Raw Food Diet - Green Smoothie Recipes for Your Dog

We're waiting for our green smoothie!

My human parents, Joan and Ted, are very health conscious, for themselves and for Leo and I. A few months ago, they started drinking green smoothies so naturally we wanted in on it too. If you'd like to try making a green smoothie for your dog, or making a homemade dog food recipe, remember to start slowly and watch for signs of allergy to any new foods or diarrhea. If I eat something I'm allergic too, I itch terribly!

Raw foods have lots of digestive enzymes, something Leo can benefit from since she's getting older. Green smoothies offer a great supplement to your dog's diet to improve health and vitality.
Just like people, dogs need variety in their diet too. Joan came up with 4 great green smoothie recipes for dogs and a couple of days a week, we get it in the morning in place of our regular homemade dog food.

Me and my Green Smoothie - Yum!

Here is our favorite green smoothie recipe for dogs:
1/2 banana
1/2 apple
2 Tablespoon flaxseed
3 Tablespoons Homemade Kefir for digestive enzymes (It's easy to make kefir at home!)
1 4oz canned salmon or sardines (with bones included for calcium)
1/2 cooked sweet potato
All this is blended in a Vitamix until smooth. Delicious!
Remember, your dog should never eat these foods:

• Chocolate
• Onions
• Raisins
• Macadamia nuts
• Fruit pits (cherries, apricots, peaches, plums)
• Grapes in large quantities - or more than  9 oz.
• Avocado
• Animal Fat and fried food - dogs can get clogged arteries too!
• Nutmeg
• Raw eggs - these can contain salmonella
• Bones like chicken bones, which can splinter and break
• Watch the salt - dogs shouldn't have too much

Click on this link to find more information on making your own dog food and green smoothies. Go to "Your health" in the top menu, then click on Pet Food. There is some good information here too about how your dogs can benefit from more whole foods in their diet. A handy link to any current dog food recalls is there too.
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