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Molly (silky terrier 10.6 lbs) is on Lantus and Humalog. Lantus 2x 12 hours apart. Humalog meal bolus.

The general rule of thumb for home cooked is 50% protein, 35% veggie and 15% fiber. (Dog's, Diet and Disease).

Some do 1/3 chicken 1/3 rice and 1/3 veggie.

Molly is not a veggie girl and until we started home cooking her meals wouldn't eat them. I started out with about 1/2 teas. in her food and slowly increased to the 3 heaping tablespoons now.

Molly's food is:

ground turkey breast (chicken breast or ground turkey will work)

2 cups, cooked till the pink is all gone. (I used a little water to keep it from sticking)
1 jar of chicken baby food, meat, (consistency and texture)
1/2 cup of small curd low fat cottage cheese and
1/2 cup of cooked oatmeal. (no salt)
3 heaping tablespoons of baby food green beans
3 heaping tablespoons of baby food squash

(I started out with brown rice but it shot her bg up, but... it works better for some so you may need to try it).

I should be putting a veggie such as chopped and/or cooked beans, broccoli or cauliflower in it but right now she is doing really well.

You can also cook the oatmeal in a chicken broth, no fat, to add more flavor. I found that the store bought broth in the carton had sugar in it so you will want to avoid that. :-)

She is now eating 2 meals a day. (sometimes 3)

She has 1/2 cup per meal. (mornings usually 1/2 cup sometimes 1/4) Molly weighs 10.6 lbs, give or take a few ounces. :-)

This recipe is flexible and you can adapt it , some use whole grain pasta, some rice.

The veggies should be a low glycemic index.

When I went through Molly's diet with the holistic vet, he said that's pretty good and didn't change anything. We actually did try another variation but quickly came back to this recipe because it works best for Molly.

This works for us and may not be perfect for someone else.

For me, getting Molly to eat is half the battle.

Summary Table and Key Values per dietician/holist vet:


591 kcal for this batch of food

Min kcal/day: 187 - Max kcal/day: 562



% ME Protein: 57.11 Ca to P Ratio: 1.054

% ME Fat: 15.59 Dry Matter: 185.5g

% ME CHO: 27.29 Moisture: 76.3%


Molly also has C-Biotic by Wysong, it has digestive enzyme, and vitamin and minerals in it and Balance IT. We also have her on milk thistle and Denosyl for her liver. We have also added Prozyme, a digestive enzyme to help her pancreas. We are adding Welactic for fish omega.

You could also add a small amount of ground egg shell, I would check with your vet on this and the amount. :-)

I really think digestive enzyme's and a vitamin mineral supplement is important especially when home cooking.

Can be frozen and heated. It will change the texture a bit but a dash of meat baby food can help that too. :-)