Currently looking around for the best frenchie home made recipes. Of course I know one set diet isnāt going to work for every frenchie. I have a small and compact female that has a sensitive stomach along with extreme gas. I also have a fluffy male who was have skin issues(bumpy skin) but iāve seem to have got that over control with supplements. I am hoping for suggestions to meal prep from them weekly. Hoping to find something that works on a spectrum for the both of them but again of course Iām open to different additives based on eachās individual needs. I have perviously meal prepped weekly for my American Bullies but thee recipes I used for them have different ingredients and larger quantities. (Not everything would be acceptable for our frenchies. ) So any help is appreciated! Thank you everyone in advance!
For frenchies(and dogs in general),
Raw diet is best , have you thought about feeding raw diet? Thatās the best for them especially since they are prone to health issues, and diet is the main factor to prevent and treat health issues.
Next best is a balanced homemade.
Dogs Naturally magazine has balanced homemade and raw diet recipes which Are good.
Nervous to try making your dog's food yourself? Try out these simple recipes for raw dog food for healthy, nutritious meals.
www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com
These recipes you can cook or feed raw(there is other protein recipes too):
Nutritious and easy-to-make, beef and broccoli adult dog food recipe, treat your dog to this delicious meal, and feel good making it!
www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com
I Highly recommend Rotating proteins to prevent new food allergies.
Rusty became allergic to pork from eating it 60 days in a row without variety, now he is severely allergic to pork!
I recommend staying away from chicken, and rotate Thru other proteins as much as you can.
I rotate thru 5 different premade raw foods in 1 week cause every protein has its own benefits too, but I rotate thru the 5 different raw formulas in 1 week cause he likes variety(rotating also prevents picky eaters- would you want to eat the same thing every day??), but Rusty is extra picky for why I rotate that much in a week.
However, you can always do 1 week of a protein and then the next week is something else, or however it works for you, I recommend at least 3-4 proteins to rotate thru a month, the more the better.
Do you have any premade raw diet available to you at any pet store or local delivery?
Where are you located?
I can recommend some good premade brands.
I find itās cheaper to buy the premade raw and probably would be the same as making the raw recipes I linked above from dogs naturally.
When I was cooking for Rusty, it took LOTS of time, but it costed over $300 per month to cook for him.
The raw I pay less than half of that to buy the premade raw and I am giving him more variety with the raw, and itās balanced.
There is also Raised Right Gently cooked human grade for dogs, thatās a good one and itās premade too. But that can be expensive and hard to get sometimes and I found since he developed allergy to pork, there was only 2 proteins I can rotate thru which In my opinion isnāt enough variety.
Also If your cooking for them there is some websites with āUnbalanced ārecipes, and I highly recommend staying away from Rice, potatoes, and legumes and some squash, those can cause yeast and be highly inflammatory to these dogs especially since they are prone to health issues and with allergies I recommend avoiding all the carbs as that feeds the yeast that are a issue with dogs with allergies.
And I recommend Avoiding added vitamins/minerals and vitamin minerals supplements as itās synthetic vitamins can definitely be a issue and can imbalance the diet(they could get excess or less if a mineral for example).
Cause cooking at high temperatures can lose the Nutrients and synthetic vitamins arenāt good for dogs with allergies cause most of them isnāt absorbed and it can create inflammation and allergies and crystals/stones in the urine.
What supplements did you find that worked for the bumpy skin?
Bovine colostrum is great for allergies , omega 3(I give Four Leaf Rover Safe Sea cause green lipped mussel oil is less likely to go rancid and cause inflammation).
Probiotics are really beneficial to for allergies. I buy Four Leaf Rover brand (Gut Guard and Protect probiotics) for Rusty and my other dog gets Adored Beast Brand probiotics(all of them I rotate thru).
I recommend avoiding recipes with corn, cottage cheese(some online dog recipes do say to add it), grains also avoid cause can be inflammatory and cause health issues especially for allergies. Yogurt and any milk avoid as well can cause health issues from inflammation.
What are they eating now?
