Raising RABBITS to feed my DOGS - NRC Balanced dog food - Feeding dogs naturally

A couple years ago I learned how to feed my dogs naturally following NRC (national research council) guidelines, and today I wanted to take you guys along and show you how I batch prep a cooked meal for my dogs. My rabbits play a huge role in my dogs' diets, and we are so grateful for them as they are a huge part of this endeavor!
Just to be clear, I am NOT a canine nutritionist, I am just a self-taught dog owner that has been under the wing of several nutritionists in the past. I feel comfortable feeding my own dogs like this when I can, but caution should always be used for individual cases because you don't want to throw off a balanced diet. Also, full disclosure, my dogs DO eat kibble as well. Cooking for them is just something I do when I have time to prepare it :)
My 20 day bin batch prep recipe, formulated for a 55lb. healthy & active dog:
- 9lbs cooked rabbit
- 9lbs cooked pork shoulder
- 10oz cooked beef liver
- 20 eggs mixed in (or an egg given daily)
- 11lbs cooked brown rice
+ Supplement Mix (bulk prep - mix in with pumpkin purée for even distribution):
- 5 zinc picolinate cap powder
- 1/2 cup calcium carbonate powder
- 3/4 tsp. kelp powder
- 5tbs fish oil
+ Veggie Mix
- One large can pumpkin purée (29oz)
- 2lbs zucchini
- 2lbs carrots
*Veggies can be replaced with healthy alternatives (I used kale and blueberries in my recipe). Veggies/fruits can be steamed/cooked and pureed for best bioavailability.
Additional:
*1 drop Vitamin D-3 liquid daily (use CAUTION - dogs can overdose from excessive Vitamin D intake - research how much to give your dog before adding)
*4 drops Vitamin E liquid daily
Batch in freezer bags and freeze until ready to use! Enjoy :)
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[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’d like to clarify something - RAW bones are generally safe for dogs to digest, provided that you are using bones of appropriate size for your dog. COOKED bones are very dangerous, never feed a dog any cooked bone as they can splinter and cause intestinal punctures or blockages. Unfortunately Aria first got sick on a raw bone, not a cooked bone. All bones still produce some risks, which is why I choose (most of the time) to use a calcium carbonate supplement in my recipes instead.

[@mellewedin8221]

Your video is old but thank you for it. I bought a whole rabbit from lady that raises them. I decided to use for dog that has belly issues and she loves meat.

[@mellewedin8221]

With the eggs ripping the membrane out of the shell which very easy to do with raw eggs put that in the scrambled eggs it's great their joints eggs are like a multivitamin

[@goodtimberfarm]

I appreciate that you don't shy away from the meat aspect of breeding rabbits and I look forward to seeing you set loose on a bigger property with less restrictions!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Absolutely! Can’t wait to expand everything ❤️

[@peterv3216]

Fun fact: you don't have to be certified to simply state facts, follow peer reviewed research and use common sense. You're doing great! Love the content!

[@integrativenaturalmedicine3897]

Fun fact: Peer reviewed journals are a club of people that review papers and only publish content that fits the for profit medical system. How is that fact for ya? Source: I'm a doctor with 3 medical degrees

[@Mandy302]

Great video! What a labor of love it truly shows how much you love your Ronan and Aria. And I noticed little Miss Mirin stealing rice in the background! 😂

[@rexevans9935]

I've been feeding my dogs rabbits, squirrels, chicken parts and eggs for 8 years now without a single problem, they are extremely healthy and at 14 and 15 years old they act like puppies. my dogs only get kibble maybe 2 days a week.

[@sara-te3xe]

is it okay to give them liver everyday?

[@julynbaker1718]

I love to see someone care so much about their dogs ❤

[@coloradohounds5315]

I love it when worlds collide :) Hello from fellow Raw Fed & Nerdy/NRC fed dog owner and rabbit raiser/homesteader! I’ll admit I clicked this video expecting the typical PMR vid. I think you’re the first homesteader I’ve seen post about fully nutritionally balanced raw (or cooked) diets for dogs. Awesome video and I am not usually a commenter but just had to this time!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Oh yay!! thank you so much! ❤️ that group was, and still is, invaluable to me 😊

[@kayleighdrouin6378]

Im also in that group 😊

[@vttsantana]

Yes it has inspired me just want more information do they eat twice a day, once a day and the amount for per dog

[@RahonaStream]

This is fantastic! I have been curious for a long time how you make your dog's food so it was really cool to see

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’m really glad you enjoyed! 😊

[@jonmartin5344]

Healthy looking dogs, I got into raising rabbits for my 3 Belgian mixes and German shepherd. Thank you for the information!

[@shazhamilton5160]

I'm thinking about trying the same but only have a small garden and want to do it humane with the rabbits having plenty of space how many rabbits do you have for your three I've a bordercollie cross springer spaniel, a bordercollie cross staffy and just brought home a eight week old staffy pup so all medium to large dogs

[@dianeking7620]

Awesome, hope I can find the written recipe and the website. THANK YOU

[@fhlranch6233]

THANK you!! we raise rabbits and quail to feed our pack of five... WE feed totally raw but it is a balance of meat, egg, internal organs, veggies and we also feed a small amount of rice. They also get beef, goats and pork in small quantities... Bones - they get raw in larger form.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I think that sounds awesome! 😊

[@Chickenfoothomestead]

Thank you, brilliant. I appreciate this information.

[@angeladavenport9470]

Thanks for sharing! I have been feeding a raw diet part time for about 20 years but now getting ready to raise and introduce rabbit so appreciate seeing the ratios and supplements you are using. Very similar to the recipe I have been following. My dogs also get a scrambled eggs for breakfast. Whole lotta crazy going on around here 😂

[@mcjoetaco]

Been doing raw and cooked for awhile. DO NOT cook the eggs for the dogs.. I give two eggs daily. Today my husky ate 4 new born rabbits that she found herself. I started her on raw at 10 weeks old. My other husky took 3 weeks to have normal stool from cooked food. He started at 7 mo old, I got him when he was older. It helped giving some raw to increase microbes in gut. If you are worried about bones, invest in a 1HP meat grinder. This is how I make bulk dog food. Do a large grind and then a fine grind if you plan to cook afterwards. Follow the prey model and modify later if desired. I grind up whole turkey carcasses. With additional organs. Bone is a must have for dogs… whole turkey necks is the best thing I have found to give whole raw. Also chicken feet are excellent. Fish is great for dogs, “smelt” usually are easy to feed. Dogs are particular on fish but will eventually will eat it raw. Don’t forget to freeze all raw food below 0 degrees Fahrenheit for several days and let it thaw out mostly before serving to dog raw. PS I mostly follow BARF, my dogs have had most veggies and fruits I can get my hands on. They enjoy bell peppers, carrots, mangos, apples, pumpkins, blueberries, blackberries the most. They do not always accept everything at first. Helps to have several dogs feeding on them as they will copy the dog that takes the first bite.

[@integrativenaturalmedicine3897]

I have 7 dogs, 6 just turned 2 year, the mother is 2 years old. I'd like to this route but I'm trying to wrap my head around how to provide all the protein and efficiently. I can't spend everyday processing meat. I found this video searching about just feeding the whole live rabbit to them. If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. Thank you.

[@juliacloud4287]

Thank you so much for the info! I've been curious about feeding potential future rabbits to my dogs.

[@richardstevens3461]

Love your channel, great job!

[@hillarywattenbarger3203]

Also want to add I’m very thankful you talk so openly about eating rabbit yourself. Rabbit is so delicious and nutritious and I soooo wish more would get into it. It’s so fun and very rewarding!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Rabbit is so versatile and amazing!

[@kyerstenkerr5074]

You have inspired me! Thank you. I have always wanted to give more options to my dogs, and utilize rabbit for them as well. My goal is to supplement kibble for now, we don't raise enough to feed completely home made. I appreciate you sharing😁 they certainly look amazing, so you're doing something right!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

We don’t raise enough to feed them like this all the time either. There’s nothing wrong with a quality kibble! 😊

[@mcjoetaco]

@@TealStoneHomestead If I set a raw chicken carcass in my garage it will rot and attract maggots in several hours. If I set out a bowl of high quality kibble in a dish in the same spot, it will last for several months before a noticeable appearance difference..sounds like a prepper’s dream to me…

[@CindyD-q3d]

Wow!! Loved this! I am thinking of raising rabbits for food for both my dog and my family. Do you have another video that shows more about that?

[@tracybruring7560]

Ug on the lack of power! Good video; yes I have to admit I was laughing at you with the scrambled eggs and laughing at your kitten

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Mirin had to taste test everything!! Quality inspector 😆

[@Danniedeemelz]

I’m able to view it now, 👍🏾!!

[@shazhamilton5160]

I've two young medium to large dogs and just adopted a nine week old puppy. It's too expensive for me to feed them fully raw or home cooked with meat been so expensive at the minute I buy discounted meat but they're still on kibble for 50 percent of meals I Cook some meat in my instant pot add it to their kibble I live in a town with small back garden and thinking about breeding a few rabbits to breed and get meat to feed dogs. I love rabbits so the parents would be treated like pets and they'd all be well cared for until the time they needed to be fed. Space is the problem I don't want to have too many rabbits in cramped conditions would three females and one male give enough production to feed three dogs. I'm also wondering if it be more expensive or cheaper than buying meat with the upkeep needed for the rabbits. Even if more expensive I'm sure home raised rabbits is healthier for the dogs and would gassing them with co2 be safe to feed them off don't think I could stomach any other method of killing them. I love how well looked after your rabbits are it's clear that even if bred for meat you give the best care and have respect for the fact their living creatures. Seen some horrible set ups with people who breed rats and rabbits for reptile food.

[@jademorgan4763]

It says no stream, and I want to see this! I’m considering doing this as well!

[@russellpeters21]

I watched your bone broth video before this one, why not add the chicken treat mix to your dog food as well?

[@themostbeautifulbuzzkill2331]

Thank you for sharing. knowledge I’ve learned, I feed my dog home food with my rabbits also. Herds from my garden. Ground egg shells are the best form of bio available calcium. Look into yellow fat disease, fish oil is a slow poison for dogs and humans.

[@MistressOP]

beef knuckle is a low key option for a cheap cut. just pop it into the slow cooker.

[@TT-_-]

Aww kitty was being so "helpful"😆 I'm too lazy to do a full raw food regime for my cat so she gets around 50% raw food. One meal of raw food and grocery store kibble always available in an activation toy🤗 Kibble is easy and if you read the ingredients and percentages you can find pretty affordable quality products (or very expensive $Hitty products pushed by pet stores and even vets...) Since cats are small carnivores whereas dogs are (bigger) meat-leaning omnivores "homecooking" for a cat would be pretty different... Especially since I'm vegetarian😅😂 I would totally also offer (unseasoned!) cooked meat if there were any in this household😆

[@TT-_-]

I hatched a batch of quail to get eggs for myself and meat for my cat (she does like the eggs, too, always ready to clean off a dropped egg😸). For a bit I thought she would not eat quail after all, but luckily it just took a bit to get used to a new-smelling meat. I butcher the quail by cutting off the head. That and feet and skin with feathers goes to the bin (plucking is messier than skinning). I have dried the wings to offer as toys to other peoples' cats, I would rather not accidentally teach my own to hunt the layer hens that live inside the apartment with us😅😂 I think I got the trick to cut along the spinal cord from your quail butchering video... The insides except for heart, liver and lungs go to the bin. I cut the spine/neck to 2-3 parts, 2 legs, 2 breasts with ribs and 1 "mid chest" with the keel, and off to the freezer they go. She doesn't really like eating the spine bits, sometimes she leaves them sometimes eats them. Every so often she leaves a part of leg bone, everything else is eaten😼🤗

[@tonyaburnside1037]

That’s exactly why I am getting rabbits same reason yorkies stand poodles

[@apsinthosarts2707]

lol kitty stealing some food. i now know what to do for Shadow's 10th birthday. My doggo is gonna be so happy!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Oh yay!! I hope he loves it ❤️

[@yogiyoda]

Those rabbits are so cute. Do you ever find it difficult to slaughter them?

[@akitas_winmont]

How to house your rabbits and avoid the dogs trying to catch them ?

[@thelastminmom5251]

I feed a very similar meal, just raw

[@Floridasweetdeals]

Dogs are having MORE and MORE allergies. I am wondering if it's all the SHOTS they get.

[@sara-te3xe]

same my dog is suffering so much from allergies it’s heartbreaking

[@calicocriterisopod]

It’s because kibble contains too many carbohydrates, which are bad for dogs.

[@bugs825]

​@@calicocriterisopod Yes! It's also the amount of pesticides that we slather on them. Our dogs have a reaction to grains, especially the corn meal byproduct that all kibbles use. It's absolute garbage and rotten meat that's unsafe for humans that is cooked to an unrecognizable state.

[@Jades.Working.K9s]

I'm thinking about raising rabbits to feed my dogs, any tips?

[@juleswins3]

So if I move in next door can I have your dogs’ leftovers? Rabbit, pork, liver, kale, rice, pumpkin, I like them all! 😂

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Yes haha 😆

[@animalking8088]

We’re do you get the rabbit feeders from

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Tractor supply 😊

[@BoolaHoola]

Our corgi has a super sensitive stomach which is frustrating

[@calicocriterisopod]

Feed goat milk for probiotics

[@vttsantana]

Are day eating one a day

[@dontcluckaroundranch8623]

It won’t let me stream this 😓 I’ll try again later very interested

[@IsabellaD196]

Same

[@debraanderson7182]

Which rabbit organs can you feed the dogs?

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Liver, heart and kidneys are what I feed mine. If I don’t eat the livers first!

[@fraggrenade1433]

❤️ ✌️ to all x

[@patrickharmon9459]

Your dogs are too too spoiled 🤔 But enjoy your dogs anyway 🙂 Keep up the good work and God bless.

[@gamerzzone8358]

This is very bad today a dog killed my 2 rabbits

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Raw feed and neardy requires you to sign up and pay for their help . Sure you can join the group but they wont help you unless you pay .

[@MistressOP]

Try rabbit jambalaya.

[@Pulsardogtraining]

Raw feeding isn’t really a “trend”. It is a species appropriate diet. It’s people waking up to the scam that big pet food companies are pushing. Cooked is way better than kibble but raw is king. You cook out a lot of nutrition when foods are put under high heat. It’s not common for dogs to not be able to break down raw bone unless it’s big chunks of beef bone. I raise rabbit for my dog and cat as well 👌🏼❤

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’m glad it’s worked well for you 🙂 Aria is unable to process even small bones (rabbit, quail, chicken). When we were feeding full raw, we would often wake up to regurgitated bones on her bed, so we switched to calcium carbonate powder. “Feed the dog in front of you” is the best phrase I was ever told.

[@tianarhastings8372]

@@TealStoneHomestead feeding the dog in front of you is definitely the way to go ☺️

[@jessemills2415]

All 6 of our dogs get quail eggs every day on their food. They get mad if the egg isn’t there. Lol!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

My dogs also get upset if they don’t get quail eggs when I collect them 😆

[@morganjeanne9262]

Do you cook it first? Or raw? Shell too?

[@jessemills2415]

The eggs are raw. 2 of them eat the shell,the others just the egg, as they won’t eat the shell.

[@texasmimi3019]

I give my shepherd at least one egg a day. Most of the time it's raw but sometimes I'll scramble one for her. Today she got two scrambled and added to her kibble.

[@tonyaburnside1037]

I throw my bones in a ninja blender and blend them up for my animals. I have yorkies

[@necrokittie2291]

i just feed my 72lbs australian shepherd that cheap $1.50 pork raw. he eats the raw pork bones too. grim doesn't like chicken unless it's cooked. if he wants veggies he just eats the grass in the yard. sometimes i give him liver or beef heart. i also make sibo yogurt and both him and my cat get some yogurt daily and i use cheese as a training treat for grim. the cat eats raw pork too. i really just thought rabbit was too lean as the main food for a dog and with you adding pork, this is showing me that i am right that rabbit meat is unhealthy due to it's leanness. i eat a carnivore diet and the way i feel on lean meat vs fatty meat is massively different, i consider any lean meat to be low quality for me an my pets, so when you keep droning on about it being healthy because it is lean... i couldn't disagree with you more.. fat is energy, fat is life.. lean meat is lifeless.

[@TealStoneHomestead]

I’m sorry you feel that way.

[@hillarywattenbarger3203]

I’m almost embarrassed I want to take a bite 🤣🤣

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Hahaha 😆

[@bigdeej_]

Ima raise dogs to feed my rabbits

[@bansku9661]

nice 😊 have you watched horse plus humane society the latest video 🤔😱

[@Jbass74]

My dog gets a raw egg every morning ..

[@Danniedeemelz]

🤔

[@edwardcuevas5667]

Why don't you grow kelp can be done in your house

[@yvonnelubman7197]

Are the bones cooked or raw? Dogs should never eat cooked bones! Raw bones are soft and easier to digest. Cooked bones are dangerous!

[@TealStoneHomestead]

Correct. In the video I explain why I don't use bones, but instead a calcium carbonate supplement.

[@carmenm9847]

nah wtf.

[@georgeclayton5890]

Go vegan lol

[@TealStoneHomestead]

No lol

[@boeingc1303]

Killing Rabbits is unhuman your taking away a life that is available to create feelings toward humans, he could have feelings toward you and you Killing them to feet your dogs

[@adrianneporta8032]

What's inhumane is how commercial meat animals are raised and killed. These rabbits are well taken care of and killed humanely. Dogs are carnivores plain and simple, they need meat regardless of human feelings. This homestead is doing a fantastic job for their animals

[@Zack-lq9tb]

They breed a lot so you can eat it like candy.

[@tearsinsilence]

I came across this while trying to find out about my sick rabbit just got her back from the vet and I'm looking into their diagnosis. I'm so frustrated and stressed over it.