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Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes

The great advantage of homemade dog birthday cakes is you know exactly what the ingredients consist of - ensuring a healthy birthday cake for your dog or puppy.

Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
Many owners are naturally concerned about the health of their dog. We have some tips and guidelines for  making some great healthy dog birthday cake recipes.

Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
As we all know, our dogs are happy to eat a wide variety of food and ingredients. They are not strict meat eaters and many dogs have coped with vegetarian diets.
 

Healthy dogs thrive on a well balanced diet consisting of protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. A good guideline is:

  • 40% Meat
  • 30% Fiber
  • 30% Starch

Tips for Making Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
It is not difficult, or time consuming, to make up great healthy dog birthday cake recipes. Homemade cakes are simple and easy to make. You can easily make up your own healthy dog birthday cake recipes. Just follow some of the following tips:

  • When deciding on ingredients take into account any specific dietary requirements of your dogs or puppy
  • Don't be afraid use a variety of ingredients to make a healthy dog cake
  • You can use different textures
  • You can give your dogs and puppies food in unusual shapes or forms - like a birthday cake!
  • Use ingredients which are good for your dogs - see below for some guidelines and information

Meat Ingredients for Making Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
You can experiment with making healthy dog birthday cake recipes. Do not feed your dog with pork as it can cause trichinosis. The following meat can be safely included in healthy dog birthday cake recipes:

  • Turkey
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Lamb
  • Hearts, liver and kidneys ( Offal or variety meats )

Eggs are also a good source of protein for dogs, but should be cooked - raw eggs are not healthy

Vegetable Ingredients for Making Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
The following vegetables can be safely included in healthy dog birthday cake recipes:

  • Asparagus
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Corn
  • Parsley
  • Parsnips
  • Peas
  • Pumpkin
  • Sprouts
  • Squash
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Turnips

Don't be afraid use a variety of ingredients. It's nice to be able to create a cake using ingredients which are readily available in your kitchen.

Other Ingredients for Making Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
Other ingredients can be used when making healthy dog birthday cake recipes include some of the following foods:

  • Brown rice
  • Barley
  • Cheese
  • Honey
  • Maple Syrup
  • Millet
  • Oats
  • Fruits

Other foods may be included in dog cake recipes - but we are specifically referring to healthy ones!! Fruit is very much a question of taste.

Ingredients which should not be used
The following vegetables should not be used when making healthy dog birthday cake recipes as they cause health problems in dogs such as arthritis and stiff joints.

  • Chives
  • Eggplants (Aubergines)
  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Peppers
  • Potatoes
  • Tomatoes

Suggested Proportions for Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
Use the above guidelines to make healthy dog birthday cake recipes - following proportions are a good guideline to mixing meat and vegetables:

  • 2 portions of meat to 1 portion of vegetables

Food Preparation for Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
Food in healthy dog birthday cake recipes should be finely chopped, grated or minced and mixed in a food processor. Additional utensils required are:

  • A Mixing bowl
  • Mixing spoon
  • Measuring spoon & measuring cup
  • Cake tin - any shape or size to suit recipe

Healthy Dog Birthday Cake Recipes
Use the above guidelines to make healthy dog birthday cake recipes which your pet will drool over! Make a fuss of him on his birthday and keep him fit and well in the process!

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