Why RAW?

This is a perceived industry standard. Guidelines have been produced to which all manufacturers should work to, incorporating the 80/10/10 (80% meat, 10% bone and 10% offal) Remember 80/10/10 is a basic guide line and is not always the right balance for your Pet. Always read the label, every manufacturer has their own take on this and some products may not contain what you expect (no bone or no offal). Whilst this isn’t a problem you need to be aware of it, it is something to watch out for. You can balance over time using other products that do or do not, contain bone or offal.

Again this is a perceived industry standard. One size doesn’t fit all in this case.
80/10/10 – This is the standard, but may not be the right balance for your Pet. 80% protein (muscle meat), 10% bone and 10% offal of which only 5% should be liver. Other offal such as kidney or spleen should make up the other 5%.

here we would like to give a brief overview of what is considered suitable foods. It is not an exhaustive list but the basics. We will explain why these are needed in a balanced diet.

●PROTEIN:(Muscle building – Amino acids – Real food for the carnivore)
FEED THESE RAW. Cooked meat is alien to the dogs digestive system!
●RAW GREEN TRIPE: Probably the finest of the protein foods. Try to obtain a quality supply.

●CHICKEN: Wings, carcass, necks or meat.

●LAMB: Meat or neck.

●BEEF: Any cut is fine. Try to avoid the large weight bearing leg bones – these aren’t great for teeth as they are so hard.

●TURKEY: Carcass; necks; meat.

●OFFAL: Liver (only 5% of your calculated feeding amount)

●Kidney. Spleen, testicles are also a good alternative offal.

●HEART / PLUCK: These are muscle meats too. Heart and small amount of lights / pluck (lungs)(often found in cheaper pet food minces as ‘bulk’ i.e. economy pet minces.) These are cheap but can also be very rich so try to avoid feeding these for the whole meal.
●FISH: Oily fish; herring/mackerel etc; white fish.

●EGGS: Ideally raw to preserve the biotin content. These can be feed whole with the shell or without. 

●BONES: You cannot get away from the fact that dogs are primarily carnivores and carnivores eat bones. Bones are a food and packed with nutrition. Dogs have eaten them with very little harm since forever! That was what they were created for – they cleared up all the carcasses and lots of other things – literally, the dog is a scavenger. 

Where better for a dog to get totally natural, easily assimilated, top quality calcium! They form an important part of a balanced diet and also are great for sparkly white teeth.

●VEGETABLES: These are purely optional. (But Highly recommended by Just Natural Dogs) Some do, some don’t. They can be useful for bulking out a meal if your pet needs to loose a few pounds. But if you choose not to feed or your dog isn’t keen then don’t worry you will still be achieving a balanced diet if you feed the items above.
Give vegetables with a Protein meal. You can give them finely grated raw, or pulped. Or you can cook them – or use the leftover veg from your Sunday Roast. Many manufacturers will include them in their completes also. Or for an extra special treat pour bone broth over them, by all means ask for our recipe.

●FRUIT: Yes, fruit. Give bananas, an excellent source of potassium and long term energy. Remember the sugar content though. Also some dogs with skin problems can have an issue with the sugars in fruit and veg and this might make them sore and itchy. Feed occasionally as a treat and not as an integral part of the diet.
Apples, (No Core) you can grate at first for a pup, and is often best that way for all dogs, as they tend to get more from it. You can find that if they have eaten a whole apple, it comes out the back end in un-broken down chunks. If they have a really strong digestive system they will break more of it down.
Kiwis are good – full of vitamin C.
Oranges; dogs love them as long as you get them used to them early on in life. Again, great vitamin C.

Again, if you are feeding a good balanced diet, these are a preference rather than a necessity.

●Seaweed (Kelp), is a brilliant vitamin and mineral source.

●Tumeric – a great natural anti inflammatory.

●Kefir, coconut oil – the list goes on.

Please research feeding guidelines and introduce gradually, as with all new foods.
Current feeding guidelines suggest that for a balanced diet you should be offering a good variety of meats (Minimum of 4 per week). Variety is the spice of life – your dog will thank you for having something new each day rather than having the same meat and becoming bored.