Homemade Dog Food

Highly active working dogs, pregnant and nursing mother dogs, and underweight dogs may all benefit from a high-calorie diet or high-calorie supplements. High-calorie dog food includes real meat protein and essential minerals. You can buy commercial, high-calorie dog foods, but making the food at home ensures your dogs get the protein and amino acids they need and lets you customize the feed to your dog's size. Many dog breeders and experts recommend a ground-meat-based recipe called Satin Balls. Preparation Step 1 Plastic bags plastic bags Image Credit: daizuoxin/iStock/Getty Images  Open the tops of the12 freezer bags and place on counter.  Video of the Day Step 2 Bowl of oat flakes dry oatmeal Image Credit: Baiba Zemgaliete/iStock/Getty Images  Mix the Total, oatmeal and wheat germ together in a large bowl. Step 3 Salt shaker with metal lid salt Image Credit: rsester/iStock/Getty Images  Add the oil, molasses and salt, and mix well. Step 4 Eggs basket of eggs Image Credit: Tharakorn/iStock/Getty Images Related Stories ... Dogs How To Make Your Own Tasty & Soft Dog Treats ... Other Animals How to Make Pellets for Feeding Tilapia Colorful candies background Dogs 105 Sweet Dog Names Inspired By Candy  Crack the eggs into the bowl, then crush the eggshells and add into the mixture. Step 5 Mixing Bowl woman mixing ingredients Image Credit: Marc le Roux/iStock/Getty Images  Pour in the gelatin, and mix all the ingredients well. Step 6 Cooking with ground beef raw hamburger meat Image Credit: Elenathewise/iStock/Getty Images  Add the raw hamburger and knead it until all ingredients are combined into a meatloaf consistency.  Advertisement Step 7 Cooking with ground beef woman making hamburger meatballs Image Credit: Elena Elisseeva/Hemera/Getty Images  Roll the mixture into 1 to 2 inch diameter meatballs. Step 8 Woman looking in freezer woman looking in freezer Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images  Place the meatballs into the freezer bags and store in your freezer until you are ready to use them. Feed them thawed and raw, as needed.