Feeding Raw Food To Small Dogs

Dogs are opportunistic animals and will eat just about anything that contains meat but wild dogs also eat plant matter such as occasional fruits and vegetables.

Feeding raw food to small dogs.

The key to feeding a small dog successfully is to select appropriately sized food. To determine how much food to feed your dog you should start by knowing your dog s estimated adult weight. What i m going to share with you is the result of successfully feeding and raising a lot of dogs. Racing greyhounds and sled dogs have long eaten raw food diets.

1 2 nutrient deficiencies and diseases can be caused by feeding a diet with too much muscle meat and not enough of the other parts that create nutritional balance. The raw dog food diet primer. They are usually presented as a table that looks something like this. Small dogs and toy dogs can be fed a raw diet successfully as evidenced by the number of small dog breeders and owners who feed a diet of raw meaty bones and whole prey.

How much raw food should i feed my puppy. Puppies especially larger breeds grow rapidly and burn a lot of calories. The best raw food for dogs. If your puppy weighs 10 pounds for example feed it one pound of food split up into 3 or 4 servings a day.

To start the process take a look at the feeding guide on your dog food s label. They eat eggs and fish when they have the chance. Most large breed dogs will weigh between 50 to 150 pounds while small breeds weigh. But the popularity of the diets which emphasize raw meat bones fruits and vegetables is rising.

I m also friends with a lot of really smart phd veterinarians who ve helped me along the way and they know a thing or two about raw feeding. Unless stated otherwise these amounts give you the total that is recommended for your dog over a 24 hour period. Extending those feeding practices to the family pet is a more recent idea proposed in 1993 by australian veterinarian ian billinghurst. The risk with both homemade and commercial raw dog food diets is that often these diets are not well balanced for a dog s nutrient requirements.

Most training dog treats do include a small amount of grains and that s fine but you really don t need to include them in your dog s raw food meals. Raw dog food diets are controversial. As a result they need to eat up to 10 of their body weight in meat bones treats and supplements if used every day. Variety over time can be good but.