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The homemade version of the
Veterinary Recommended dry dog food
 (cancer) formulation is as follows :

Homemade Canine Cancer Diet

The following recipe will make three days
worth of food for a 25-30 pound dog.


                                 Ingredients                                        Amount
                                 Lean ground beef, fat drained          454 grams (1 pound)
                                 Rice, cooked                                    227 grams (1 1/3 cups)
                                 Liver, beef                                        138 grams (1/3 pound)
                                 Vegetable oil                                     63 grams (4 ½ Tbs)
                                 Fish oil                                              9 grams
                                        (9 1000-mg fish oil capsules)*
                                 Calcium carbonate                            3.3 grams**
                                 Dicalcium phosphate***                    2.9 grams (3/4 tsp)
                                 Salt substitute (potassium chloride)   1.9 grams (1/3 tsp)
                                 Balanced vitamin/trace mineral supplement


* Note:  Owners are encouraged to feed
the highest fish oil dose tolerated by the dog.

** Calcium carbonate is available as oyster shell calcium
tablets or Tums tablets (0.5 g in regular Tums, 0.75 g in
Tums Extra and 1.0 g in Tums Ultra).

*** Bone meal can be used in place of dicalcium phosphate.

Directions:
Cook the rice with salt substitute added to the water. Cook
the ground beef and drain the fat. Cook the liver and dice
or finely chop into small pieces. Pulverize the calcium
carbonate and vitamin/mineral tablets. Mix the vegetable
oil, fish oil (break open capsules) and supplements with
the rice and then add the cooked ground beef and liver. Mix
well, cover and refrigerate. Feed approximately one-third of
this mixture each day to a 25-30 pound dog. Palatability
will be increased if the daily portion is heated to
approximately body temperature (Caution: when using
microwave, avoid hot spots, which can burn the mouth).

Nutrient Profile (% dry matter basis):

                                                   Protein                  35.3
                                                   Fat                        41.6
                                                   Carbohydrate       17.8
                                                   Calcium                 0.65
                                                   Phosphorus          0.54
                                                   Sodium                 0.36
                                                   Potassium             0.68
                                                   Magnesium           0.05
                                                   Energy                  1,989 kcal/kg as fed

The above info was provided by a principal nutritionist at
the name brand dog food company backed by veterinarians
for the dry cancer support dog food available only through vets.



 

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