Your homemade dog food choices include some veggies and protein options, but sometimes your dog will resist a home cooked meal if your dog is feeling sick or is suffering an illness. Offering a tasty warm meal is the solution to this problem.  This is the best way to ensure they are on the road to recovery, and you can provide great nutrition and the right food for your dog.  When you do offer homemade dog food, be sure to mix it up, and add different protein, and different veggies.  One recipe that works well for my dogs, is Chicken Souffle.

Ingredients for Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

• 2 cups of organic chicken cooked either white or dark meat
• 12 organic eggs
• 8 oz of Monterrey Jack, Mild Cheddar, White Cheddar or Cream Cheese
• 2 oz Cheddar Cheese Curds
• 2 cups of half and half
• 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs
• Olive Oil or spray olive oil

How to Assemble Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

You can usually find the organic chicken already grilled, or cooked on the rotisserie for you at the deli.  The chicken I buy is prepackaged all cooked and shredded. I mince it in the food processor to tiny little pieces, no bigger than a grain of rice.   If you are feeding a hungry large dog, you do not have to mince the chicken, but with sick or small dog, it will ensure your dog eats the quiche or souffle.  Depending on if you want to separate the eggs, it will be either.  With a separation of the whipped egg whites, you get a souffle.  This is not a necessary step, but can be a nicer presentation.  For a dog, I am not sure they really like the souffle vs. the quiche. Dogs just love eggs!   I do not separate the eggs whites from the yolk, so my result is more quiche like.  It is a choice you need to consider when you are creating this recipe for your dog.

If your dog is sick, old, and suffering from illness, go for the quiche.  Of course, if your dog is looking to drop some weight, the no yolk souffle will be the right choice.  And, if you are baking for a party or a special occasion, whip the egg whites first, save in a bowl, and add as the first ingredient.

Recipe for Homemade Dog Food Chicken Souffle

• Makes 12 Souffle Meals in 12oz ramekins

Heat your oven to 325 degrees.  Using 6 ramekin baking bowls at a time, spray oil or olive oil a light coating of oil on the bottom of the ramekin.  Use a brush to lightly coat the inside of the ramekin, or lightly spray.   Place evenly on a cookie sheet.   Then, dust the breadcrumbs along the bottom of the inside of the ramekins.  Separate 1/2 of the total chicken, to work with the 6 ramekins.  Add a this mixture to each ramekin, in the center of the bowl.  Whip egg whites if you are making a souffle, or whip both egg whites and yolks in a food processor for more of a quiche.  Add half and half to food processor.  Pour egg mixture over ingredients to fill ramekin 3/4 a way up.  Place a slice of cheese on top of egg mixture.  Place another piece of cheese curd on top of that cheese.

Note: The cheese curd will bake into the meal, and show you when the mixture is completed in baking, by its spread over the top of the egg.

Evenly distribute among all 6 bowls, reserving half for your total ingredients for your second set of 6 bowls. Complete second set of bowls.

Bake on cookie sheet, for 25 minutes.  Move top cookie sheet down to bottom of oven, and bottom to top for another 20 minutes.  At the end of 45 minutes, heat oven up to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.  This will crisp up your souffle or quiche.  Move to counter to cool, and remove from ramekin to cool to warm for your dog.  Enjoy!

All homemade dog food quiches or souffles can be cooled, frozen, and then reheated in oven 5 minutes for later use.  One quiche or souffle will be sufficient to feed a medium sized dog for one meal.  It is a great way to give your dog needed protein, and do it without raw ingredients.  Your souffle can be combined with pumpkin, green beans, lentils, salmon, beef, or any thing that your dog loves, and that does not have preservatives and toxins.  Add a mineral and a vitamin, and you have a homemade dog food option that is true health benefits to come.

Dogs sometimes develop a physical problem in their digestive system, that ensures that they will produce a large amount of stomach acid. Unfortunately, I know only too well what this problem is like, and how frustrating it may be for pet parents.  When you have a long day at work, and come home to a series of stomach acid trails on your floor, it is hard not to be sad for your dog, and frustrated that their are not good solutions for your dog.  Here are some ideas that really can help you manage this frequent and common problem.

Solutions for Dog Stomach Acid Symptoms

Looking at the holistic answers, to possibly “cure” the stomach acid that you are experiencing, here are some great long term solutions.

• Feed raw protein
• Capsule any mineral or vitamins for your dog
• Feed poached eggs with a warm temperature
• Feed pumpkin or squash once a week
• Feed raw foods room temperature, by simply placing in a tall stainless steel bowl in hot water, so it floats and warms but does not cook
• Use a baby food warmer with larger packs of dogs
• Keep your dog satisfied with dehydrated treats from the USA

Solutions for Managing Dog Stomach Acid Symptoms

Sometimes, managing the resulting vomit will be the best way to ensure your dog actually gets the nutrition it needs.  I know this sounds strange, but a dog that constantly produces acid, is going to have to remove it, and a grain full diet will be the worst diet for this condition.  In fact, it will create an even worse problem of more stomach acid.  For dogs that see stomach acid on a daily basis, be sure to see your veterinarian, for solid medical advice.  Often they will recommend medicine that will help with the symptoms, but won’t allow you to solve the situation.

Look for new advice from your vet, and take the situation day by day.  The solution will be hard to immediately see, but often a raw protein diet, will produce great results.  You can do this with people food, like chicken, beef, venison and lamb.  If the protein has raw tendencies, you can even let them eat the bones, as long as they are not cooked.  Dogs with stomach acid, need something for the acid to work on, so raw protein based food is the perfect natural choice.

Keep your dog in an environment, where you can easily control their movements, and allow them to vomit if they have to while you are away.  It does not make sense to expect immediate results, so please be patient.  Your dog will need peace and quiet while she recovers from the grain diet she may have been on for years.  Allow her time to get well.  Use blankets, towels, rugs and bed sheets to control the mess.  Do your best to hold your dog when she vomits the acid, and do it over a cookie sheet.  The large size, and flat but upturned edge will work wonders to allow the vomit to be expelled, but not ruin your home’s floors.  Buy a carpet cleaner, as you will need it until your dog gets better.  Do not use soap, just hot water to express the acid from any soft flooring material.

How to feed a Sour Stomach Acid Dog

After your dog has vomited, try to feed the raw protein within a hour.   Feed room temperature.  Be sure to warm it from cold refrigerator to warm room temperature with the hot water bath, or a baby food warmer.  A yogurt cooking machine is another option.   Do not feed dairy, seeds, nuts, rice, or grains.  Do feed raw bones.  Do feed within one hour of any vomiting.  If the dog does vomit, try to hold your dog over a cookie sheet or plate, to let them keep the vomit clean.  If they did vomit up food, let them finish it if they are inclined.  This is nasty, but it is a dogs survival technique.   They will not eat the stomach acid, but the morsels of protein, from previous meals.

Do find an organic mineral and pro-biotic vitamin to dispense.   The most important detail is to place the powder in a capsule, like a vegetable or vegan capsule for easier digestion.  Often, minerals and vitamins are hard to digest and will upset a dog’s stomach lining.  Many owners find giving the dog vitamin after the meal is the right way to give it to them.  Try slippery elm as a stomach chaser, as it often will help with tender tummies.