Spinach Kibble for Senior Dogs
If your dog reaches his senior age, he is more likely to have a few missing teeth. And if your dog is as old as Snowball is, he probably doesn’t have any teeth at all. So how are you going to feed him kibbles when he doesn’t have any denture on?
You have two options.
- Soak the kibbles with hot water no longer than one minute (duration varies with the size and hardness of the kibbles) then drain out the hot water using a sieve and rinse the kibbles under tap water until they are room temperature; and serve.
- Alternatively, you want to prepare your own easy-on-the-teeth kibble with my spinach kibble recipe.
Facts: Spinach packs a one to two nutritional punch you won’t find in many other vegetables.
Servings: 1½ liters or 6 cups
Ingredients:
- ½ litre (2 c) cooked chicken, chopped
- ½ litre (2 c) brown rice
- 250 ml (1 c) raw carrots, chopped
- 250 ml (1 c) cooked spinach, chopped
Methods:
- Cook brown rice until just underdone, leaving some crunchiness in consistency.
- Combine all ingredients in an airtight container, mixing until well blended.
- Store in refrigerator.
Special Notes:
If you are in the hurry, frozen veggies work just as well as raw and cooked ones in this recipe. Otherwise, you can preheat in microovern or steam it. I prefer the latter one.
By the way, you do know that there are no dog dentures, right? =)
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