I'm making the leap!

Kidding of course. Nobody can really tell you how much she'll need. It will totally depend on her. I could help you more if you were gonna feed her raw, but I'm not sure how homecooked measures. I assume you'll be leaving out the wheat, but are you gonna add rice as a filler? or something else? If its just gonna be the meat and veggies, the amount you'll need to feed will be less than if there's filler, but technically a bit more meat.

Oh, and I probably missed it, but how do you know Maze doesn't like bones? Crusher thinks she's silly. Bones are da best!

Why cooked, and not raw? I thought you said you were switching to raw? (or was that just Sandy?)

I don't have any advice, I've never fed cooked, just raw.

oranges81

 Once this box of dog food is done...

Kind of off topic... but I didn't know that dog food even came in boxes, LOL

If you can find a copy of Cheryl Schwartz's "Four Paws, Five Directions", there are excellent guidelines for amounts of and what types of things to feed.  I homecooked for Agnes, who had heart enlargement due to the heartworm and she was eating about 1/3 each of meat, veggies, and carb.  This book follows tcvm guidelines, so talks about warming, cooling, and such.  It also talks about supplements, both Eastern and Western, for various conditions.  It is an excellent resource to use in conjunction with your vet's guidelines and supervision.  Agnes did very well with what I was feeding her and I think it helped her last as long as she did.

 Candace: Maze will chew on meat up until she hits the bone then spits it out in disgust.

Sandy was just on put on raw and is doing amazing on it.  

I'm planning on doing raw meat with cooked veggies and such. But I'm at a loss. I have Pitcairn's nutrition book.

I'm not sure about the rice since she's not too fond of it.  Maybe couscous instead since she does enjoy that. 

sharismom

If you can find a copy of Cheryl Schwartz's "Four Paws, Five Directions", there are excellent guidelines for amounts of and what types of things to feed.  I homecooked for Agnes, who had heart enlargement due to the heartworm and she was eating about 1/3 each of meat, veggies, and carb.  This book follows tcvm guidelines, so talks about warming, cooling, and such.  It also talks about supplements, both Eastern and Western, for various conditions.  It is an excellent resource to use in conjunction with your vet's guidelines and supervision.  Agnes did very well with what I was feeding her and I think it helped her last as long as she did.

I will defiantly find that book!

 You can find the information for correctly formulating a home cooked (or raw) diet for Maze in Monica Segal's book " Optimal Nutrition". It's $25 and you can buy it here;

http://www.monicasegal.com/catalog/product.php?cPath=25&products_id=66

  I know Maze may have a heart condition so you want to be sure her diet provides the nutrients she needs. There is a chapter in the book about heart disease, with sample diets and suggestions for helpful supplements like taurine. There are instructions in the book to help you formulate a diet based on your dog's weight. Jessie was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis about 16 months ago and Monica formulated a diet for her; she will work with your vet if you want her to. My vet said the diet was excellent. She has a yahoo group called K9 Kitchen where you can get great advice in formulating a diet;

 https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=ygrp&.done=http%3a//groups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2FK9Kitchen%2Fjoin%2F&rl=1

 I'm a member of the K9 kitchen just not that active right now.. I'm not sure how my vet will react to the diet since he's not a fan of home made food.

 Sometimes, when they see how *serious* you are about it, they change their mind. When you say "home made food" most vets are picturing left over fried chicken, and hamburger helper. When mine saw the actual diet, on paper, he boggled for a minute. He had no idea I had it actually *balanced* and knew the fat and protein percentages, and all of that.

 That's a good idea. I haven't told them about Sandy's diet yet. Should be fun.

oranges81

  I'm not sure how my vet will react to the diet since he's not a fan of home made food.

  I explained Monica's credentials to my vet and showed him her book; the forward is written by a professor of small animal nutrition at Ohio State University. When the diet was completed, I brought a copy of it to him. I think any vet will approve a home made diet if you can show them it is properly balanced.