Quick recipes

Your pet is a fan of the local food? Here are a few interesting recipes that will enrich the daily menu of your dog, and you can prepare the ingredients you already have in the kitchen.

Chicken risotto for dogs

Risotto with chicken

Ingredients:
200 g of cooked rice
½ liter of water
200 g finely chopped cooked chicken
200 g chopped šargarpe or other vegetables

Preparation: All the ingredients in a deep pot and Pelita with a little water. The water gradually as required, fill up. Cook until the water evaporates. Meal kept in the refrigerator no longer than 3 days.



loaf with meat for dogs

Loaf with meat and vegetables
Ingredients:
500 g of ground beef
5 carrots (two plane and 3 cut into small cubes)
1 apple (finely chopped)
2 eggs
2 slices of bread cut into small pieces
100 g of oat flakes
50 g bran
4 small potatoes (shredded or cut into cubes)

Preparation: heat the oven at temperatures of 180 degrees
In a bowl combine all ingredients well. If necessary, in order to blend the colors united by adding water. The resulting mixture divide into 4 parts or more smaller pieces and shape into loaf of them. Bake in a pre-oiled pan for 80 minutes at 180 degrees.

balls with meat for dogs

Meat Balls

Ingredients:
400 grams of minced meat (chicken or beef)
1 carrot
120g breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 tablespoon grated cheese

Preparation: minced meat add jejda scrambled egg, finely chopped or grated carrot. To the mixture, add the bread crumbs. Shape balls. Balls stacked on a baking tray previously smeared with oil. If desired, sprinkle with grated cheese balls. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

cubes of meat for dogs

CUBES WITH LIVER

Ingredients:
1 kg chicken or beef liver
100 grams of finely chopped bacon
100g wholemeal flour
200 g white flour
50 g of corn flour
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Preparation: liver put into a blender and stir until you get a thick liquid mixture. At that add integral, yellow corn flour and combine everything well and finally add finely chopped bacon. Pour the mixture into a deeper baking pan that you previously oiled and floured. If desired, at the end of the mixture Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese or a little corn baršna. Bake 30 minutes at 180 degrees. After 30 minutes turn off the rerun and leave the cake for 10 to 15 minutes to rest upećnici. When the cake is cool with liver cut into small cubes.

Biscuits for the dogs

Ingredients :


2 cups of rye flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup warm water
1/2 cup flour - smooth
1/4 cup bran (corn)
a few drops of vanilla flavoring

Of these ingredients knead the dough for cookies.

2nd
Roll out to 1/2 cm thick and cut out shapes (we have molds of bones).

3rd
The cut-out cookies stacked in a large sheet covered with baking paper (get full plate of said mixture).

4th
Bake at 180 ° C for about 30 minutes - I baked a little longer, so they were rather hard.

Fifth
Stacked in a box cake and keep them until the dog does not eat.

6th
These are cakes for rewarding and can last for a week - two.

Food for dogs

What is needed in order to prepare yourself a good meal your dog are the ingredients that has carbon hidratia and who make up 70 percent of the food.

From food of plant origin as rice, bread, pasta, corn flour (semolina), carrots, spinach, Swiss chard, wheat, barley and other cereals. In addition to carbohydrates in these foods have a lesser amount, and vegetable fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

Given the fact that fat strongest source of energy for the dog, and they should be required to add to the meal. But do not overdo it with the fats that are either animal or vegetable origin. They are in the dog's meal should be from five to more than 20 percent.

Proteins (proteins), with their amino acids must also be present in every meal dog. Protein should be at least 20 to 25 percent. There are those who believe that dogs in the development and convalescents, older dogs and puppies, that percentage should be much higher. And they - do not make mistakes.



Where are the necessary proteins? They have the most meat (beef, beef, veal, horse, fish, poultry and game) or in milk, cheese and eggs.

For dogs have excellent internal organs of domestic animals such as liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen and stomach. Therefore, the internal organs and recommended as an excellent food for dogs of all categories and ages.

However, cooking the meat and internal organs reduces their nutritional value. That's why many owners, under cooked meals, give their dogs the meat in fresh condition (usually once a week), provided that they are sure that the meat is healthy, that was bought in proven butchers. If, however, use the carcass remains (so-called. Confiscates) such meat and internal organs should nevertheless be well boiled and then give the dog.

In addition to these animal protein, the dog is necessary to add a certain amount of protein of vegetable origin. They have enough in soybean oilseed meal.
The food should be represented and minerals, especially calcium and phosphorus, but are essential in very small quantities, and iron, copper, cobalt, sodium, magnesium, chlorine, iodine, zinc, sulfur, manganese, etc.

Dog vitamins are essential and how they liposoluble (A, D, E and K) and water-soluble (group B vitamins, H, PP).

Thanks to the numerous and high quality vitamin and mineral supplements for dogs and in our market, this problem is now easily solved. On the advice of a veterinarian prescribed by adding a (small) amount of these supplements in the food and do not go overboard in their prime
In order to specifically prepare themselves food for your dog?
Dog food should always be freshly prepared and should not be neither cold nor too hot. It is best to before bring it to the dog, she is warm between 15 and 25 degrees Celsius

 You take a pot volume of three to five liters and cook food. The pot can be left in the fridge without fear that you will contaminate your food because it is completely clean and the food that you are cooking (meat, maize flour, macaroni, rice, etc.).

You have to have a pot in which you podgrevati food for your pet. From this Pour mixture into bowl of food that your pet eats. The pot in which you cook and container in which heat up the food should be completely clean.

Fats, vegetables and grains cook in the pot, and the only fresh meat was mixed with the food they heat up. Meat is usually taken in large quantities and when placing it in the freezer is divided into bags for one meal a dog.

If the dogs in the food (which we save) Add nearly picking concentrated dry or canned food, we can not cook it, it is added to the podgreajnu food or give directly to the dog.

Owners often tend to give their dogs finished just bought dry food or canned one. No matter how good the food composition, through chemical can enter all the necessary ingredients, so it is necessary to give the dogs and fresh food.

- You can make combinations: two-thirds of prepared meals and one-third of natural foods (meat, rice, vegetables, some milk, eggs) or a similar mixture .

Now you try. Simple, is not it?

History German Shepherd

In Europe during the 1850s, attempts were being made to standardize breeds.^] The dogs were bred to preserve traits that assisted in their job of herding sheep and protecting flocks from predators. In Germany this was practiced within local communities, where shepherds selected and bred dogs. It was recognized that the breed had the necessary skills for herding sheep, such as intelligence, speed, strength and keen senses of smell. The results were dogs that were able to do such things, but that differed significantly, both in appearance and ability, from one locality to another.

To combat these differences, the Phylax Society was formed in 1891 with the intention of creating standardised development plans for native dog breeds in Germany. The society disbanded after only three years due to ongoing internal conflicts regarding the traits in dogs that the society should promote. some members believed dogs should be bred solely for working purposes, while others believed dogs should be bred also for appearance.^[38] While unsuccessful in their goal, the Phylax Society had inspired people to pursue standardising dog breeds independently.

With the rise of large, industrialized cities in Germany, the predator population began to decline, rendering sheepdogs unnecessary. At the same time, the awareness of sheepdogs as a versatile, intelligent class of canine began to rise.^] Max von Stephanitz, an ex-cavalry captain and former student of the Berlin Veterinary College, was an ex-member of the Phylax Society who firmly believed dogs should be bred for working.^] He admired the intelligence, strength and ability of Germany's native sheepdogs, but could not find any one single breed that satisfied him as the perfect working dog.

2-year-old black German Shepherd

In 1899, Von Stephanitz was attending a dog show when he was shown a dog named Hektor Linksrhein. Hektor was the product of few generations of selective breeding and completely fulfilled what Von Stephanitz believed a working dog should be. He was pleased with the strength of the dog and was so taken by the animal's intelligence, loyalty and beauty, that he purchased him immediately. After purchasing the dog he changed his name to Horand von Grafrath and Von Stephanitz founded the Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde(Society for the German Shepherd Dog). Horand was declared to be the first German Shepherd Dog and was the first dog added to the society's breed register.

Horand became the centre-point of the breeding programs and was bred with dogs belonging to other society members that displayed desirable traits and with dogs from Thuringia, Franconia and Wurttemberg.^[24] Fathering many pups, Horand's most successful wasHektor von Schwaben.^[24][39] Hektor was inbred with another of Horand's offspring and produced Heinz von Starkenburg, Beowulf andPilot, who later fathered a total of eighty-four pups, mostly through being inbred with Hektor's other offspring. This inbreeding was deemed necessary in order to fix the traits being sought in the breed.. In the original German Shepherd studbook, Zuchtbuch für Deutsche Schäferhunde (SZ), within the two pages of entries from SZ No. 41 to SZ No. 76, there are four Wolf Crosses. Beowulf's progeny also were inbred and it is from these pups that all German Shepherds draw a genetic link. It is believed the society accomplished its goal mostly due to Von Stephanitz's strong, uncompromising leadership and he is therefore credited with being the creator of the German Shepherd Dog.

Etymology

German Shepherd Dogs. Female (left), Male (right).

The breed was named Deutscher Schäferhund by von Stephanitz, literally translating to "German Shepherd Dog". The breed was so named due to its original purpose of assisting shepherds in herding and protecting sheep. At the time, all other herding dogs in Germany were referred to by this name; they thus became known as Altdeutsche Schäferhunde or Old German Shepherd Dogs.

The direct translation of the name was adopted for use in the official breed registry; however, at the conclusion of World War I, it was believed that the inclusion of the word "German" would harm the breed's popularity. due to the anti-German sentiment of the er.The breed was officially renamed by the UK Kennel Club to "Alsatian Wolf Dog", after the French-German border area of Alsace-Lorraine.This name was also adopted by many other international kennel clubs.

Eventually, the appendage "wolf dog" was dropped,^] after numerous campaigns by breeders who were worried that becoming known as a wolf-dog hybrid would affect the breed's popularity and legality. The name Alsatian remained for five decades, until 1977, when successful campaigns by dog enthusiasts pressured the British kennel clubs to allow the breed to be registered again as German Shepherds. The word "Alsatian" still appeared in parentheses as part of the formal breed name and was only removed in 2010.

Popularity

A German Shepherd

When the UK Kennel first accepted registrations for the breed in 1919, fifty-four dogs were registered and by 1926 this number had grown to over 8,000.^]The breed first gained international recognition after the decline of World War I; returning soldiers spoke highly of the breed and animal actors Rin Tin Tin and Strongheart popularised the breed further.^[45] The first German Shepherd Dog registered in the United States was Queen of Switzerland; however, her offspring suffered from defects as the result of poor breeding, which caused the breed to suffer a decline in popularity during the late 1920s.

Popularity increased again after the German Shepherd Sieger Pfeffer von Bern became the 1937 and 1938 Grand Victor in American Kennel club dog shows, only to suffer another decline at the conclusion of World War II, due to anti-German sentiment of the time.^] As time progressed, their popularity increased gradually until 1993, when they became the third most popular breed in the United States. As of 2012, the German Shepherd is the second most popular in the US. Additionally, the breed is typically among the most popular in other registries.The German Shepherd Dog's physique is very well suited to athletic competition. They commonly compete in shows and competitions such as agility trials.

Health

A 9-week-old German Shepherd puppy

A German Shepherd with a football

Many common ailments of the German Shepherds are a result of the inbreeding practiced early in the breed's life (although this was necessary to preserve other traits for the breed). One such common ailment is hip and elbow dysplasia which may lead to the dog experiencing pain in later life and may cause arthritis. A study conducted by the University of Zurich found that 45% of the police working dogs were affected by degenerative spinal stenosis, although the sample studied was small. The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals found that 19.1% of German Shepherd are affected by hip dysplasia. Due to the large and open nature of their ears, German Shepherds are not prone to ear infections because there is no hair in the outer ear canal to hold debris or moisture.According to a recent survey in the UK, the median life span of German Shepherds is 10.95 years,^] which is normal for a dog of their size.

Degenerative myelopathy, a neurological disease, occurs with enough regularity specifically in the breed to suggest that the breed is predisposed to it. A very inexpensive DNA saliva test is now available to screen for Degenerative Myelopathy. The test screens for the mutated gene that has been seen in dogs with degenerative myelopathy. A small study in the UK showed 16% of young asymptomatic GSDs to be homozygous for the mutation, with a further 38% being carriers. Now that a test is available the disease can be bred out of breeds with a high preponderance. The test is only recommended for predisposed breeds, but can be performed on DNA from any dog on samples collected through swabbing the inside of the animal's cheek with a sterile cotton swab. Now that there is a test available, prospective German Shepherd buyers can request the test from the breeder or buy from a breeder known to test their dogs.

Additionally, German Shepherds have a higher than normal incidence of Von Willebrand disease, a common inherited bleeding disorder.^] Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), a degenerative disease of the pancreas. It is estimated that 1% of the UK GSD population suffers from this disease.^] Treatment is usually in the form of pancreatic supplements being given with food.

In popular culture

Strongheart, one of the earliest canine stars

German Shepherds have been featured in a wide range of media.^] In 1921 Strongheart became one of the earliest canine film stars, and was followed in 1922 by Rin Tin Tin, who is considered the most famous German Shepherd. Both have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[57]German Shepherds were used in the popular Canadian series The Littlest Hobo. Batman's dog Ace the Bat-Hound appeared in the Batman comic books, initially in 1955, through 1964.^] Between 1964 and 2007, his appearances were sporadic. A German Shepherd called Inspector Rex, is the star of Austrian Police procedural drama program, which won many awards, where German Shepherd Rex assists the Vienna Kriminalpolizei homicide unit. The show was aired in many languages.^]In Call of Duty: Ghosts, there is a dog named Riley who is a playable character in some levels. In the novel I Am Legend, Robert Neville has a female dog named Sam (played by two different dogs, Abbey and Kona in the film).

German Shepherd

The German Shepherd is a breed of large-sized working dog that originated in Germany. The breed's officially recognized name is German Shepherd Dog in the English language, sometimes abbreviated as "GSD", and was also formerly known as the Alsatian and Alsatian Wolf Dog in Britain.

The German Shepherd is a relatively new breed of dog, with their origin dating to 1899. As part of the Herding Group, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep. Since that time, however, because of their strength, intelligence, trainability and obedience, German Shepherds around the world are often the preferred breed for many types of work, including assistance, search-and-rescue, police and military roles, and even acting.

The German Shepherd is the second-most popular breed of dog in the United States^[6]and fourth-most popular in the United Kingdom.

Description

German Shepherds are large-sized dogs. The breed standard height at the withers is 60–65 cm (24–26 in) for males and 55–60 cm (22–24 in) for females.

The weight standard is 30–40 kilograms (66–88 lb) for males and 22–32 kilograms (49–71 lb) for females.

They have a domed forehead, a long square-cut muzzle and a black nose. The jaws are strong, with a scissor-like bite. The eyes are medium-sized and brown with a lively, intelligent and self-assured look. The ears are large and stand erect, open at the front and parallel, but they often are pulled back during movement. They have a long neck, which is raised when excited and lowered when moving at a fast pace. The tail is bushy and reaches to the hock.

German Shepherds have a variety of colors, the most common of which are tan/black and red/black. Most color varieties have black masks and black body markings which can range from a classic "saddle" to an over-all "blanket." Rarer colour variations include the sable, pure-black, pure-white, liver and blue varieties. The all-black and sable varieties are acceptable according to most standards; however, the blue and liver are considered to be serious faults and the all-white is grounds for instant disqualification from showing in conformation at All Breed and Specialty Shows.^[

German Shepherds sport a double coat. The outer coat, which sheds all year round, is close and dense with a thick undercoat. The coat is accepted in two variants; medium and long. The long-hair gene is recessive, making the long-hair variety rarer. Treatment of the long-hair variation differs across standards; they are accepted but not competed with standard coated dogs under the German and UK Kennel Clubs while they can compete with standard coated dogs but are considered a fault in the American Kennel Club

The FCI accepted the long-haired type in 2010, listing it as the variety b—while short-haired type is listed as the variety 

Intelligence

German Shepherds were bred specifically for their intelligence,a trait for which they are now famous. In the book The Intelligence of Dogs, author Stanley Coren ranked the breed third for intelligence, behind Border Collies and Poodles. He found that they had the ability to learn simple tasks after only five repetitions and obeyed the first command given 95% of the time. Coupled with their strength, this trait makes the breed desirable as police, guard and search and rescue dogs, as they are able to quickly learn various tasks and interpret instructions better than other large breeds.

Temperament

A German Shepherd with a baby

German Shepherds are highly active dogs and described in breed standards as self-assured.The breed is marked by a willingness to learn and an eagerness to have a purpose. They are curious, which makes them excellent guard dogs and suitable for search missions. They can become over-protective of their family and territory, especially if not socialized correctly. They are not inclined to become immediate friends with strangers. German Shepherds are highly intelligent and obedient.^[

Aggression and biting

Well-trained and socialized German Shepherds have a reputation of being very safe. However, in the United States, one 1996 source suggested that German Shepherds are responsible for more reported bitings than any other breed and have a tendency to attack smaller breeds of dogs.^[19] An Australian report from 1999 provides statistics showing that German Shepherds are the breed third most likely to attack a person in some Australian locales.

According to the National Geographic Channel television show Dangerous Encounters, the bite of a German Shepherd has a force of over 1,060 newtons (238 lbf) (compared with that of a Rottweiler, over 1,180–1,460 newtons (265–328 lbf), a Pit bull, 1,050 newtons (235 lbf), a Labrador Retriever, of approximately 1,000 newtons (230 lbf), or a human, of approximately 380 newtons (86 lbf)).

Modern breed

The modern German Shepherd breed is criticized by some for straying away from von Stephanitz's original ideology for the breed,that German Shepherds should be bred primarily as working dogs and that breeding should be strictly controlled to eliminate defects quickly. He believed that, above all else, German Shepherds should be bred for intelligence and working ability.^[ Although the show dogs have been bred for traits that do not help or even hurt their working abilities, and many pets have misbred by irresponsible breeders who have caused many diseases for the breed, the working dogs, such as the ones used by police and militaries, have maintained their performance and stuck to the original intentions of the breed.

Some critics believe that careless breeding has promoted disease and other defects.Under the breeding programs overseen by von Stephanitz, defects were quickly bred out.

Controversy

The Kennel Club, in the United Kingdom, is involved in a dispute with German Shepherd breed clubs about the issue of soundness in the show-strain breed. The show-strains have been bred with an extremely sloping topline (back) that causes poor gait in the hind legs. Working-pedigree lines, such as those in common use as service dogs, generally retain the traditional straight back of the breed.

The debate was catalyzed when the issue was raised in the BBC documentary, Pedigree Dogs Exposed, which said that critics of the breed describe it as "half dog, half frog". An orthopedic vet remarked on footage of dogs in a show ring that they were "not normal".

The Kennel Club's position is that "this issue of soundness is not a simple difference of opinion, it is the fundamental issue of the breed's essential conformation and movement." The Kennel Club has decided to retrain judges to penalize dogs suffering these problems.

It is also insisting on more testing for hemophilia and hip dysplasia, other common problems with the breed.

Use as working dog

German Shepherd at an agility competition

A German Shepherd swimming

German Shepherds are a popular selection for use as working dogs. They are especially well known for their police work, being used for tracking criminals, patrolling troubled areas and detection and holding of suspects. Additionally thousands of German Shepherds have been used by the military. Usually trained for scout duty, they are used to warn soldiers to the presence of enemies or of booby traps or other hazards. German Shepherds have also been trained by military groups to parachute from aircraft or as anti-tank weapons. They were used in World War II as messenger dogs, rescue dogs and personal guard dogs. A number of these dogs were taken home by foreign servicemen, who were impressed by their intelligence.

The German Shepherd is one of the most widely used breeds in a wide variety of scent-work roles. These include search and rescue,cadaver searching, narcotics detection, explosives detection, accelerant detection and mine detection dog, among others. They are suited for these lines of work because of their keen sense of smell and their ability to work regardless of distractions.^[27] At one time the German Shepherd was the breed chosen almost exclusively to be used as a guide dog for the visually impaired. When formal guide dog training began in Switzerland in the 1920s under the leadership of Dorothy Eustis, all of the dogs trained were German Shepherd females. An experiment in temperament testing of a group of Labrador Retrievers and German Shepherds showed that the Retrievers scored higher on average in emotional stability and ability to recover promptly from frightening situations, cooperative behavior and friendliness; while the German Shepherds were superior in aggression and defensive behavior. These results suggested that Labrador Retrievers were more suited to guide dog work while German Shepherds were more suited to police work. Currently, Labradors and Golden Retrieversare more widely used for this work, although there are still German Shepherds being trained. In 2013, about 15% of the dogs trained by Guide Dogs of America are German Shepherds, while the remainder are Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers. The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association in the United Kingdom states that crosses between Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers make the best guide dogs, although they also train some German Shepherds, as well as some other breeds. Guide Dogs for the Blind in the United States trains only Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and crosses between these breeds. Guide Dogs Queensland in Australia also trains only Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers.

German Shepherds are still used for herding and tending sheep grazing in meadows next to gardens and crop fields. They are expected to patrol the boundaries to keep sheep from trespassing and damaging the crops. In Germany and other places these skills are tested in utility dog trials also known as HGH (Herdengebrauchshund) herding utility dog trials.

My first dog, Laika German Shepherd and her new friend Aeolus ,Part I

The dog is much more than an animal, the dog is a family member. 
Do not you think so? I can prove it. 

 I'll present you my first dog, her name was Laika. She was born on 03.12.1999 in the small town of Backa Topola in Serbia. She arrived with exactly one month on my birthday 6, small and frightened in a cardboard box. As soon as I saw it I knew it was going to be the most beautiful birthday gift that I'll ever get. Alone, in the new house, seeking exploration territories and games jumped right into my arms.To was sincere hug my first real friend.As one child in the family, I was eager societies, games and running around the yard. I realized that I got a partner in crime. Days went by and I could not wait for morning to run out into the yard and saw it. She always greeted me with eyes full of happiness and barking. Hours would pass through and we would be playing with a ball, throwing a Frisbee and would annoy the neighbors with noise. Laika began to grow up, has grown into a beautiful German shepherd with short hair, demanded more and more games and walking. A year has passed quickly, again came winter and we have a new winter spells. Not only arrived the snow arrived and the first litter. Yes, Laika became a mom! 

 Our happiness knew no bounds, we threw in the snow and racing. But she was obedient, each lump was waiting with patience.  We have not had a moment's peace, would remain breathless from so many games. I finally felt like I had a sister, a genuine sister. I went to the first class, as my family has done Laika and puppies were left alone at home, which is why I have always been sad. Whether they are hungry?Are they cold? Do they perhaps even a little miss? Since I last left the house Laika's used so jumped from the yard and went with me. 

The school was my 2 km from the house, so I was always welcome company.Always was my problem intersections near schools due to poor visibility. I was about to cross the street to find the round suddenly turned to my right, Laika ran out in front of me and prevent me rounds hit. Crying I wore to school to get help, luckily injury was not serious, bandage her bandaged leg was injured. After hours, we went home and safe arrived.She is quickly recovered and continue on with our antics. One day, while we were watching TV at the door leaped new surprise. Beautiful 3 years old German shepherd Aeolus. 

 They were the most beautiful couple, soul mates. Oh, it was such a big baby, great love of Laika and my new great friend. I was even happier Laika had the company and is no longer left alone. They loved to pose as any modern couple. 

 Every moment they used to be with us and their children Finally, we have become one big family. More they were not only family members but also am a member of their pack. Big happy family full of life. 

Soon followed by the continuation of the story of a pack of Laika, the story of Aeolus who got sick and left in tears his love  that will eventually herself to fight for his life against cancer.