Your Dog & Puppy by Joe Inglis

Author:Joe Inglis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Greatest Guides Limited
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

The ideal diet for a diabetic dog will contain lots of so-called ‘complex carbohydrates’ such as starch, and also plenty of fiber, 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 vet. 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 fiber, 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 broccoli, finely chopped

▪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 it 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 until tender (less if you are using white rice).

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 every week or so.

VENISON, RABBIT OR DUCK AND POTATO

– THE HYPOALLERGENIC DIET

Food intolerances and allergies are relatively common in dogs and can be serious problems. Intolerances are when the dog can’t digest a certain food, such as milk, whereas allergies are more serious and involve nasty reactions to food, including itching skin and diarrhea.

If your dog has a food intolerance or allergy, your vet will probably recommend a suitable hypoallergenic diet, which is free of the particular foods your dog reacts to. Whilst it is ideal to stick to this food as much as you can, there is nothing wrong with cooking a tasty meal for your dog every now and then, as long as it is also free of whatever is causing your dog’s symptoms.

This recipe is designed to suit most intolerant or allergic dogs, but it’s important to check with your vet before using this, or any recipe, to make sure it won’t cause problems.

For enough for several meals (it’s easily freezable), you will need:

▪450g venison, rabbit or duck – minced*

▪450g potatoes

▪2 eggs

▪2 carrots

* Most dogs will be fine on venison, rabbit or duck, but obviously avoid any of these if your vet advises that your dog could be allergic or intolerant to them.

Dice the potatoes and carrots, boil them until tender and then drain and mash together. Meanwhile, hardboil the eggs and,

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