A good bone broth recipe provides ' tried and true ' nourishment for your dog. Bone broth is nutrient dense food. Remember when your grandmother used to make homemade chicken soup? We all know that chicken soup will ' cure what ails ya '!
There is not much difference in my opinion, between how to make chicken broth, and how to make chicken stock. Since this is a bone broth recipe for your dog, we don't have to be gourmet chefs, we just have to understand that chicken bones, beef bones or any other kind of bones, provide excellent dog nutrition. Especially if your dog is...
- recovering from illness
- has an irritable bowel
- elderly
- dying
- a picky eater
Tasty, appetizing bone broths smell great. Dogs are all about the nose! Often the tempting aroma is enough to peak the interest of a sick dog who is not interested in eating or chewing food anymore. Your dog can easily lick it from a small bowl or plate. If you're anything like me, you'll hand feed a sick animal.
The key to making this broth recipe excellent, is to simmer it for a long time. Usually about 24 to 48 hours. Over these long hours of slow cooking, the bones will release their minerals, fats and other nutrients into the water. Be sure to use filtered water when making bone broths, and if you can find bones from pasture fed animals and free range chickens, that is perfect!
We're going to start with chicken bone broth because of all the bones available, it has the mildest flavor. Other types of bones tend to be stronger in taste and aroma.
So, here we go...
Two Step Chicken Broth Recipe
Step One
Get started with your bone both recipe using a whole, free range ( if possible ) chicken or cut up chicken pieces. Place the chicken in a large pot and cover with pure ( filtered ) water. Bring the chicken and water to a boil, and be sure to remove (skim off ) the grey, foamy scum that forms on top, as the broth begins to boil. The scum contains impurities.
You can add a small amount of easily digested vegetables such as spinach, carrots, celery or parsley at this point, if you want. It's not necessary though, because we're not making vegetable soup, right? We're making nutritious bone broth for your dog.
Next, turn the heat down to low and simmer this way for about 4 hours, or until all the meat and skin fall off the bones. Dump all of the meat and bones into a large colander or strainer making sure to save the liquid in one bowl, and the meat, skin, optional vegetables and bones in another. Let cool.
When cool, separate the meat, skin and optional vegetables from the bones. Save this to use as an easily digested soft food, when your dog is starting to feel better. Old dogs like this too, if their teeth are not the best.
Chicken Bone Broth Recipe
Step Two
Now, put the bones back in the large pot with the saved liquid, and add morewater to cover. Bring to a boil again, and then turn the heat down. Simmer again for about 24 hours. Add small amounts of water when necessary. You can also do Step Two in a crock pot.
At this point, I like to adda tablespoon of raw, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar ( any vinegar will do ) to the bones and liquid. The acidicvinegar will help to extract the healthy, rich minerals from the bones, intothe bone broth. The simmering is the longest part of the process. It takes a long time to get the minerals out of the bones. So don't be impatient!
When your bone broth recipe is finished cooking, strain the bones from the liquid and discard. Keep this lovely nutritious broth liquid. After cooling, you can feed small amounts, slowly, to your sick or old pet.
You will have lots, so freeze it and keep it. I like to pour the extra broth into a couple of ice cube trays and freeze it. Then I can take out small amounts as I need it. That's a good idea eh? Brilliant, if I do say so myself!
Even though all the bones have been removed and discarded, I like to put the liquid into a blender and whiz for a few seconds, just to make sure there are no cooked bone shards. Never feed cooked bones to your pet. Feed only raw bones.
After the broth cools, you will notice that the bone broth is quite gelatinous. This is good. It means you have extracted all the nourishing minerals and collagen from the connective tissue of the chicken. This gelatin contains natural glucosamine.
Bone Broth Recipe
Using Other Types of Bones
Don't forget that your bone broth recipe can be made from beef bones, pork bones, lamb bones whole fish bones including the head, and bones from game animals such as venison, too. I suggest you start with the chicken bone broth recipe above.
This delicious soup like food, is nutrient dense and very healing for both people and dogs. If your dog is experiencing allergies, leaky gut, irritable bowel, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or any other immune related health problem rooted in the gut, feeding small amounts of bone broth one day a week instead of food, can go a long way toward helping your dog recover.
You might be thinking that making bone broths is too much trouble and takes too much time. Believe me, it is well worth the effort. However, I get it!
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Great Broth Recipe Tip to Save Time
Try using a pressure cooker.Simply put in as many whole chickens as your cooker will hold. Mineholds 2 or 3. Add water. I use a gallon. Put the top and pressureregulator on, and cook for 3-4 hours. Mine goes about 3.5 hrs.Cool and release pressure. I cheat a bit and pull out the breasts formyself. But all the rest of the meat, the broth and the bones can be fedto your dog. Yes, I said the bones, they become potato chip soft andwill be easily digested by the dog. They'll get all that lovely bonemarrow that's inside. Once cooled, you'll see that gelatinous broth.Trust me, make a batch using this both recipe time saving tip, and prepare to be amazed!
Offered from a loyal reader
Cathy C, Ohio USA
Using Bone Broths With Dog Food
Homemade dog food - simply add a frozen cube or two of bone broth to your dog's meal once a day, or a few times a week. It will enhance the nutrient value and digestibility of your homemade dog food, tremendously.
Raw dog food - Since this method of feeding is more nutritionally complete, I like to use bone broth as a treat food. Every dog likes a bone broth ice cube. Alternatively, add a small amount to your dog's raw food meal. There will be no digestive conflict.
Dry dog food - This is my favorite suggestion. If you feed dog kibble, adding a small amount ( a few tablespoons ) of bone broth will make your dog's food bowl a gourmet delight. It will enhance nutrition and flavour and your dog will love you because he will be getting some actual REAL food.
During fasting - I'm a big fan of fasting for healthand so if my old dogs are due for a fasting day, I simply give them acouple of thawed out bone broth cubes at night to tide them over 'tilmorning. It makes them think they're getting some food, and the brothsmells great, is delicious and nutritious, without overloading thedigestive system, which is resting during a fast.
Yeah!!! Real food at last!
Bon appetite!
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