Nourishing Puppy Bone Broth: Simple Recipe & 6 Customization Tips

My dogs love bone broth. It’s great for puppies of all ages. Healthy, hearty and packed full of goodness!

We have a lot of cooked bones in our home, from roast turkey carcasses to rib bones, to chicken wings and all sorts of other things. But not using them? Really is such a waste when you have dogs who are going to love some Bone Broth.

Now, I know what you’re thinking “But that’s cooked bones, you can’t feed dogs raw bones.” You’re entirely right, you can’t. Unless you slow boil them for at least a day and then test it when you’re done.

Bone Broth is great as an immune booster, as a meal supplement, for puppies who aren’t feeling well, or if you have a picky puppy.

You can make it at home (though warning, it’s a great plan to make this ahead of time and freeze it!), it’s packed with good things and your dog will love it! It’s basically gravy – and which puppy isn’t going to (literally) lap that up?

There are lots and lots of recipes, but here’s the one I’m using:

The Best Bone Broth Recipe For Your Puppy

PREP TIME: 15 mins

COOK TIME: 24 hrs

INGREDIENTS:

– 3 turkey wings (these can be cooked too!)
– 4 medium carrots
– 4 stalks of celery
– 45ml of apple cider vinegar
– 4 black peppercorns
– 1.25l of water

TOOLS:

– Knife
– Slow cooker (or heavy crock pot, so long as you’re able to watch it)
– Freezer bags
– A hungry puppy!

PROCESS:

1 – Add the turkey wings to the slow cooker,

2 – Roughly chop the celery and carrots, add to the slow cooker,

3 – Add the apple cider vinegar and the peppercorns,

4 – Add water (This may not work quite so well for your slow cooker – the ingredients should be just covered by water)

5 – Turn on the slow cooker and leave for at least 24 hrs (but monitor the water level if leaving it for longer)

6 – Extract the bones and feed or freeze (when cool)!

You can feed the bones so long as they squish or crumble under your fingers, bigger bones will take longer to boil down. Feel free to switch this for any bones you get, from my experience? Venison bones take the longest to become soft and edible? Followed by beef. Chicken and turkey soften up pretty quickly.

And Presto! I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t look half bad to me… and you can store it for up to about 3 months if you freeze it. I use Icecube trays, and then empty them when solid into a freezer bag. Then when you need them? (For example your pup is not feeling great, and has had mild sickness or diarrhea) then you can pull out one or two and water them down to be a nutritious liquid to start helping them get nutrition back into their little tummies.