NUTRIENTS NEEDED IN HOMEMADE PLANT-BASED DOG FOOD
Your dog will love you for choosing goodness instead of ingredients as they can smell rather than see the nutrients in the homemade food and they are able to smell every amino acid!
Top protein sources 50% of each meal
LENTILS AND ALFALFA (BEST SPROUTED OR SOAK DRY LENTILS FOR 24 HOURS), RED KIDNEY BEANS, BUTTER BEANS, BLACK-EYED BEANS, TOFU, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN, PEAS, CHICKPEAS, PUMPKIN SEED AND CHIA – IN PROTEIN POWDER FORM FOR OPTIMUM ABSORPTION OR SOAK AND RINSE ANY SEEDS
Top wholegrain sources 20% of each meal
WHOLEWHEAT PASTA, OATS, QUINOA (RINSE WELL BEFORE USE OR IS BITTER), PEARL BARLEY, BROWN RICE, COUSCOUS
Top colourful veg sources 10% of each meal
SWEET POTATO WITHOUT SKIN, ANY SQUASH, SWEDE, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, PARSNIPS, BEETROOTS, TURNIPS, CARROTS
Top green veg sources 10% of each meal
KALE, BROCCOLI, GREEN BEANS, ASPARAGUS, COURGETTES, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, (SPINACH, BEET GREENS AND SWISS CHARD GOOD BUT IN MODERATION AS HIGH IN OXALATES THAT FORM KIDNEY STONES), CABBAGE, BRUSSEL SPROUTS – (NO ONIONS, LEEKS OR GARLIC)
Top fruit sources 5% of each meal
BANANAS, APPLES AND PEARS (NO PIPS), ORANGES, BLUEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, MELON – (NO GRAPES OR RAISINS)
Top nut and seed sources 5% of each meal
ALMONDS, PURE PEANUT BUTTER, TAHINI PASTE, CRUSHED LINSEED, GROUND PUMPKIN SEEDS, CASHEW NUTS (NO MACADAMIA NUTS)
Top Omega 6 sources
SUNFLOWER OIL HAS THE HIGHEST LINOLEIC ACID CONTENT SO FEED 1 TSP/DAY IN THE FOOD FOR A 15KG DOG. OTHER GOOD SOURCES ARE LINSEED OIL (FLAXSEED), SESAME OIL OR BORAGE OIL
Top Calcium Sources
COOKED KALE, SWISS CHARD, BEETROOT TOPS, TAHINI PASTE OR ANY OF THE PLANT-BASED MILK ALTERNATIVES
Top Omega 3 source
ALGAE OIL CAPSULES PROVIDE THE BEST SOURCES OF PURE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EPA AND DHA – WHERE FISH GET THEIR OMEGA 3’S FROM
Top Vitamin B source
NUTRITIONAL YEAST FLAKES FOR VITAMIN B, ZINC AND PROTEIN. IF SKIN YEAST SMELL, GIVE CRUSHED VIT B TABLETS INSTEAD
Top Urinary Acidifiers
PLANT-BASED DIETS TEND TO BE ALKALINE-PROMOTING FOODS. IF RECURRENT INFECTIONS IN YOUR DOG, MUST ADD SUPPLEMENTS WITH METHIONINE. ASPARAGUS, PEAS, BROWN RICE, OATS, LENTILS AND YEAST ARE ACIDIFYING.
Top Iodine Source
MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON, CHLORELLA, SEA VEGETABLES, PLAQUE OFF
Top palatability supplement for fussy dogs
TAHINI PASTE, NUTRITIONAL YEAST, PURE PEANUT BUTTER, MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON TO GIVE AN UMAMI OCEAN FLAVOUR, OREGANO, MINT, THYME OR BASIL TO GIVE A FAMILIAR FLAVOUR
Top supplements to add
TAURINE AND L-CARNITINE NEEDS SUPPLEMENTING AS WELL AS VIT D, VIT B12, SULPHUR AMINO ACIDS AND CALCIUM – VEGDOG SUPPLEMENT POWDER SUPPLIES THESE

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