Easy Crockpot Dog Food
DIY dog food can easily be made right in the slow cooker. It’s healthier and cheaper than store-bought, and it’s freezer-friendly!
If you didn’t know what your slow cooker is capable of, you’ll be very happy to know that you can now add dog food to the crockpot list.
Remember that DIY homemade dog food recipe I made recently? Well, this is pretty much the crockpot version, using a blend of different veggies that will hold up a little better in the slow cooker.
Now the best part about this, just like all slow cooker recipes, is that you can simply dump everything right in. That’s it! Simply set it before you go to work and then you can come home to 2 weeks worth of dog food by the time you get home.
It’s easy, it’s healthy, it’s nutritious, and you know exactly what’s going into your pup’s bowl. This recipe is also completely customizable to veggies that you have on hand – just be sure to double check what your pup can and can’t eat. You can simply do a “can my dog eat xyz” search on Google.
But as always, please consult with your pet’s veterinarian for possible allergies and when applying this information to your own dog’s diet.
Easy Crockpot Dog Food
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds ground beef
- 1 ½ cups brown rice
- 1 15-ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 ½ cups chopped butternut squash
- 1 ½ cups chopped carrots
- ½ cup peas, frozen or canned
Instructions
- Stir in ground beef, brown rice, kidney beans, butternut squash, carrots, peas and 4 cups water into a 6-qt slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 5-6 hours or high heat for 2-3 hours, stirring as needed.
- Let cool completely.
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style=”text-align: center;”>Please consult with your pet’s veterinarian and use personal judgment when applying this information to your own dog’s diet.
Was great! Just wanted to know the protein, veggies and grain precentages
I am getting mixed messages online about the canned kidney beans. Are these okay to use in the recipe and does everybody use the canned? Other than that the dogs love it!!!
Can anybody explain serving sizes please?
1 Cup per 10 lbs from what I’ve read elsewhere
I have a 60 lb golden retriever and an overweight golden retriever. The 60 lb one gets 1 1/2 cup am/pm and the overweight one gets 1 cup am/pm. I add water since both of them inhale their food so this help them eat it a bit slower.
Fantastic we both get fed
Yeah, brother, make up a bunch for all and all eat hearty.
Curious what the calcuim phosphorous ratio is on this? Do you suggest supplements?
I add ground flaxseed meal tablespoon to my dogs food every day. Super cheap at Trader Joe’s at three dollar bag last well over a month for my 40 pound dog.
Great fiber omega-3‘s amongst other things and it’s a very neutral flavor . I also make a coconut oil flaxseed peanut butter oats and honey snacks for her that she loves!
Give your dog a real delicious food and keep them out of the vet!
Would you share the recipe for these coconut oil ball treats? Sounds great. I’m excited about the crock pot recipe!
I’ve been making this recipe for over s year. My dogs lobe it.
our 2 ratties and chihuahua mix love it. noticed far better energy, sleeping patterns and consistent stools . I make 2 batches then place in 1 qt sealer jars hot and let cool off until the lis pop closed. Then store in the fridge. lasts about 2 weeks for our trio!!!
I have two dogs and make multiple batches for the week and freeze. I us my electric turkey roaster for my dog food. It works great.
Electric turkey roaster. Awesomeness . Love my turkey roaster, what a machine.
Hi, I have a question,
Why in all recipe homemade dogs the time of the cooking is like 6 9 12 hours, I do not understand?
At the end, we are cooking vegetables, groung chicken… super digestive, if just cook for one one, i think, it would be enough, isnt it?
I appreciate if you can explain me, I am startin in this wold.
thanks
Do you cook the ground beef first? Dumb question I know.
No. It steam cooks and boils
Dogs don’t digest carbs well unless they are predigested. By over cooking them they become easy to digest.
Just wondering if this is a ‘balanced’ recipe?
If so, balanced to which standards?
I mix my homemade wet with a balanced fortified hard dog food. It works great for mine.
I’m dying to make this, but what is the shelf life? If I am making this much dog food, how do I keep it safe.
Freeze and thaw accordingly
freeze quart bags
I made the Easy Crockpot dog food. It was so easy. My only problem is that they hace sft poop/diahharea. I subbedcwhite rice for bron and canned pumpkin for the squash. All else was the same. Any ideas? Thanks.
Adding pumpkin could cause loose stools. Limit how much you use if you want to use it.
This concept goes for us humans too: if you haven’t eaten red meat for 3 months, and then woof down a t-bone… you WILL be spending some no-so-quality time in the bathroom. It doesn’t matter how mouth-watering the steak was or even if Bobby Flay himself cooked it for you… if your gut isn’t used to it, there WILL be consequences.
The same concept applies to your pups. Any time you change their diet, they will have loose stools/diarrhea until their tummies get used to it. You have a few choices: 1. suffer thru a few days of messes until they’re used to it, or 2. make the change slowly. Most websites will tell you to substitute no more than 25% of their food at a time for a few days. So, using the 2nd choice: Day 1&2 = 75% of their old food / 25% of the new vittles. Days 3/4 = 50% old / 50% new, and so on until the old food is out of the picture and your pups are 100% onto the new yummyness.
Nice to be able to print helps a lot. I have made this before and lost direction. My girl loved it
I own Pitbull dog. I served this to my doggo. seems he enjoyed it.
Do I peel the squash first? Neighbor made it and now it is my turn.
Yes you peel it first, don’t give them anything you wouldn’t as a human eat.
This os a great dog loves it
We have been making this recipe ever since we found it several years ago. My two older dogs and my son’s dog all enjoyed it for the last few years of their long and happy lives.
It is a great supplement to stir into my younger dog’s food as well.
Super easy to make, and I just cook it in our crockpot once a week, then divide into refrigerator/freezer containers.
Sometimes I substitute sweet potato for the squash.
How much quantity is sufficient for a golden retriever, 40lbs.
I like this recipe and our dogs seem to like a lot as well. I make this quite often for them, so I thought I better find some more recipes.
My 70 pound boxer/mix is a very picky eater. Meal time involved sitting with him, coaxing him to eat then seeing him walk away. I made this for him and he is a different dog! He waits anxiously for his food and dives in right away eating every morsel, even licking the bowl clean! Thank you for this recipe!