Best Homemade Raw Dog Food Recipes for Complete Health

Feed a dog a raw diet doesn't have to be the same meal every day. It is important to have a variety of ingredients as well additions in your weekly raw dog food recipes to give your dog one balanced nutritional profile.

Creating recipes for raw dog food

Most raw dog feeders follow a simple ratio when creating 5: 1: 1 recipes. This means that your recipe should have:

• Five servings of bone-in meat, either whole-boned or ground with meat
• A serving of organ meat
• A serving of vegetables and fruits

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Some raw feeders use an 8: 1: 1 ratio called the "prey model" which is:

• Eight servings of meat
• A serving of organ meat
• A serving of bones

This diet may work better for some dogs, but it may not be as balanced without the herbal ingredients.

Typical raw dog food ingredients

When sourcing ingredients for your 5: 1: 1 mix, there are a few common types of foods that you can use that will work well for a Raw food diet.

Meat on the bone

Meat can be fed on the bone as it is or ground with a meat grinder. Do not cut the fat from the meat as it is beneficial for the dog's nutrition. If you do decide to feed fish, they should be frozen first to kill any possible parasites.

 

Some commonly used meat-on-the-bone options include:

• bison
• chicken
• duck
• Moose
• goat
• herring
• lamb
• mackerel
• ostrich
• pork meat
• Hare
• quail
• salmon
• Sardines
• Tripe (this is an organ, but mostly muscle)
• Turkey
• Wild

bone

Raw meat bones are an essential part of the raw food diet. You can feed them whole to your dog if they're an appropriate size, or you can grind them up. Commonly fed bones include:

• Beef tail bones
• Chicken feet
• Chicken necks
• Chicken quarter
• chicken wing
• Lamb breast
• Pork neck
• Rabbit bones
• Turkey necks

Organ meat

Organ meat that can be fed in the raw diet includes the following:

• Brains
• eyes
• Hearts
• Kidneys
• Liver (limit due to high vitamin A levels)
• pancreas
• spleen

vegetables and fruits

Any vegetable that is safe for dogs can be included as well as fruit. Fruits with a high sugar content should be fed in limited quantities. Vegetables and fruits should be lightly cooked before feeding to make the fibers easier to digest. Commonly used vegetables and fruits in raw food diets include:

• Apples
• Bananas
• Turnips and turnip greens
• Blueberries
• Bok Choy
• broccoli
• Carrots
• cauliflower
• celery
• Collard Greens
• Cranberries (moderate amount)
• cucumber
• Green beans
• Kale
• Leafy vegetables such as rocket, coriander, dandelion, mustard, parsley, romaine
• Peas
• pumpkin
• spinach
• To squeeze
• Sweet potatoes (cooked by boiling or baking)
• zucchini
• Yams

Extra food

In addition to the 5: 1: 1 elements, you can also add other foods that contain beneficial nutrients and proteins, such as:

• Brown rice
• Cottage cheese (fat-free or low-fat)
• Eggs
• Oats, cooked
• Fatty oils such as coconut, cod liver oil, hemp, primrose, olive oil, flaxseed or fish oil
• Yogurt (fat-free or low-fat)
• Chickpeas
• Wheat germ
• Commercially made vitamin supplements and probiotics
• Powdered Egg Shell Calcium
• Seaweed powder

How to calculate recipe ratios for raw dog food

While dogs really don't need a change in taste, mix up their diet during the week can help provide nutritional benefits. These recipes use percentages for quantities. All you have to do is determine what yours is The dog's daily amount of food is based on weight and use those percentages to determine the number of ounces.

1. For example, a 50-pound dog needs a pound and a half of food per day, or three-quarters of a pound per meal (assuming the dog eats twice a day).
2. A ratio of 5: 1: 1 would then be 50% meat on the bone or 12 ounces and 10% bone and 10% organs or about one and a half ounces each.
3. If you want to make and freeze a large batch at once, simply multiply the number of foods in the day by the weights to get the dimensions of your recipe ingredients and divide the servings by weight before packing and freezing.

Chicken, Liver and Vegetable Medley

Try a chicken and liver mix for your dog.

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