need advice on homemade food for weight gain

Question
It seems my dog has been losing weight for a while.  I did not notice until I brushed her, bathed her, and took her in to the vet when she was having some kidney problems (and they weighed her).  I have not done a recent blood test (within the past week and a half), but she is feeling a lot better, although her blood work last week still showed elevated kidney levels (BUN 53, Creatinine 2.8).  She had been in renal failure, developed pancreatitis, but now is off fluids, eating hungrily (quite hungrily), and has a lot more energy than before, although her energy could be a little better, I think.  
I switched her to a homemade diet last year when I discovered she had some food allergies (chicken, beef, rice, and possibly wheat and eggs).
I feed her 1 lb. of ground turkey, 2 to 2 2/3 cups of millet, plus veggies like green beans, broccoli, and spinach.  I add supplements to her food: calcium, vitamin C, fish oil, probiotic, MSM, a joint supplement, vitamin E, and milk thistle to detox, when necessary.  
Now that she is not nauseous anymore, she is quite hungry.  I was trying to not overload her kidneys when she was sick, and I am not sure if I should feed her more.  
She tested negative for heartworm, parasites, and lyme.  Her blood work did not show cancer, that I know of--I'm sure someone would have told me.  I have looked into Addison's and Cushings, but she doesn't really fit the symptoms for these.  
She has seen several vets in the past few weeks and all say she is thin or "ribby", but not too thin.  They like to see a senior dog (13 1/2) a bit on the thin side to help if they become arthritic.  
I just don't like how I can feel her backbone and ribs and how hungry she seems.  She is about 45 lbs. now and a good weight for her is about 55 lbs.  About a year ago, she was teetering between 65 and 72 lbs., so she has lost quite a bit.
If you could help me with the ratio of the foods that I feed her, I would appreciate it.  I don't exactly understand how to know how much grain to feed her vs. how much ground turkey.  Thank you so much for any help!  I suppose it is possible she needs an enzyme or adrenal support supplement, but I want to be sure I have the food right, too.
Thank you,
Kim Gomez

Answer
I have been sick. I promise to respond later today or by the latest, tomorrow. I am so sorry to havea kept you waiting. Susan

Hi again,
THANK YOU for such a complete bio on your beloved pooch. It is so hard when they are seniors and have 'issues'. I know about kidneys and pancreatitis problems, believe me. Ok, having said that I am going to do the best I can to help you with a diet that should help to increase or at least stablize his weight. Keep in mind that I am NOT CERTIFIED in the nutrition field but come from love and EXPERIENCE as I have three dogs myself, one being sick from day one that I rescued him and two from extensive research and working with a WONDERFUL WOMAN that I want you to write ASAP. Everything I help you with here I learned from her. I credit her with saving my dog's digestive life. Buddy is now GAINING weight NUTRITIOUSLY and I am thrilled. Here is her address and if you tell her that I referred you, you will absolutely find the help you need. I am NOT SAYING that I cannot help you but I know my limits. This woman is fab and I kid you not. She will not charge you because she ADORES animals and can't do enough for them. Her own two dogs lived to be 19!! She is the CEO of the most fabulous supplement company I have ever researched and I myself have taken all of her suggestions (within reason). She may recommend a supplement or two but I assure you of this: whatever she recommends supplementally will NOT have synthetics in them (kidney stressors) like what is in some of the supp's you are now using. Do CONTACT HER, PLEASE. If nothing else, she is diet master with canines. My name is:
Susan Behlmar
email:DazzlinDaawg@aol.com

HER EMAIL IS: DoniaSea@aol.com PLEASE contact her also as you will never look back :-)

Now, My suggestions would be to make certain you are feeding your little one ORGANICALLY OR AS organically as possible. I am sure you know what this means as you seems to be on top of things.
I hope you are using REAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS and esp DDS Plus as the probiotic. I use this 15 minutes before meals twice a day (I feed my dogs three times a day, smaller portions), a digestive enzyme APA blend (provides all the vitamins my dogs need including blue green algae a miracle mineral from Lake Klamath in Oregon). I use NOTHING from the pet shops as their vitamins and supplements are created in LABS and have synthetics in them. THIS ALONE WOULD MAKE IT VERY HARD ON YOUR DOGS KIDNEYS. You do not want those kidneys to have to work to filter out the poisons of the synthetics. You also need to give the liver a break. Steam lightly your boneless, skinless chicken breasts or any LOW FAT meats and add veggies like zucchini, cukes, yellow squash to the meat. Use a juicer or magic bullet to pulverize the veggies to an applesauce-like consistency--skin and all. You also should add some pulverized fruits like apples, pears, avocados and others but for now this is a good start. You want the PH balance to be right with your dog. To gain weight, boil skinless, organic yams (not WHITE POTATOES OR WHITE ANYTHING)and after mushing add this to the meals also. My Yorkie is gaining rapidly with the addition of the yams (not too much to start). Stay away from rice products (wheat, gluten not good) and keep doing what you are doing.

What I think could be happening with your pooch and the reason he is not gaining is poor absorption of what he is eating. This is why I mentioned all of the above. Once digestion and absorption are handled, he should stabilize.  PLEASE email Donia (rhymes with Sonia, it is NOT A TYPO LOL) AND though you will hear much of the same, she will REALLY give a schedule and wonderful advice. OK??

I surely hope this helps and I WANT YOU TO LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS GO. I love people like you who are so ontop of things for our little loved ones. Let me know, Sue Behlmar