Homemade vegetarian dog food?

Question

My 17 year old springer spaniel has cirrohsis of the liver. Most dogs don't live long enough to get it, but most small dogs will get cirrohsis if they live long enough.

I need a couple of recipes that will combine pasta and veggies. Or other things that are not meat.

Rosie almost died. The vet told me she had cirrohsis of the liver and was now a vegetarian for the remainer of her life.

That was a year ago. When she gets hold of a little bit of meat, she sinks to a point that I'm afraid she'll die during the night.

Answer 1

The oldest dog, listed in Guinness book of records, died last year at the age of 27 years old. She was raised entirely on a diet of lentils and rice, with all fresh garden vegetables in season. She was healthy and active till the end, but required swimming exercise her last couple of years to stay comfortable.
To get your dog to accept a vegetarian diet, you can cook using broth from boiled meats or fish or canned, low sodium broth.

Answer 2

I only know the recipe to vegeterian dog biscuits but maybe that can work....
ingredients:
1 cup of cornmeal
pinch of salt
2 cups unbleached white flour
1 egg
3 table spoons vegtable oil
2 teaspoons chopped parsely
1 cup carrot (grated)
1. preheat the oven to 400 f
2.Mix the cornmeal salt and flower in one bowl
3.In a seperate larger bowl,whip the egg with the vegtable oil,chopped presley and the carrot.Add the flour mixture and mix until a soft dough forms.
4.Knead the dough and roll it out to half-inch thickness.
Use cookie cutters to cut the dough into canine pleasing shapes such as;bones,cars,and cats
5.Bake for 15min.Cool the biscuits before serving.
Hope this recipe helped!!

Answer 3

Why do you want to avoid meat? Dogs are carnivores even if they're not obligate carnivores, which means that while they can tolerate more grains/fruit/veggies than cats, they are still carnivores who need to eat meat.

I'm a cat person, but I've learned this much.

Unless of course there's some medical reason you were told to feed vegetarian, in which case I'll shut up!

Answer 4

Are her teeth ok? If so, Natural Balance makes a top quality dry Vegetarian Diet that you may want to look into. It certainly will be easier. : )

http://naturalbalanceinc.com/dogformulas/Vegetarian.html

Answer 5

Dogs are carnivores..they NEED meat protein in their diet. Sure they can exist on veggies and grains but it really isn't healthy for them.

**** Savanah, Dogs are NOT omnivores!!! If you were really a vet tech you would know that and would know about their scientific classification, their anatomy particularly the teeth and jaws and the digestive system.********

Answer 6

Edit: why the haters??? dogs are not carnivores they can survive on veggies....I also know pasta/rice is just carbs and its not good for us so why feed it to our pups??
some facts about Cirrhosis of the liver:
http://www.i-love-my-dogs.com/dog-liver-disease.html?gclid=CJ3jnriFrosCFRNUZQodAk_KUw
http://www.askariel.com/product_details.asp?ItemID=100
http://www.lbah.com/liver.htm
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0115.htm

EDIT: DANE LOVER!!!!!please read on....
Dogs: Omnivores or Carnivores?
Our feline friends are classified as true carnivores because they must consume meat in order to survive. Canines are just slightly different from cats in their conversion of foods for life maintenance; dogs are classified as omnivores. They can survive on a diet of either plant or animal origin if it is balanced and diverse. But to thrive and not merely survive, dogs should have a source of animal protein - MEAT - in their diets. There is a huge difference between survive and thrive! Nature made the rules of biochemistry and nutrition and we mortals have no power (and no business, for that matter) to try to bend those rules. For that reason there are truly no adequate vegetarian diets for cats. For that reason dogs thrive on diets based on meat. read this article!!
http://www.petville.com/pet_community/2006/04/dogs_omnivores_.html

Dogs are OMNIVORES they have do not HAVE to eat meat...sorry....but here is a suggestion from the vet I used to work for...it is using meat, which is really what they need, in my opinion...smile
www.carinrennings.com

Recommended Dog Diet

*Please make any switch to a new food over a 3 to 4 week time period!!! GO VERY SLOWLY!!!*Dogs are omnivores and need good quality protein, a moderate amount of fat and select carbohydrates. Vegetables are much healthier for your dog than grains (Rice, corn, wheat). Think of the Atkins diet! Here are our recommendations:

Feed human quality food: broil or bake beef, poultry or fish. Pork can be too fatty and cause pancreatitis. No salty or sweet lunch meats. That’s junk food for your dog! Add veggies to your mixture: about 2/3 meat to 1/3 veggies, preferably fresh or frozen. If you cook the vegetables with meat, it will possess the flavor that they love. Dogs need greens: spinach, kale, broccoli and the like. Maintain a variety. Wolves, foxes and coyotes periodically nibble on grasses and they eat the stomach contents of prey animals, so this is an important component of a healthy canine diet.
You must feed a multivitamin if you are going to home cook. you can purchase a good quality product at one of the natural pet food stores that we recommend on our referral list. Don’t just go to a generic pet store; many of the products sold there are sadly deficient and will not provide your dog with the supplements that he or she needs.
Flax Seed Oil provides essentials oils. Very small breed: 1/2 tsp/day, med. breed: 1 tsp, very large breeds: 1 tbsp. Keep refrigerated and introduce slowly to avoid diarrhea. Some pets like garlic and a small amount of salt. Play with spices to find what your pet prefers. Like us, they relish variety!
You can make large quantities and freeze this concoction. Partition it into meal size baggies for convenience.
If you aren’t willing to home cook, canned food tends to be a healthier choice overall than dry food. They usually contain fewer grain products. I know that’s the very opposite statement that you’ve heard from most veterinarians in the past, but research conducted in the field of nutrition has changed my viewpoint considerably. Most dry food is bound together by grains.
#1 being our favorite on down the list (based on their list of ingredients):

1.Wellness (canned)
2.Innova Evo (dry) *
3.Wysong (need multivitamin)
4.Pet Guard
5.* Innova Evo contains no grains, so it’s a nice substitute for owners that don’t like to feed canned food.

Always choose a Pet Store Brand versus a Grocery store brand if you are unable to get to a natural foods store.
- Pet Store examples would be Iams, Eukanuba, Science diet, Nutro, etc.
- Grocery store brand examples would be Fancy Feast, Frisky’s, Purina, etc.
- Generic is the worst: Safeway, Giant, etc.
*** Read labels for the best quality protein content and least amount of grains. ***