Our frozen minced chicken is suitable for you to mix it into your pet's daily diet to ensure it gets a balanced and nutrional daily intake of protein. You can easily mix it with our other frozen meats (beef & fish especially) to give your pet the best diet available. Don't forget to feed them fruits and vegetables that can rev up important nutrients in their diet. Our meats are 100% preservative-free unlike pet store bought 'meat' which has other ingredients added in.
Dogs are carnivores – scavenging carnivores, to be exact. This means they are meat-eaters who can survive on plant material alone if necessary. Surviving, of course, is not the same as thriving. And why WOULD a pet owner choose to feed his dog a “survival” diet that is meat-free, when he could feed a species-appropriate, meat-based diet that would help his dog thrive and flourish?
From a nutritional standpoint, canines require 22 essential amino acids to handle all their metabolic and energy requirements, but their bodies are only able to produce 12 of the 22. The other 10 must come from the food they eat. And a dog’s protein sources should provide a wide spectrum of amino acids – these protein sources include beef, bison, chicken, eggs, fish, lamb, turkey, duck, venison, elk and goat.
Protein is a crucial component of every cell in your dog's body. Essential amino acids from high quality animal protein build healthy cells, organs, muscles, enzymes and hormones.Dietary fat provides energy, essential vitamins and fatty acids. Fatty acids from animal sources are important for healing, normal cell membrane synthesis, reproduction and a healthy coat and skin.
Nature designed dogs with the teeth, jaws, GI tract and palate of carnivores for a reason!
Cooking Method:
- Place chicken, vegetables, and rice into a large saucepan. Stir in water until the mixture is smooth. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and all of the liquid has been absorbed, about 25 minutes. Cool completely before serving; store covered in the refrigerator.
This is a great healthy recipe for dogs and can be cut in half for smaller dogs. This recipe lasts about 3 days for 2 large Golden retrievers.
Raw vs Cooked?
There are benefits for letting you pet (cats and dogs consume raw meat), below are some good reasons why it is good for you to alternate between raw and cooked meat for your pet.
1) Stronger, Healthier Gums
The consumption of the proper, natural form of food for carnivores, along with all its scrubbing benefits, as well as the bioavailable nutrients such minimally processed foods contain, all help to promote both superior gum health as well as excellent overall oral health.
2) Improved Nutrient Assimilation
Since the digestive systems of carnivores like cats and dogs are specifically designed to digest and derive their nourishment from the raw meat, bones and organs of other animals, it’s this food which supplies them with the most ideal, bioavailable, and easily assimilated nutrients.
3) Weight Control
Overweight and even obesity in pets, especially those that eat mostly dried manufactured food, is an increasing problem. But most all pets that are started on raw very early in life as puppies or kittens have no problems with their weight, and many overweight animals that are transitioned to raw tend to lose excess ounces and pounds with time.
4) Less Stinky Stools
The stools that come out of dogs and cats fed commercial pet food are usually unnaturally large and extremely foul smelling. They also seem to take forever to break down. By comparison, a raw fed pet’s poop is much smaller, has very little odor, and rapidly crumbles to ash, quickly and easily biodegrading back into the earth – just like the natural scat of a wild carnivore.
5) Fresher Breath
Contrary to popular belief that feeding your pet raw food would give them 'bad breathe'. Most dogs and cats that eat nothing but commercial pet food day after day have notoriously and often seriously nasty “doggy/kitty breath.” However just about anyone who has a totally raw fed dog or cat will tell you that their pet’s breath is MUCH less offensive than that of pets that eat nothing but conventional pet food.
6) Healthy Mental, Psychological and Physical Stimulation
When a dog or cat eats some whole raw food, they’re compelled to use their minds, psyches and bodies in ways they never would just mindlessly lapping up a bowl of pet food or canned food. Feeding our pets raw puts them in touch with their natural, innate, dynamic instincts in a way that feeding them junk pet food simply never can. Many folks who switch their pets are pleasantly surprised to discover that their animals suddenly seem to get friendlier and more interactive, and some even become more sociable and affectionate!