Bottle Feeding Recipe Need Help!! - Page 1

Taken from Leerburg:

Bottle Feeding Recipe
11 Calories per CC
1. 10 oz. of canned evaporated milk or goat's milk (not pasteurized cow's milk - this will cause scowers - dogs cannot drink normal cow's milk) Goats milk is by far the best to use. Wall Mart sells it.
2. 3 oz. sterilized water (baby water or boiled water) this is not needed if using goat's milk
3. 1 raw egg yolk
4. 1 cup of whole yogurt (avoid skim or fat free if at all possible)
5. 1/2 Tsp Karo Syrup or Corn Syrup (NOT HONEY !!!)

**** If you cannot find Karo or Corn syrup where you live, you can do a Google search for “substitute for Karo syrup” and get some options.****
**** “substitute for Karo syrup" - 1 c Karo can be subbed with 1 c white sugar and 1/4 c hot water (cook it to dissolve in the water best you can get it to. Depending on the recipe, if you need the sugar to be completely dissolved you might need to add a bit more water).

Place ingredients in a blender and blend or use a wire whisk. Be careful to not over blend and create a milk shake full of bubbles and then tube bubbles into the puppy.
Keep cool and discard leftovers after 7 days.
Warm formula to body temperature (dogs are around 101 degrees). Discard any un-used formula. This is a thick mixture - use a stomach tube to tube feed or enlarge the hole in the nipple for easy access for the pup.

My problem is Item #4 - I have been to 4 different stores this weekend and they ONLY carry "Low Fat", "Fat Free" or "98% Fat Free".....any suggestions??
 

I would use Esbilac myself, but it says "if at all possible", so maybe for you it's not.  Have you tried a health food store?

You know what doesn't make sense about this?

Guess what yogurt is?

FERMENTED COW'S MILK!!

Now, if cow's milk is so bad for the pups, why give them yogurt??? 

 The fermentation produces bacteria that aide in digestion and prevent unhealthy bacteria from taking over the intestinal tract, which can lead to infection in the bowels. 

 It is very easy to make your own yoghurt.  Really.  You can make it with whole milk, then it will be plain whole yoghurt.

You will need:
milk
a pot for the stove
some plain yoghurt with active culture - regular store-bought is usually ok, try to get it as fresh as possible, I prefer organic as I think they tend to have more active cultures)
a cooking (milk? beer brewing? candy?) thermometer is nice but not necessary
clean containers for the yoghurt (I use glass canning jars that have just been through the dishwasher)
a warm draft-free place

Take some milk.  (You have a point about yoghurt being from cow's milk!  You could probably use goat's milk as well, then maybe it would be even better?)  I like to do about a liter at a time, but that's flexible.

Boil the milk.  You want it to get to 180 degrees F.  If you have a thermometer, great.  If not, bring it just to the boiling point, keep it there 5-10 minutes.  Watch out for the milk getting burned on the bottom of the pot.  You will have to stir constantly and skim off the skin.  

After it's been at 180 degrees for 5-10 minutes, you need to let it cool to about 105 - 115 degrees F.  I like to do this fairly quickly to reduce chances for contamination, so I put the pot in a sink of ice water.

Once cool, pour about 1/2 cup milk into a jar, mix in about 1 Tablespoon of your storebought yoghurt, then fill the jar with more milk.  Do this until you've used all your boiled milk.

Let rest someplace warm and draft free.  A good way to do this is to put in the oven, with the oven turned on as low as possible and the door slightly open.  Another way is using a crock pot.

In something like 6 - 12 hours the yoghurt should be "set", relatively firm sort of like jello.  It's real yummy!

You can use the low fat if you need to.  I don't add the karo syrup.  The higher the fat content the better, but if you can't get it it is not the end of the world.  You can add mayonaise to up the calories if you want.

Do you have to supplement at this point?  ou also might want to order the Puppy Gold.  I used it in the formula when I had to hand raise and am giving it to a mom who is feeding 10.  This helps her increase her fluid intake which keeps the milk flowing!

I've used this one over the last few years when i've needed to supplement:

1 regular size can of Evaporated Milk (cows)
1 equal size can of Water
1 8 ounce container regular Plain Yogurt ( 6 oz container also OK)
1 strained jar baby food meat, first choice is Veal, second is Chicken, third is Lamb. Must have NO Additives (other ingredients and/or spices) and can only be prepared with Meat Broth as the fluid
½ teaspoon honey - can be reduced or omitted if stools too loose.

Blend all Ingredients. Can be refrigerated up to 3 days, can warm in the microwave, will also be able to flow thru baby bottle nipples

 Check a higher end grocery store or health food store.  Ok to use low fat, just not fat free yogurt.

Stonyfield Farms yogurts come in whole milk - all the major supermarkets carry it. That's what I give to my gang....