Description
During the first year of life, proper nutrition plays a significant role in providing puppies with the right balance of nutrients to address high-energy requirements and proper growth.
This guide is designed to educate you on the optimal energy and nutritional requirements during this critical period of development and to provide some practical ways that you can achieve this with your own pup.
This guide is ONLY available as a downloadable pdf.
With this guide, you will get 102 pages of information relating to raw feeding ….
- Part 1 – The Technicalities – for those who like the detail
- Body weight gain before weaning
- Energy requirements during growth
- How to calculate the amount of food to feed your growing puppy
- Formal guidelines of the daily recommended allowances for growth and development with a focus on
- Energy, Protein, Fat, Carbohydrates, Fibre, Calcium, Phosphorus, Ca:P ratio
- Part 2 – The Practicalities – how to pull it all together and actually feed your pup!
- How much to feed
- How often to feed
- Getting started with muscle meats
- Getting started with organ meats
- Getting started with bones
- Getting started with fish
- Ensuring adequate calcium
- Calculations
- Non-bone sources of calcium
- Ensuring safety
- The importance of water
- Fruits and vegetables
- Foods to avoid
- Healthy additions
- Getting the balance right
- A brief word on supplements
- Recipes
- Recipes with and without bone that meet the standards of AAFCO.
- Chicken & beef blend (with bone)
- Chicken & beef blend (no bone)
- Beef blend (with bone)
- Beef blend (no bone)
- Mixed meats (with bone)
- Mixed meats (no bone)
- Higher carb (no bone)
- Recipes with and without bone that meet the standards of AAFCO.
- Appendices
- Additional meal ideas
- Food sources of key nutrients
- Bone content in raw foods
- The dirty dozen and the clean fifteen
- Body condition scoring in dogs
- AAFCO and NRC dog food nutrient profiles
- Vitamin functions. Signs of eficiency and excess
- Mineral functions. Signs of eficiency and excess
A download link to your Guide will become available on the payment page once payment is completed, as well as in a confirmation email that you will receive (look for the underlined text). If you are unable to see the download link for any reason, contact me and I will email it to you.
Feedback is welcome as it allows me to improve the guide to better meet your needs. If any major updates or changes are made, those who have previously purchased the guide will automatically receive a free copy of the updated version.
