Index of Home Made Diets on this page (referenced Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, 4th Edition, Hand et al)

  1. Adult Dog Maintenance
  2. Adult Cat Maintenance
  3. Dog Reduced Protein Low Phosphorus
  4. Cat Reduced Protein Low Phosphorus
  5. Adult Dog Low Fat
  6. Adult Cat Low Fat
  7. Adult Dog Low Residue
  8. Dog Cancer Diet

Adult Dog Maintenance Diet (daily allowance for 18kg dog)

  • 240g cooked carbohydrate (rice, oatmeal, potato, pasta & various infant cereals)
  • 120g cooked meat (all typical meats, poultry, fish)
  • 10g fat (chicken fat, beef fat, vegetable oil or fish oil)
  • 30g fibre (high fibre cereals such as All Bran or Fibre One, or raw or cooked vegetables
  • 4g bone meal (an alternative is dicalcium phosphate)
  • 1g potassium chloride (called salt substitute)
  • 1 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (9g/tablet)

Adult Cat Maintenance (daily allowance for 4.5kg cat)

  • 60g cooked carbohydrate (rice, oatmeal, potato, pasta & various infant cereals)
  • 40g cooked meat (all typical meats, poultry, fish)
  • 10g fat (chicken fat, beef fat, vegetable oil or fish oil)
  • 1.2g bone meal (an alternative is dicalcium phosphate)
  • 1g potassium chloride (called salt substitute) or sodium chloride
  • 0.5g taurine
  • 0.5 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (9g/tablet)

Adult Dog Reduced Protein Low Phosphorus (daily allowance for 18kg dog)

  • 237g cooked rice flavoured with meat broth from cooking (can substitute rice baby cereal)
  • 78g cooked beef, retain fat
  • 20g large boiled egg
  • 50g white bread
  • 3g vegetable oil
  • 1.5g calcium carbonate
  • 0.5g iodised salt
  • 1 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet

Adult Cat Reduced Protein Low Phosphorus Diet (daily allowance for 4.5kg cat)

  • 21g cooked chicken liver
  • 98g cooked white rice flavoured with broth from cooked meat (alternatively rice baby cereal)
  • 21g cooked chicken
  • 7g vegetable oil
  • 0.7g calcium carbonate
  • 0.5g iodised salt
  • 0.5g potassium chloride (salt substitute)
  • 0.5 to 1x 500mg taurine tablet
  • 0.5 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (9g/tablet)

Adult Dog Low Fat Diet (daily allowance for 18kg dog)

  • 65g cooked chicken
  • 81g large boiled egg
  • 325g cooked white rice flavoured with meat broth or rice baby cereal
  • 26g cereal All Bran
  • 2g calcium carbonate
  • 1g iodised salt
  • 1g potassium chloride (salt substitute)
  • 1 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (9g/tablet)

Adult Cat Low Fat Diet (daily allowance for 4.5kg cat)

  • 125g cooked chicken liver
  • 46g cooked white rice flavoured with meat broth (atternatively rice baby cereal)
  • 8g cereal All Bran
  • 1.2g calcium carbonate
  • 0.3g iodised salt
  • 0.3g potassium chloride (salt substitute)
  • 0.5 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (9g/tablet)
  • 0.5 to 1x 500g taurine tablet

Adult Dog Low Residue Diet (daily allowance for 18kg dog)

  • 232g cooked white rice
  • 232g cottage cheese
  • 116g large boiled egg
  • 2g vegetable oil
  • 1g potassium chloride (salt substitute)
  • 1g calcium carbonate
  • 1 human adult vitamin-mineral tablet

Dog Cancer Diet (makes 3 days of food for 12-15kg dog) by Veterinary Oncologist Greg Ogilvie

  • 454g lean ground beef, fat drained
  • 227g (1 1/3 cups) cooked white rice
  • 138g liver, beef, cooked and diced
  • 63g (4 ½ Tbs) vegetable oil
  • 9g fish oil(9×1000-mg fish oil capsules)*
  • 3.3g calcium carbonate**
  • 2.9g (3/4 tsp) dicalcium phosphate*** (3/4 tsp)
  • 1.9g (1/3 tsp) salt substitute (potassium chloride)

* Note: Owners are encouraged to feed the highest fish (or preferably docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) oil dose tolerated by the dog.

** Calcium carbonate is available as oyster shell calcium tablets or TumsÒ tablets (0.5 g in regular Tums, 0.75 g in Tums Extra and 1.0 g in Tums Ultra).

*** Bone meal can be used in place of dicalcium phosphate.

Directions:

Cook the rice with salt substitute added to the water. Cook the ground beef and drain the fat. Cook the liver and dice or finely chop into small pieces. Pulverize the calcium carbonate and vitamin/mineral tablets. Mix the vegetable oil, fish oil (break open capsules) and supplements with the rice and then add the cooked ground beef and liver. Mix well, cover and refrigerate. Feed approximately one-third of this mixture each day to a 25-30 pound dog. Palatability will be increased if the daily portion is heated to approximately body temperature (Caution: when using microwave, avoid “hot spots,” which can burn the mouth).

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