Teddy’s Meatballs
• 1/2 can Royal Canin low fat gastrointestinal food
• 3/4 cup Royal Canin gastrointestinal kibble ground into a powder
• 1/3 can pumpkin
• 3 tablespoons coconut milk
• Enough water to make a wet mixture that holds meatball shape but not dry or scratchy
Popsicle Treats
• 1 cup of Strawberry Children’s Electrolyte Replacement Drink or any flavor
• 1 cup cold water
• 3 cups of boiling water
• 4 packets of gelatin
Gelatin Blocks
Gelatin Blocks are a wonderful way to provide your ME dog with hydration if water is on the NO-NO list. They also make a nice treat on hot days!
• 1 cup cold low sodium chicken or beef broth
• 4 packages of unflavored gelatin 3 cups of boiling liquid (You can use more broth here, combined with water, or just more water)
Pour a cup of cold broth into a 9 x 11 or 9 x 13 baking pan
Sprinkle 4 packages of gelatin into cold broth and stir Add 3 cups of boiling liquid and stir until the gelatin is dissolved
Refrigerate until solid – approximately 3 hours
Slice the firm gelatin into pieces (squares of a “swallowable” size per your pup)
Refrigerate until use
Homemade “Frosty” Treats
Frosty Treat Recipe: Basic Recipe
• 32 ounces yogurt
• 2 T honey
• 2 T creamy peanut butter
• 1 banana
Combine all ingredients in blender, and blend until smooth. Pour mixture into ice cube trays, small muffin pans, small paper cups, etc. and freeze until use
Another Frosty Treat Recipe!
• 2 cups of plain yogurt
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon of honey
Blend all ingredients in blender until very smooth and thin Pour into small paper cups, muffin pans, etc. and freeze until use
Zeeva’s Chicken Broth Jello
• 8 envelopes of unflavored gelatin
• 8 cups boiling watr
• 2 boxes of 32oz. unsalted chicken broth
In large pan, boil the water,
Slowly stir in unflavored gelatin until completely dissolved,
Stir in chicken broth,
Pour into 8x8x2 inch baking pans & chill until firm.
Makes three 8x8x2 pans.
To serve, cut into strips.
Lasts about a week.
Satin Balls
• 10 pounds hamburger meat [the cheapest kind]
• 1 lg. box of corn flake cereal [or comparable natural brand]
• 1 lg. box oatmeal
• 1 jar of wheat germ
• 1 1/4 cup veg oil
• 1 1/4 cup of unsulfured molasses
• 10 raw eggs
• 10 envelopes of unflavored gelatin
• pinch of salt
approx total 24222 cal per batch (made with corn flake cereal and medium hamburger)
approx 2000 cal per lb. (made with corn flake cereal and medium hamburger)
This makes a huge batch, I normally cut it in half for easier mixing. Unless friends are over…then I get the girls to help me and feed them wine and baked goods. It’s one job where many hands make light work.
Soft Treat
• 1 Cup Pumpkin
• 1 Mashed Sweet Potato
• 2 Cup Rolled Oats
• 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
• 1 Cup of brown rice flour or coconut flour
Ellen’s Pate Recipe for Hobie
• 4 lbs of chicken
• 1 Can of Pumpkin (15 oz) eggs including shells
• 4 Cups rice
• 1 Cup of rolled oats
• 4 Tbsp coconut oil
Watermelon Blueberry Gelatin Blox
• 1/2 of a Seedless Watermelon
• 1 cup Blueberries
• 1 tablespoon Honey
• 4 envelopes Unflavored Gelatin
Puree and strain watermelon and blueberries. You need a total of four cups of juice. Chill and pour one cup of juice in a large bowl, boil the remaining three cups and honey in a sauce pan. Sprinkle the four packets of unflavored gelatin over the juice in the bowl, let stand 1 minute. Add three cups juice heated to boiling and stir until the gelatin in completely dissolved (about five minutes.) Pour into a 9″ x 13″ (quarter sheet) cake pan and allow to chill for at least 3 hours. Cut into sizes appropriate to your dog and serve.
Reno’s Satin Balls Recipe
• 5lbs ground beef
• 6.5 cups of a corn flake cereal
• 7.5 cups of quick oats
• 5 raw eggs with shell
• 2 cups organic wheat germ
• 5 packs of unflavored gelatin
• 1.5 cups vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup of molasses
• 2 tablespoons of elk velvet powder
• 6 tablespoons of powdered puppy milk
• 4 tablespoons of cranberry powder
Mix together raw, and shape into meatballs that are the appropriate size so your dog can swallow without chewing. Separate meatballs into meal sizes and store in freezer bags. Feed in upright position.
Nutritious Bone Broth
Bone broth is loaded with super amazing amounts of glucosamine, it’s also packed with other joint protecting compounds like chondroitin and hyaluronic acid. Moreover, the glycosaminoglycans from bone broth are resistant to digestion and are absorbed in their intact form. Apparently they act like hormones, stimulating cells called fibroblasts, which lay down collagen in the joints, tendons, ligaments, and even the arteries.
It also helps detox the liver, the master organ of detoxification. The dog’s liver is under assault daily as the poor dog lies on carpets and floors treated with chemicals, walks on grass that’s been treated and sprayed with poisons, consumes foods with toxic and synthetic ingredients, and suffers through toxic dewormers, flea and tick preventives, drugs, antibiotics, vaccines and more.The liver was never meant to suffer this onslaught and its capacity to detoxify is limited by the availability of the amino acid glycine. Guess what has tons of glycine? Bone broth!
The lining of the intestines contains millions of tiny holes that allow the passage of digested nutrients to enter the body. Stress, poor diet and bacterial overgrowth can cause more holes to open or to become bigger…this is called leaky gut.
The problem with those big holes is that things can pass through that aren’t meant to, including undigested food matter, toxins and yeast. The body will notice those undigested food particles as foreign invaders and start to attack them. This is how allergies and food sensitivities develop.Bone broth is loaded with a gooey substance that can plug up those leaky holes: gelatin!
Great nutrition for our sick dogs. Have you ever had a dog with terrible diarrhea and had trouble getting him back on solid food? Or a dog who is convalescing and doesn’t have a great appetite but you know he needs more nutrition? Bone broth to the rescue!
Studies conducted in the 1800’s showed that when there is plenty of gelatin in the diet, the body’s need for protein from meat sources can be reduced by as much as fifty percent! Bone broth is also an excellent source of important minerals and can bolster the immune system (think chicken soup)!
Bone broth is also loaded with glycine, which aids digestion by helping to regulate the synthesis of bile salts and secretion of gastric acid.
How to make it??? So easy. I purchased Beef Marrow Bones and Turkey necks from the butcher. Added to my huge crockpot with about 2 inches of water over the top of the bones …add one tablespoon of Raw apple cider vinegar and Cook in the crock pot for 24 hours on low. This helps draw the minerals out of the bones more thoroughly. Raw apple cider vinegar is most commonly used (It’s well regarded by herbalists for its ability to draw minerals out of plants). Lemon juice may also be used. The strain it all so all you have left is the broth. Once it is chilled, skim the excess fat off the top of the broth if you wish (there may be less than you expect). The remainder is your broth. If it has a jelly-like consistency when it’s cold you’ve done a good job of it!
You can freeze this broth in small containers (even ice cube trays) for easy dispensing. Or you can store it in your refrigerator for about four days. Callie is only 18 lbs but I am going to start out with a tablespoon in her food.