Chicken & Sweet Potato

A cozy homemade meal for our 17-year-old gentleman — built to help him gently climb back toward a healthy weight.

How much?1 serving = 1 meal

meals

Units

that's a 3-day batch · 2 meals a day

weigh after cooking!

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What goes in the bowl

~50% protein ~35% carbs ~15% veg

🦴 Calcium carbonate (stir into the whole batch)plain only — no D3, no flavoring, never xylitol chewables · dose by the elemental calcium on the label

~800 mg

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Daily add-ins

Added fresh to a bowl each day — not mixed into the batch, and they don't scale with the meal count.

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Fish oil (omega-3) — 1 dose / day

For coat, joints, and aging kidneys. Keeps better added fresh than sitting mixed in the fridge.

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Canine multivitamin — per label / day

Covers zinc, vitamin E, copper and other trace bits whole foods miss.

Give both once a day, stirred into just one of his two bowls — pick one and stay consistent. The calcium is different — that one's already mixed into the batch up top.

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How to make it

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Good things to remember

Never add onion, garlic, salt, or seasoning of any kind.
Spinach stays a garnish — high in oxalates, and the breed leans toward calcium-oxalate stones.
Serve warm & soft — kind to old teeth.
Switch slowly over 5–7 days, mixing in with his current food.
Weigh him weekly. Aim for a slow climb — about ¼–½ lb a month. Not gaining after two weeks? Nudge the chicken & rice up.
Not complete without the calcium + multivitamin. Whole foods alone leave real gaps over time.
Worth a vet chat: weight loss at 17 can be normal aging, but it's worth ruling out dental pain, kidney, or thyroid before committing long-term.