Here it is a recipe that I'm sure your sheepie will love!

With all the hoopla about BARF diets and such, I asked several vets and some breeders (none of the OES breeders!.. you don't have an idea of how hard is to find a properly bred OES puppy in Mexico :(), added with a comprehensive research over dog nutrition, and here's what I've found:

2.2 Lbs of boiled rice
2.2 Lbs of boiled broccoli (5 minutes will suffice)
1 Lb oz fresh zucchini ((or just passed over boiling water if you prefer)
2 Lb of fresh chicken giblets (liver, gizzard and heart preferred)
1 Lb of minced meat (preferably ground lamb or beef)
2-4 tea bags of chamomile and/or anise (for the broccoli and zucchini)
1 Lb of whole bran cereal flakes and/or oatmeal (I use Quaker Bran Flakes)
4 tablespoons of chicken soup in powder
a few leaves of aurel and mint (for the chicken)
4 tablespoons of salt

The procedure is simple, you first cook the chicken giblets and minced meat in boiling water, then you add the chicken liver (it's more delicate so needs less cooking time), the mint and laurel leaves, then salt and chicken soup powder, and after 15-20 minutes they are cooked (you can also add other chicken parts to add some fat and flavor). Take them out and SAVE the remaining "chicken soup" aka used boiled water.

In a separate container, boil the broccoli and the zucchini (5-10 minutes will suffice) using the chamomile/anise tea bags in them. After cooking the vegetables, dry them and discard the used water.

After that, take out the water you used in cooking the meats (after all it's a proper chicken soup) you use it in boiling the rice until it's well cooked and add a little salt and chicken soup powder (the less sodium the better).

After all the ingredients are cooked, you can start mixing them (I use an industrial-strength Kitchenaid food processor), gradually incorporating the rice, the giblets and ground meat (it's easier if you mashed the cooked vegetables beforehand) and the bran/oatmeal cereal.

After you finish mixing all of the ingredients, you should have a very nice "dough" that smells surprisingly well (honest!)... you can let it cool before you put it in the freezer (if it was properly frozen it holds out very well for about 6 weeks). The portions I listed above are good for about 4 weeks of "healthy pudding", but be prepared to have a decent food processor and either a BIG Tupperware container or several smaller ones so you can cope with all that dough (it's easier if you have 8-10 smaller containers, so you can freeze smaller portions).

Before you serve it, you take a knife and cut a little "slice" (just as if you were to serve a slice of pie), heat it on the microwave for a minute or so, and Luque can have her dinner.

I usually give her about 1/4 Lb. slice with each meal, along with her kibble (Royal Canin or Eukanuba) and she's very happy.
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Sounds yummy.... I think it's good enough for me!
Ron wrote:
Sounds yummy.... I think it's good enough for me!


ron that's worse than posting the tick pic
Ron wrote:
Sounds yummy.... I think it's good enough for me!


I second that... Sounds really yummy.
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