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Satin
Balls - Original Recipe
Ingredients
10 pounds
hamburger meat [the cheapest kind]
1 lg. box of Total cereal
1 lg. box oatmeal
1 jar of wheat germ
1 1/4 cup veg oil
1 1/4 cup of unsulfured molasses
10 raw eggs AND shells
10 envelopes of unflavored gelatin
pinch of salt
Mix all ingredients together, much like you would a meatloaf.
Divide into 10 parts. (approx 1 lb each)
Divide each of these 10 parts into 3.
Roll into fist size balls.
Drop into Quart Size Freezer Bags
You now have 3 approximately 1/3 lb balls ready to freeze.
Thaw as needed and feed raw!
Satin Balls are rich food, feed no more than 3 balls until the dog has a bowel movement to make sure the recipe sits well.
Believe me, you do not want a Great Dane to show first signs of loose stool knowing you just loaded it up with food for the fourth or fifth time that doesn't agree with it.
WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS?
You have a non-eating, skinny Great Dane and NEED to get some nutrition into it fast, but you do not have everything to make Satin Balls.
Substitutions can be made, for example, any non-sugar cereal can be substituted. Its better with Total, but Rice Crispies ( not Fruity Pebbles!) will work in a pinch.
Cooked, cooled rice will work when no cereal is available.
Ground Turkey works good for those who have a dog who gets the runs on Ground Beef.
The eggs work as a binder so you need those for sure, the molasses can be skipped if needed. Its loaded with nutrition, so if you have it use it.
Do NOT add sugar or syrup if you do not have unsulfured molasses. just leave out the sweet, molasses has nutients, sugars and syrups are just empty calories that could make your dane hyper.
The idea is to get a protein product (eggs, ground meat) a fat ( vegetable oil, fat in meat) and a carbohydrate ( cereal, oats, wheat germ) into your non-eating or skinny Great Dane. As long as you even have one of each you're doing fine.
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