HHY Nutrition

Elevated standards

From your pup’s wagging tail to the tip of their tongue, your dog’s wellness is always a top priority at HHY!  ♥♥♥

Your new fur-baby should be fed 2 times a day with a healthy treat or two in-between meals. Your new fur-baby has been introduced to many different types of proteins, including lamb, turkey, venison, duck, goose, pork, beef and some chicken. Notice I don’t mention chicken 1st.  Chicken is good but not nearly as healthy as good as maybe it once was and tends to be over-done full of steroids, hormones etc….So keep things mixed up! Grass fed, organic and do go to your local butcher if you have one.

With that said we feed freeze dried raw patties in the Morning 1 per adult yorkie or 3 mini puppy patties per puppy 🐶 broken up and rehydrate with bone broth & hot water blend and or warm goats milk. Be sure it has a fluid for hydration purposes. Fluids will help keep your dog hydrated and their bladder healthy preventing UTI’s always add fluids to all your dog’s meals…Even if it’s just warm water.  Sonetimes i add a poached egg and sardine or blueberries or cheese even…We also do Breakfast days and do scrambled eggs, with grounded up egg shells (ground up egg shells powder is done by cleaning eggs shells by rinsing and removing membranes. Let dry. Then I toast slightly and then i ground up into a powder useing my molcajete) Ikeep powder in tight container in fridge to sprinkle on food when needed.

Scrambled eggs make a great AM breakfast here and there.

For  Dinner we now make our own homemade food every two weeks and put it in a food processor and freeze in proportions of 1- regular size ice cream scoop  ball for our dogs in Tupperware layered  on top of one another with wax paper  and pull out weekly feeding for dinner and put in the fridge. Yes we do reheat and add again bone broth and water mix or goats milk.

Here is a balance dog food recipe that you can play with and adjust your herbs, spices, and proteins to play off of. Lots of information online and groups for great recipe ideas as well but this gives you an example of the meat and organ meat importance along with important antioxidants and good fats. Remember keep things mixed up. Do not let them get bored with their foods…

1)      My go to Goats milk Micro-ingredients, Answers or local raw!! (health-food store or Franks market for my locals)

2)      My go to non-homemade bone broth Brutus, stella & chewy or primlavore

3)      My go to freeze dried raw patties/nuggets are  Stella & chewy, Orijen or Primal

Recipe

1)      7lbs to 9lbs of protein such as turkey, lean ground beef, ground pork, ground venison etc…

2)      1.5 cups of hemp seed or chia seeds or sun flower or flax seed…

3)      16oz canned sardines in water (drained) (no salt added is best) or 4Tble spoons of cod oil

4)      4Tbl spoons of ground ginger

5)      4Tbl spoons of kelp powder or spirulina powder

6)      2Tbl of organic Moringa powder

7)      8-organic free range eggs

8)      4-egg shells

9)      15oz of pure pumpkin puree (not pie mix!)

10)   8oz of beef liver do 12-oz if you used bird as your protein option

11)   8oz of broccoli

12)   8oz of green beans or carrots or zucchini or sweet potatoes, peas, squash, maybe a lil of each!

13)   8oz of red or green bell-pepper  or a lil of both

14) 2 cups of brown rice or jasmin rice or 1 cup rice and 1 cup lentils add a liquid 2 cups of bone broth or water about a cup or more depending on my size and if I added rice or lentils.

15) add ¼ Cup applecider vinegar

This recipe is the best starting point for a homemade dog recipe ideas and a helpful guide.… But don’t be afraid to play a little with it & keep things mixed up.

I often add a pinch or two of a Celtic salt and Himalayan salt blend I keep on my counter. A little goes a long ways and helps with electrolytes something all of our bodies need including your fur-babies. And I even add coconut oil sometimes. Spices like rosemary, barley, parsley are all great for dogs! They can have many herbs and spices! When is question just ask google!

I also like to get the discounted local beef  bone in like steaks to slow cook in the batch then when done ill remove meat and discard bone, essentially making my own bone broth while cooking  the dog food.

I cook this two ways that work

(1st option )

I slow cook everything for about an hour or longer depending upon how many times I doubled my recipe. So cook until done… I bake at 365 in a huge casserole dish or foil roaster pan and slow bake it.

After done I let cool for about an hour. Then separate and discard any bones I incorporated while cooking for extra health benefits.

I throw everything in parts in a food processor in parts placing in a huge tuber-ware as I go continually mixing each processed proportion together until all is processed and done. (Mix..mix..mix)

When completed I use a regular sized ice cream scoop leveling off top and scoop on to wax paper in rows and layered wax paper until Tupper-ware is full of my nicely proportion sized homemade dog food balls of goodness. A perfect size for our yorkies!

I freeze all Tupperware’s except one I keep in fridge and rotate out when it’s gone with one from freezer only pulling out a weeks’ worth at a time.

(2nd option )

I use a large stock pot and start by browning and breaking down all the meat or chopping it into smaller pieces. Once the meat is medium-well cooked, I drain the excess fat. Then I add the rice and lentils and mix everything together well.

Next, I add my fluids and herbs, making sure there’s enough liquid to cover the meat and rice by about 1–2 inches. I layer the vegetables on top and bring everything to a slow boil over medium heat (around 4–5 on the stovetop).

Once boiling, I cover it with a tight-fitting lid and let it cook for about 15 minutes. After that, I turn the heat off without lifting the lid and let it sit in the stock pot for at least an hour, or until cooled.

When it’s ready, I give everything a good stir and divide the mixture into Tupperware containers. I add the probiotic powder of my choice and mix it in thoroughly. I freeze most of the containers and keep one in the fridge for daily use.

For serving size, I use one regular ice cream scoop per adult Yorkie.

This method keeps more texture, color, and variety since it’s not processed through a food processor. Again, keep things mixed up with different proteins and vegetables. Dogs get bored with the same foods too.

I typically feed Am RAW feedings and PM homemade feedings

Side note: I often use freeze-dried liver and heart treats, so I don’t always add them directly into meals. Same with sardines and pumpkin — I like using them as healthy treats instead. As long as they’re included throughout their diet, that’s what matters. Don’t overcomplicate things. Raw feeding plays a huge role in keeping everything balanced and is an important part of this approach. Pulling away from mass-produced commercial dog food is the key. Real, whole foods truly are a game changer.

TREATS & SUCH

Making homemade treats are fun and you can be creative along with getting your dog into licking mats.  So many great recipes on line!...Have at it! Some in which target ailments your pets may go thru in the future with age. So get them started now!

Licking mats can keep them busy and promote good dental health and homemade dog treats can be as simple as a few blueberries to frozen whole fat Greek-yogurt that you can make by putting in silicone molds and even add a couple berries to it.

Silicone molds are a must!

When thinking of treats think of always freeze dried raw or real whole foods! Ingredients matter. Treats should not be complicated and be healthy.  A piece of real cheddar, a sweet potato wedge and apple slice or 2-deseeded, a Sardine, a piece of steak etc. Don’t over complicate it! Our dogs often line up in the kitchen when I’m making us humans a salad ….I toss them cucumbers, goat cheez, berries and more…They love salad making days! lol

Store bought treats often have crap in it…You’ll have better luck with freeze dried over everything else you will find at your stores…I like the Stewart brand freeze dried liver pieces…just be sure you break them in half when they are too big. To big is often with these tiny breeds you’ll find…So Smushing and or cutting in half is typical to avoid choking…because yes even some blueberries are to big! So just smash a lil between your fingers.

Only give your dog filtered water!

In all I promise you if you feed your dogs in this way, they will eat and rarely have if ever any food allergies and when you sneak away for a fast-food treat and the French fry hits the floor…You won’t worry about your dog getting sick and having diarrhea, because their stomachs are used to real foods. Fried Fries are not really good for anyone naturally but it shouldn’t send your dog or you over the edge when he or she gets one or two from off the floor…We all know how quick they can be! A dog not use to a normal whole food diet..sure!... but not our yorkies!