I came across a few vegetarian recipes for dogs and since there was some interest in that, I thought I would include them here.

Veggie Recipe for Dogs:

• 1/4 Lb Tofu

• 2 medium eggs

• 2 Tbsp. Nutritional Yeast

• 1/2 tsp oil

• 2 c. cooked brown rice

• 1/2 c. chopped or grated vegetables (carrots and broccoli are great choices)

• 1 tsp crushed egg shells optional: to add calcium because the diet is lacking in calcium

23% fat, 17% protein, 60% carbohydrate

Dog Biscuits

• 41/2 c. whole wheat flour

• 1/2 c. nutritional yeast

• 1/2 Tbsp sale

• 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder

Mix dry ingredients. Add about 1 and 1/2 c. water. Knead dough into a big ball. Roll out with a rolling pin on a piece of waxed paper until its a big, flat circle. Cut into shapes with your favorite cookie cutters. Put “dog cookies” on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes with the oven at 350 degrees F. After all the biscuits are baked, leave them in the oven overnight so they get hard and crunchy.

I don’t know where I got these recipes but thought they might help if you want to feed your dogs vegetarian. There is also vegetarian dry dog food out on the market and I can’t remember the brand but it might be Natures Recipe. If you need to know what it is, I could find out for you. 

Talk to your pets, teach them the rules, show them respect, they deserve it and will respond positively.  My animals have always been fantastic and I attribute it to the love, involvement, attention, respect and love that I show them. The animals understand and want to please you. They show you oodles of love. They want to know what you want from them, they’re pleasers. They love you unconditionally, but do not abuse the unconditional love. Animals have needs that go far beyond the basics of food, water and shelter. Under the law if you’re providing just those basics, maybe the law says you’re doing what’s right but you’re not. Animals respond wildly to the attention and love I’m talking about. Try it for yourself and see…

Here are some suggestions for including your pets as a part of the family:

1) Talk to them–you would be amazed by what they understand

2) When you’ve been gone, greet them excitedly–animals have no concept of time and if you are gone five min or five hours, they can’t tell the difference.

3) Let them know the rules. They want to know what the rules are. You don’t do them any service by not disciplining them.

4) I highly recommend kennel training dogs so that they have a safe, comfortable place to be when you are gone. I have had dogs that were kennel trained and dogs who weren’t and I have to say that I would never have a dog that wasn’t kennel trained again. They like the safety of the kennel and even if they are house trained, if you are gone for many hours or they don’t feel well, then having them confined to a kennel really saves your sanity.