FOR EVERY 10 KG OF DOG WEIGHT YOU NEED TO FEED THE FOLLOWING DAILY AMOUNTS:
200G MEAT
200G VEGETABLES
200G FRUIT
eg: DOG WEIGHT = 20KG
FEED 400G MEAT
400G VEGETABLES
400G FRUIT
ADD TO THIS NUTS, SEEDS AND HERBS. A GOOD VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENT AND SOME OLIVE OIL.
MEAT (454G PACKS)
400G MINCED VEG
CHICKEN WINGS
CHICKEN CARCASSES
TURKEY NECK
IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU FIRST START OUT WITH NATURAL FEEDING TO KNOW IF YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT. I WAS VERY CONCERNED AT FIRST AS I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IF I WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. I READ AS MANY BOOKS AS I COULD AND SPOKE TO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO RE-ASSURE ME. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAD WAS KNOWING HOW MUCH I SHOULD FEED THEM.
NOW I USE A VERY BASIC RULE OF THUMB:
IF YOUR DOG IS OVERWEIGHT - FEED HIM LESS
IF YOUR DOG IS UNDERWEIGHT - FEED HIM MORE
IF YOUR DOG IS AT THE CORRECT WEIGHT - CARRY ON AS YOU ARE
THERE ARE FOUR BASIC FOOD GROUPS WHICH YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR DOGS DIET:
| GROUP 1 MEAT AND BONES | GROUP 2 VEGETABLES | GROUP 3 FRUIT | GROUP 4 HERBS/SEEDS/NUTS |
| CHICKEN TURKEY RABBIT LAMB GAME BEEF TRIPE HEART KIDNEY LIVER CHICKEN WINGS TURKEY NECKS CARCASSES RAW BONES INC. RIB, NECK,SHIN | CARROTS PARSNIPS CABBAGE BROCCOLI TURNIPS SWEDE ASPARAGUS PEPPER CUCUMBER LETTUCE CELERY | APPLES BANANAS ORANGES BERRIES PLUMBS KIWIS APRICOTS DATES PRUNES | BASIL MINT THYME ROSEMARY PUMPKIN SUNFLOWER SESAME PINE NUTS HAZEL NUTS BRAZIL NUTS ALMONDS CASHEWS |
IMPORTANT THINGS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER:
NEVER FEED YOUR DOGS ONIONS/CHOCOLATE/GRAPES/RAISINS THESE ARE ALL POISONOUS TO DOGS
ONLY EVER FEED YOUR DOG RAW BONES - NEVER COOKED
FEED ORGAN MEAT ONCE PER WEEK AND AVOID MINCING IT IF POSSIBLE.
AVOID FEEDING WEIGHT BEARING BONES WHERE POSSIBLE AND NEVER FEED SMOKED OR STERILISED BONES FROM THE PET SHOP.
IF YOUR DOG SEEMS TO BE VERY HUNGRY TRY ADDING A FILLER SUCH AS BROWN RICE, BUCKWHEAT OR QUINOA. USE THIS AS PART OF THE FRUIT AND VEG MIX.
TREATS: USE BAKED LIVER FOR TRAINING, DRIED FRUIT, NUTS OR PART OF THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE (CAN BE A BIT MESSY!!!!!)
HELP TO KEEP YOUR FEEDING COSTS DOWN BY BUYING YOUR FRUIT AND VEG FROM THE MARKET, BUY REDUCED ITEMS IN THE SUPERMARKET, PICK YOUR OWN OR GROW YOUR OWN.
MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL:- DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, SPEAK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN. THEN MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND AS TO HOW YOU WISH TO FEED YOUR PETS.