Any one else here prepping their dogs meals. We started to about 3 weeks ago. Right now I'm doing the"gently cooked" meals and will likely transition into raw in the next few weeks if Belle likes raw.
Right now she is loving her home cooked meals. I just got done prepping for the next couple weeks. We'll be on the road most of that time starting in a few days.
The benefits of home prepped are many and the bonus is picking up poop is easier, no kibble= less than half the size poops..yep a crappy topic 
To make it easier and to have room in the trailer fridge/freezer we bought a 30qt 12v fridge. Not dual zone, run it on one or the other. Been testing if out and so far it's keeping temps within a degree or 2
If anyone is doing this I'm open to any and all tips and recipes.
We have not fed commercial dog food except for a 8 week old puppy for over 20 years. We had a dog with seizures for a few years and my wife did some research on the net about the food source for dog food. After switching to "people food" the seizures stopped. A few years later the seizures began again. I bought some dog-bone shaped treats for our daughter to use for training. If the dog ate a few per day the seizures started again. Now the only commercial treats any of our dogs get is at a drive thru, bank, coffee shop...
There are several websites you can look into about feeding decent food to your dog. Getting your vet on board may not be easy for any diet other than commercial dog foods. They do need a balanced diet. There are powdered mixes that can be added to help balance out what you feed them. I can food in quart jars for travel convenience. The RAW meaty bone for the day is beef ribs, rabbit feet or chicken feet grown on our property. We now are raising rabbits for them. STOP reading now if you got over-sensitive feelings.
After dispatching the rabbits, I behead them, cut feet and ears off, eviscerate them, cut up with poultry shears then grind fur bones and all. We freeze them in meal sized plastic tubs (Dollar Tree) with organ meat, a veggie mix and a powder mix for balance. Bones must not be cooked. A breakfast treat is a frozen rabbit ear, chicken or rabbit foot or a veggie bomb. Vegetables blended with olive oil and flaxseed frozen in ice cube trays. The rabbit heads are eaten fresh or frozen whole in the yard, teeth, eyes, brains and all. They love them. Lots of nutrients not made in a lab. We have 2 freezers dedicated to dog food. US Foods Chef Store, previously Cash and Carry is our main source for commercial meats. Boneless pork shoulder, chicken thighs...When chicken is on sale we will buy several packages of drumsticks, thighs or wings for grinding. Chicken or turkey necks can be ordered in from a meat market, fed whole or ground. We get them frozen in 40/50-pound boxes. Raw poultry is risky to feed due to salmonella. Do your research and know the risk.
The canned food we use for travel is boneless meat with veggies added. I leave the ring on the jar to reseal. If boondocking I put a few ounces or water in the jar and put the lid back on and wash when we get home to save water. Sometimes Walmart has frozen chicken feet for the meaty bone for the day. They need a slow introduction to a feed change to allow the proper gut bacteria to develop for digestion. Our dogs have white teeth, sleek coats and too much energy, lol. We have several people including our vet who want to be reincarnated as one of our dogs. Our vet is seeing the benefits, and we do blood work-up every few years at the rabies vaccine update appointment.
With proper research you can feed your dog an extremely healthy diet for the same price as a high-end commercial food. It takes a lot of time, but we enjoy doing it. We proved it to ourselves to be worthwhile effort. We have sourced a lot of free meat, a local dairy farmer who had a heifer that broke her leg, a friend with a walk-in cooler that processes several deer or elk annually, lots of trimmings there, a friend sells sheep and has a lot of organ meat not wanted by the customer. Some states allow roadkill to be harvested. Our dogs only poop once a day and we often look at it for firmness, color etc. I feel sorry for the dogs when you see a 3/4 pound pile and has corn grit in it, what a crappy meal.
