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There’s nothing quite like home cooking to bring
a smile to your face – and a wag to the tail of your dog! I’ve specially designed all of these recipes – with a little help from a certain dog – so they are easy for you to cook at home for your dog, and I’ve made sure they’re all really healthy and totally tasty.

There are everyday meals, which you can feed along with your dog’s Joe & Jack’s, and special meals for those one-off occasions such as doggy birthdays – and even some recipes designed for elderly dogs and dogs with health problems such as diabetes.

If you and your dog enjoy trying out some of these recipes, don’t forget to look out at our complete book range

 

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Special Meals

Chicken Soup - for the sickly dog

This is a great recipe for any ill dog. It’s full of goodness from the chicken and veg, and it’s easily eaten and digested. If your dog is a bit below par, or recovering from something more serious, this recipe is ideal and guaranteed to get him back on the road to recovery.

You’ll need:

  • 2 Chicken drumsticks
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 potato
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1 stock cube

It’s really easy this one – just cover the chicken and chopped up veg with boiling water and simmer on a low heat for thirty minutes. Then fish out the chicken, remove the bones and return the meat to the pan. Sprinkle in the parsley and allow to cool. Best served slightly warm.

Beefy Rice - for the diabetic dog

If you’re dog has been diagnosed with diabetes, you’ll be aware of the importance of getting her diet just right. Diabetes is a disease of the sugar control system in the body, and is generally treated in dogs by using injections of insulin, which reduce the level of sugar in the blood. These injections are only half the story though, as diet is just as crucial in keeping a good control of the amount of sugar in the system.
The ideal diet for a diabetic dog will contain lots of so-called ‘complex carbohydrates’ such as starch, and also plenty of fibre, while having low levels of simple sugars. This reduces the peaks and troughs of sugar in the blood by releasing energy gradually through the day.
The best way of getting this kind of diet right is to feed a specially formulated commercial diet from your vets. But that doesn’t mean you can’t treat her to the occasional home-cooked meal. As long as you stick to recipes like this one, which are low in sugar and high in starch and fibre, you can definitely cook up something tasty once a week or so, just to add a little variety to her life.

This basic diabetes recipe provides approximately 50% complex carbohydrates, which is ideal:

  • 750ml water
  • 1 stock cube
  • 450g lean beef, cubed
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 1 stick of celery, finely chopped
  • 100g of finely chopped broccoli
  • 100g spinach
  • 150g brown rice

 

Boil up the water and dissolve the stock cube in it. Then drop in the beef and simmer for about twenty minutes. Fish out the beef once cooked and set aside in a large bowl with the grated and finely chopped veg. Put the rice into the boiling stock and cook for about 30 minutes (less if you are using white rice) until tender.

Then drain any remaining water off the rice and pour the rice over the veg and meat, mixing well. The hot, moist rice will effectively steam the grated veggies, so they can be easily digested, but don’t lose any nutrients.

Allow this mixture to cool and then feed. It can be frozen in single serving bags, so you can defrost one once a week or so.

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