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       Dog Food
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: March 25, 2020, 11:53 am
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       You've probably been told that feeding your dog chicken bones is
       a bad idea, because they splinter and can choke your pal.  Yet
       when you roast a chicken, a large amount of the carcass is bones
       and skin. Similarly, just look at the waste from a dozen wings.
       So here's what to do.
       I save all those bits, and stick them in a ziplock bag and
       freeze them until I have a pot full. If you have a pressure
       cooker, place the parts into the pot, and fill until about 1/3
       full of water. Then cook them for about an hour on a slow
       simmer. You could also do this in a bigger pot, as long as it
       has a lid to keep the steam in, although not being under
       pressure, it will take a bit longer. Drain off the liquid and
       refrigerate for use as chicken stock.
       To check they are cooked through, just try breaking a bone. If
       it is hard to do, its not done. If it crushes in your fingers,
       that's good.
       I usually run all this through a meat grinder.  There is a
       tremendous amount of goodness in this mix, bone marrow, calcium
       etc. My dogs love it mixed in with their dry food.
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