Complete & Balanced Raw Dog Food Recipe (AAFCO) | Rainbow Beef Brisket

Welcome to Master Bowie's Kitchen! This is a cooking show by 'dog chef', mama and author, Riesa and her Labrador, Bowie. Today I made a complete and balanced raw meal for Bowie. Our fresh food feeding journey started over 6 years ago when Bowie suffered from multiple digestive issues. After switching Bowie to a fresh food diet, his symptoms gradually subsided and never returned. I've been making Bowie's food for over 5 years, opting to feed him a variety of nutritious whole foods and implementing a holistic approach to his diet and lifestyle to support his health and wellbeing.

Our Rainbow Beef Brisket Raw Meal Recipe is formulated to the AAFCO standards using Animal Diet Formulator (ADF) software. I don't feed Bowie a complete and balanced food in every meal. We practise 'Balance Over Time', meaning I provide all the essential nutrients over multiple days (5–7 days) versus daily. I also make sure that I feed a variety of whole foods on rotation to avoid any excesses or deficiencies in specific nutrients. This method is only recommended for healthy adult dogs (not puppies or dogs with medical issues).

Ingredients (makes about 1kg of raw food)
500g lean beef brisket
100g canned sardines in spring water (drained)
50g raw beef liver (or 25g freeze-dried beef liver)
50g raw beef kidney (or 25g freeze-dried beef kidney)
10g freeze-dried beef whole bone
1 egg (include eggshell membrane)
50g raw carrot (puréed/minced)
50g raw sweet red capsicum (puréed/minced)
50g broccoli (steamed)
50g sweet potato (boiled and mashed)
50g mandarin wedges (peeled and pitted, leave the pith)
8g pumpkin seeds (soaked, drained and ground)
4g hempseed oil (cold pressed)
Kelp powder for iodine (dosage to follow individual product feeding guidelines and instructions)

Mix all well and portion according to your dog's daily intake. Portioned food can stay in the fridge if you plan to feed them within 72 hours, if not, freeze. Always practise safe food handling and storage techniques. Introduce new ingredients slowly and monitor. If you're unsure with any of the ingredients of if your dog has any health issues, it's best to consult with your vet or pet clinical nutritionist.

Learn more about the ingredients
Beef: high quality source of protein and fat. Our dogs should get their energy predominantly from protein and fat, not carbohydrate.

Sardines: great source of omega-3 and low in mercury (compared to big fish like tuna or barramundi).

Offal (or Organs) are such a nutrient dense superfood. Liver is a great source of vitamin A, B vitamins, iron, copper, zinc and choline. Kidney (classified as secreting organ) is also rich in vitamin A, C, B vitamins, iron, copper, zinc and selenium. Be mindful of feeding offal to your dog. They are very rich and too much of them can cause digestive upsets. Liver should be given 5% of whole meal, the same goes with secreting organ (kidney, spleen, pancreas, thymus, testicles, ovaries and brain).

Bone: an excellent source of calcium. Feeding raw meaty bones is the most ideal, however some dogs may not be able to have raw meaty bones. Other alternatives are bone meal powder, eggshell powder or seaweed calcium.

Egg: a great source of inexpensive complete protein

Carrot: rich in vitamins A, C, B6 and K, potassium and sodium.
Sweet red capsicum: rich in vitamins B6, B9, C, A and E and potassium.
Broccoli: rich in vitamins B2, B5, B6, B9, C, A and K, potassium, sulphur and manganese.
Sweet potato: rich in vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6 and A, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulphur, copper and manganese.
Orange (mandarin): rich source of vitamin C
All fruits and vegetables are an excellent source of fibre and antioxidants.

Pumpkin seeds: a great source of healthy fats (inc. omega-3), vitamin E, choline and B vitamins.
Hempseed oil: another great source of healthy fats and B vitamins.

Turmeric: is known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, anti fungal, wound healing and anticancer properties. It's also rich in B vitamins, choline, vitamins E and K, iron, potassium, manganese, copper, zinc and magnesium.

Kelp: an excellent source of iodine, a mineral often missing in homemade diet.

If you'd like to learn more about dog nutrition and how to make your own dog food, go check out our ebook Bowie Drools Over the Alphabet.
It also has over 30 recipes to try and plenty of resources to make fresh food feeding simple and fun!

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[masterbowie]

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Suitable for both raw and gently cooked diet.

[Burgercat]

Would love more videos like this !!! I'm saving them for when im able to afford my own dog ❤🐾

[janisbolton]

So glad I found you and Bowie! You are just what I need for my dogs, Luna and Agnes. Great info! Thanks!.❤❤

[janesmith]

So far I like this recipe better than any I've seen, and that includes from pros.

[bambangmadja]

Bowie is always close to Riesa whenever she cooks the meal, waiting for some treat

[Mightyluna]

Omg, his face at the end of the video, I love it! That meal looks lovely. I'm still not comfortable with raw feeding but I do appreciate (and give my dogs) fresh, lightly cooked meals that I order. I'd love to try making my own, but I'm terrified of making a mistake and my dogs end up with nutrient deficiencies. Does your e-book also include recipes to cook or are they all raw?

[fastlaneblues]

So very informative, thank you. We are starting our Linda Lou on raw this week. How many meals did this make for Bowie?

[erinxie]

Hello! I have a similar question as above, how do you measure the ingredients in raw form to know how much you’ll get when they’re cooked? Also, do you have guidelines on how much of this I should feed my dogs each day or meal? Thanks!

[soekalayar]

How to measure veggies in raw form/pureed form and in mold cubes form?

[politicallyincorrecttimes]

TRUTH BE TOLD:
No dog food made by man is good for dogs. The same applies to cats. Those new foods like "Farmers Dog" are all made to appeal to humans. Dogs have no real need for fruits or vegetables in their diet. It's really all about marketing to humans to make more money, not necessarily about the nutrition and the well-being of your pet dog or cat.

REALITY:
The perfect food for your dog, or cat does not appeal to the average person. WHY? It's too expensive to maintain on a regular basis for a dog or cat. THE PERFECT FOOD FOR YOUR DOG OR CAT is actually the exact same foods you would feed to a pet boa constrictor; Feeder Rats, Feeder Mice, Feeder Guinea Pig and Feeder Rabbits. These animals contain all the perfect nutrition and vitamins (organs, brain, bone, and blood) your dog and cat need to be as healthy as they can be. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK YOUR LOCAL VETERANARIAN.

[selwyn]

Raw seems pretty iffy. What about cooking it rare?
Does it have to be brisket? Can I use any other beef parts in addition to the kidney and liver?
Around How many pounds does your dog weigh?

[Tmlatyoutube]

Hello, I printed your free Turkey recipe and it had a code to get 25% off the Bowiedrools Alphabet Cookbook but the code didn't work. I couldn't find an email to advise you or this. If you can let me know it has been fixed, I'd like to take you up on the offer and get the book. Cheers.