Make Your Own DOG Food
Give Your Best Friend The Best Food!

Welcome to Make Your Own Dog Food!

You can—and you should—make your dog's food yourself. Your pooch will love Susan's Chicken Chow. Why? Because it’s homemade!

Feed your dog REAL FOOD made the old-fashioned way—with love—and with old-fashioned wholesome ingredients that you and your smart dog can pronounce.

Make Your Own Dog Food and Make Your Dog a Happy Dog!

Do You Even KNOW What’s In Canned Dog Food?

I read an article online that said the stench from a pet food processing plant will turn your stomach. You'd be amazed at what is thrown into the canned processed brown slop. Don’t take the risk anymore. When we adopted our Min Pin back in 2008, there was a scare with pet-food poisoning.

And on that rather sad note, I knew it was time to make my own doggie dinners. Yes, just make your own dog food.

My Miniature Pinscher was a bit of a picky eater which I discovered when I tried to feed her the canned brown slop. Guess what? She absolutely LOVES her homemade chicken chow—even on a daily basis!

On a recent nail-trimming visit, our vet said “She glows.” I smiled inwardly, knowing it was because of her diet. Our dog is lean, (but not mean), has a lovely shiny coat, and bright eyes.

Our Chicken Chow has the protein of real chicken (or beef) with added millet and quinoa. The recipe book has both the chicken version: Chicken Chow and the beef version: Bow Wow Beefy Chow.

Special Ingredients for Your Special Dog

In Make Your Own Dog Food, we add fresh veggies such as carrots, celery, and sweet potatoes! And for added deliciousness: Wide egg noodles.

Make sure the chicken stock you use is “onion-free” as onion is poisonous to dogs.

Our Make Your Own Dog Food book tells you which is the best stock to buy to ensure your dog's safety (i.e. no onions!) but the brand of stock I always use (and love) is "Better Than Bouillon". Their Roasted Chicken Base does not contain onion, according to their list of ingredients.

Add Vitamins for Good Health Maintenance

We show you the four simple vitamins we add to the mix to ensure your dog’s good health. Just be careful stirring up the mix—I accidentally created a huge vitamin cloud the first time out!

Make "Chicken Nuggets" for Your Best Friend!

When you’ve made your batch of Chicken Chow, put spoonfuls of the mixture on your dehydrator trays. Full information on dehydrating food safely is in Easy Food Dehydrating and Safe Food Storage paperback on Amazon.

They make excellent chicken nuggets. This food is so good that even YOU can eat it!

UPDATE: Per a reader’s request, here’s our PAPERBACK version—on the left, and the eBook on the right—both versions of how to Make Your Own Dog Food are available right now!

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By dehydrating your blobs of chicken chow mix, you can easily add water to them to make them back into a wet food!

Why dehydrate blobs in the first place? Well, our doggie enjoys them as a "chew," but the main reason is so that you've got spare food put away - just in case of an emergency.

What About All Those TV Ads?

No doubt you've seen a ton of TV ads regarding buying pre-made dog food in packets. I've absolutely nothing against that - I love the look of "The Farmer's Dog" to be honest. I also love the way they print your dog's name on the food packages!

Their plans start at $2 a day depending on the size of your doggie. So that's a minimum of $60 a month.

Honestly? I can make a batch for a quarter of that cost, but I'm not knocking the principle behind their product. Dogs (and cats) need proper nutrition, just like humans do!

I guess it depends on how much time you have to cook for your dog. It takes me around an hour and a half, on a monthly basis. All you need is a good large saucepan, and a pressure cooker. Full deets are in the book!