I eat a small amount of beans (& split peas) every day. Gas is significantly reduced if you soak them in water 18-24 hours prior to cooking. Also, boiling for just 1-2 minutes is plenty if they've been soaked. For a dog, I'd choose pinto beans as they're the cheapest & nutritional value is nearly the same with most dry beans.
Well, I listened to you and Freddie, and I took a 5 pound bag of pinto beans out of the pantry, why we had them is anybody's guess, but I soaked for 24 hours and then boiled a small batch of the 5 pounds to test things. I wanted to go slow at this so I only gave her a little bit at first. No interest whatsoever. She gave me this wtf look. OK... next batch.... I took a boneless porkchop and cut it up in teeny tiny pieces and boiled it with a small portion of the soaked beans. Same wtf look... but this time she ate it. So I gave her the rest of this batch. She ate it all up. That was last night (I gave her her bowl of the regular stuff too after she ate that, because it wasn't much really), but I wanted to see if she got gas or needed to go outside more to poop. This AM... no change. Sooo... for breakfast I gave her a big bowl of the beans (I boiled more with another porkchop and added yesterdays) and she loved it. The biggest thing I was paying attention to all day was would it upset her stomach and give her gas. Now she always sits nearbye when I'm trading, so I would have smelled it if there was a problem. None whatsoever. She went out when she usually does, nothing really changed. And let me say this, (yeah I knooow)... but she is very very smart and communicates to me quite well. I would would have known if there was a problem. So.... we'll work on a new recipe. I do wanna look at the nutritional value of this stuff too. Thanks for the idea you two.
Sounds good. I would put everything in a blender after boiling & add small amounts of other items if needed. A small amount of raw hamburger rather than pork chops would be good. No cooking of the meat. I've never had a dog though so maybe they prefer chunky food?
100% serious here!!! Anyone who really loves their dog, should be making their own food. The bean thing, courtesy of Freddie and BKR.... was gold. And soaking them for 24 hours, really does nix the gas thing. Why? I have no idea. But it does. The recipe is dynamic now. Last week I used chicken leg quarters, crock pot style, but on a regular stove in a giant pot on a very low heat. The one warning here however, leg quarters are dirt cheap, and if you slow cook them, the meat falls off the bone, but you have to actually get in there with your hands after it cools, and pull every friggin bone out. THERE ARE A MILLION LITTLE TINY BONES. Like micro toothpicks. Cost wise- way cheaper than salmon, and a good change of pace assuming they care lol... but you really have to get your hands in there after it cools down and and sift for teeny tiny bones. Obviously, you save the broth, and use it to slow cook the brown rice. New ingredient loved by Muttley: Sweet potatoes. I just chop them up. Like I did carrots. The rice takes about an hour, dump them in with 40 minutes to go. They soften up perfectly. Other ingredients... cabbage. Chop it up. In the bean dept.... split peas are new. Black beans, Kidney beans have been mentioned already. 24 hr soak, and you can actually buy beef or chicken broth in cartons. Add a little of that to the soak. And Oatmeal. To thicken in the last 5 minutes of the rice. (Not quick oats, the old school stuff)... and there is a reason I did this. I wanted the the thickening because occasionally she would have accidents in the middle of the night, ie, pee because I would water it down with hot tap water to warm it up out of the fridge. F- it... I use the microwave now, and that has gone over real well ... but whatever. The raw oats cook down and it's a great healthy bulk filler. If you use the microwave though, obviously don't use too long, and stir it either way before you serve. Freddie and BKR----> the beans were a genius suggestion.
I've been cooking for my mutt everyday since most all his teeth had to be removed several years ago. It's a labor of love and he's healthier. He had a couple bad teeth when we adopted him and then they all pretty much went a couple years later.