dog food for all of them! Are there any 'one size fits all' recommended recipes you may have and the different food measurements/amounts you would give each. I like to cook, so difficulty not a problem, just don't want to 'spoil' my other dogs forever so if they have to eat kibble they can adjust !!

Thanks !!

 

[tiggerluver12]

When I was having problems with my mini-dachschund not eating regular dog food, I started preparing her food from scratch. I always started with 1 pound of ground chicken breast and then added in either frozen peas/carrots or frozen butternut squash. Mixed it up with brown rice and chicken stock. She would gobble it up. I also had to give her a canine vitamin daily to supplement what she did not get from regular dog food. I served the mixture to her warm. Hope this helps.