Commercial Dog Food

I feed my dogs a little commercial dry dog food (dry kibble) once a day after their usual home-cooked dinner. Recently I have been reading a lot of articles from the internet on pet food recalled and also ingredients of commercial pet food. I fe el so guilty of feeding my dogs with such unhealthy food. I am thinking of not feeding them any commercial dry food from now on. As if later, they developed any serious illness, I do not know what to do as there are no Animal Hospital in Brunei and the local vets are not fully equipped.

According to one of the articles from the internet, one of the main ingredient we see from the commercial dog food is "Meat-by-product", Meat by-product refers to animal parts that are not actually meat and often includes intestines, bones, brain, stomach, lungs, kidneys etc. Disgusting!

Preservatives are also one of the dangerous additions to dog food. They are used to extend the shelf-life of the products, improve the tastes. Common preservatives are BHT, BHA, Ethoxyquin which is used as pesticide.

And those colorful kibbles, red & green are all colorings which is also harmful to our dogs.

There's a recent recall of Pedigree Dog & Cat Treat in the U.S. and also IAMS pet food has been boycotted by some countries as they used animals to test on their products.

I know & agreed that commercial dog food is the most convenient way to feed our dog as everyone of us have to work and we really do not have time to cook for our dogs and commercial dog food is more cheaper as compare with home-cooked meal.

For those that can afford, it's really better to cook for your dogs, it does not have to be difficult & time consuming. You can cook the food in advance during the evening and warm the food before serving to your dogs. For myself, I cooked with a slow cooker and when approaching meal time, I heat the food up with the slow cooker before serving to my dogs.

Think about it...we are feeding rubbish, unwanted waste to our lovely dogs....

Even baby milk powders can contain Melamine...what more can be added to pet food...

Sweet Sweet Potato Biscuit

This Saturday, I am going to bake "Sweet Sweet Potato Biscuit" for my dogs and on Sunday afternoon, I am going to bake "Apple Cake" for my boys & girls

I will be uploading the pictures for the "Sweet Sweet Potato Biscuit" on Saturday evening and for the "Apple Cake" I will upload the picture on Sunday evening.

My dogs enjoy a few slice of fresh apples twice a week...healthy evening treats.

I have stopped buying them commercial treats after reading news/reports on many pet food/treats recalled. You never know what the manufacturers put in when making those lovely looking treats.

For my home-made treats, at least I know what ingredients I have used to make those treats. I also try out some of the biscuits that I baked for my dogs, the biscuits smell so nice and crunchy only that it is tasteless to me as no sugar added in all dog biscuits. Except for the "Chicken Liver Biscuit" I do not dare to try out as I really caould not stand the smell of the chicken liver..he..he

Crunchy Carrot Biscuit Recipe

Crunchy Carrot Biscuit

Ingredients:-

500gm whole Wheat Flour
225ml Water
1 cup freshly grated carrots
2 tablespoon veggie oil
2 tablespoon Honey

Method:

1) Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly to combine
2)Roll out dough to floured surface to about 6mm thick. Using a cookie cutter to cut into shape.
3) Placed biscuits on baking sheets and baked in a preheated 170 degree celsius oven for 30-35 minutes

Happy Baking!

Chicken Liver Biscuit

Today's menu is "Chicken Liver Biscuit"..a new recipe to try out

I have just finished baking all the Chicken Liver Biscuit...honestly I really could not stand the smell of chicken liver..but the dogs love it..got to bear with it

A lot of preparation need to be done for making this biscuit...first I have to make the chicken broth using chicken bone, cooked from mid morning till noon then after the chicken broth is ready, I cleaned the liver, cut out all the fats and cooked the liver then blend it into a Puree...then the normal biscuit making process...continue...

Crunchy Carrot Biscuit

My dogs are running out of biscuits so last night I have to bake them some biscuit, I tried a new recipe 'Crunchy Carrot Biscuit', I am so glad that the biscuits turn out well, its crunchy and with the smell of carrots. Yummy...yummy.

Each time when I bake dog biscuits, I tried to make them hard & crunchy so that it helps to clean their teeth.

I am so happy that my dogs love all the biscuits and treats that I've baked for them.

Chicken Liver Biscuit

This weekend I am going to bake "Chicken Liver Biscuit", my dogs are crazy of liver so I guess this biscuit will make them go crazy asking for more & more biscuits. I will upload the pics of the biscuit on Sunday.

Doggie Breakfast Recipe

Steam Oatmeal Porrridge (for 1 dog)

Ingredient:
2 tablespoon of Oatmeal
1 cup of fresh chicken broth
1 tablespoon of green peas

Method:

1) In a bow, add in Oatmeal, Chicken broth & Green peas
2) Put it in a Steamer and steam for 20 minutes
3) pls let the Oatmeal porridge cool down before serving it to your dogs