SAMPLE MENU – STARTING OUT
For a 15kg adult dog at 2% - 15,000g x 0.02 = 300g of food per day
Morning
Evening
Week 1
150g bone-in chicken breast
150g bone-in chicken breast
Week 2
150g chicken thigh & breast meat
150g chicken thigh & breast meat
Week 3-4
150g small chicken quarter with beef trim
150g small chicken quarter with beef trim
Week 5-6
150g chicken wing & beef trim
150g chicken wing & beef trim
Increase food to 2.5% - 15,000g x 0.025 = 375g of food per day
Week 7-8
225g small chicken quarter with pork meat
150g small chicken quarter with pork meat
Week 9-10
225g pork ribs with beef trim plus occasional raw egg
150g pork ribs with beef trim
Week 11-12
275g pork ribs with beef trim and tiny piece beef liver
100g chicken wing & breast meat
Week 13-14
310g pork ribs with beef trim and 15g beef liver
Alternate 50g small chicken breast with ribs or whole egg
Week 15-16
285g pork ribs with beef trim 25g kidney & 15g beef liver
Alternate 50g small chicken breast with ribs or whole egg
Week 17-18
335g chicken quarter, 25g beef heart & 15g beef liver
Training treats (e.g. slow baked organ or meat slices)
Week 19-20
295g chicken quarter, 50g heart, 15g kidney & 15g liver
Training treats (e.g. slow baked organ or meat slices)
Notes:
- the main meal can be either morning or evening – in this example it is in the morning.
- only change the menu each week if stools are ok, if not, keep to the same weeks menu until they are ok, before proceeding.
- when introducing any new meat or organ meat, test with thumbnail pieces first, and check stools before slowly increasing.
- when introducing egg, test with a small amount of beaten egg first, and check stools before increasing to a whole egg. Eggs can be served whole, and used as a complicated meal where they have to figure out how to get at the contents. Sometimes you have to make a tiny hole in the shell so they can smell the egg inside and figure it out.
Remember, you’re aiming for:
80% meat, sinew, ligaments, fat, can also include heart meat
10% edible bone
5% liver
5% other organ meat
So for 375g of food a day this equals:
300g meat, sinew, ligaments, fat, heart meat
37.5g edible bone
18.75g liver
18.75g other organ meat
These measurements don’t have to be exact, just to bear in mind.