My best friend, and the jewel of my life is my dog, Maru. Unfortunately she is getting old... inevitably. She started to be hesitant of eating her dry food that she's been eating for the last 11 yrs. We tried many things, but finally, we started to make her food ourselves. Yes, it's work, but kind of fun too :) Jason helped me once and that makes it a lot better (making 100s of mini meatballs by yourself can be tiring). Maru was having a difficult time "licking" her mushy canned food, so I decided to make little meatballs for her. After her first meal of my meatballs, she has never been more eager for her meal time. I'm no Doctor, but I make these meatballs from watching many professional's commentaries about home made dog food. In this meal, she gets LOTS of protein, some veggie, and fiber! give these a try if you are considering making your own dog food. ingredients you need a real big bowl for this. or make a smaller batch 10 lbs ground beef (lean) 2 cups of oat bran 3 cans pumpkin puree 4 carrots, boiled/steamed and mashed leaves of 4 kale stalk chopped finely 3 slices of bread, cubed small
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4 eggs some salt. (not too much, probably about 1-2 tbs for this much meat) some flour to dredge the meat balls 1. Put all ingredients in a LARGE bowl. Mix them all together and form them into any size of balls you'd like. 2. Dredge the balls lightly in the flour, shaking off any excess. 3. put them in 400 degree oven until it is done. bake time will depend on the size of your balls; usually mine only take about 25 min. (mine are about the size of a muscadine or those donut holes)
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before it goes in the oven. spraying it with some olive oil will make them caramelize more.
ps. you can easily make a much smaller batch. These meatballs will feed mine (a golden retriever) for two weeks. I freeze them in a bag portioned out by daily amount. The measurement and proportion doesn't have to be exactly what I did. Just consider that your dog needs good nutrients, like you do. You can substitute the vegies with other vegies... some ppl use English peas or sweet potatoes. I add pumpkin because that is nature's stool softner, and when your dog gets old, they need that. I add oat bran as well for fiber so she will have a healthy digestive system.
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