Raw and Natural Nutrition Diets for Dogs

So many people today believe that feeding a raw diet is unacceptable. In fact, its quite easy to do, and readily available in many pet stores. Raw is the most natural way to feed your dog, and if you buy it pre done in your pet store, those diets are usually a complete meal and fully balanced. 

 

After feeding a raw natural diet, you'll start to see results in no time. Expect to see shinier coats, more energy, healthier skin and overall better health.

Here's what you'll need if your going to make raw yourself:

Freezer : for larger dogs especially, you will end up purchasing most of the raw meat in bulk making it more economical for you.

Scissors: meat cutting scissors to be exact, this way you can cut meat like chicken and ribs in to pieces

Plastic bins, containers, or zip locks: these are to store the meat in the freezer and great for thawing and portioning

Mixing Bowls: just to mix all the ingredients together

Knives: great to prepare raw meals, these go along with the scissors

Refrigerator space: the perfect and safest way to thaw meats that you've previously frozen from buying in bulk 

Food scale: used to measure food until you get familiar to what constitutes proper serving sizes

Meat grinder: usually used for toy and small breed dogs

Ingredients you'll need:(50-75% of meal is animal protein)


Muscle meat (doesn't include bone)
-beef heart
-ground turkey
-rabbit
-fish (fillet)
-tongue
-ground chicken
-ground beef
-lamb heart
-ground lamb
-chicken hearts and gizzards
-turkey hearts
-wild game (buffalo, venison, elk, llama, goat, ostrich, or kangaroo)

Organ meat
-beef liver and kidney
-lamb liver and kidney
-pork liver
-chicken liver
-turkey liver

Add calcium : if you're feeding a diet without bones, always balance the raw home cooked meal with either calcium carbonate (900 milligrams oer pound of food served) or half a tsp of ground eggshell
*Keep grains to a minimum
Add vegetables