Feeding Guidelines

And Other Tips ….

Raw Food Feeding Guidelines for Dogs

Changing from kibble to natural, biologically species appropriate raw food for cats and dogs can sometimes be daunting. If you know what you want, please continue with the online shopping cart. If you are not sure, please do not hesitate to call us, or submit an Enquiry to us. We will call you to discuss the specific needs and requirements for feeding cats and dogs on raw food, and then work out a customized meal plan for your consideration.

Typically, you want to ensure that you transition with the Chicken with Vegetable raw food offering, and once your dog is happy and comfortable with his or her new diet, introduce more protein variety into the diet. The daily feeding requirements for raw food is calculated based on your dogs’ desired weight instead of the Metabolic Energy (ME) consumption or kCAL rates, used by most commercial kibble manufacturers.

Please note that these recommendations are provided for guidance only. It is safe to adjust these amounts for individuals based on health, lifestyle and appetite to  achieve an ideal trim body condition.

The table below illustrate this for all canine life stages.

Desired or Ideal Weight of Adult Dog (kg)	Typical Adult (grams/day)	Pregnant (grams/day)	New Mother with Puppies (grams/day)	Puppies up to 6 months (grams/day)	Puppies between 6 – 12 months (grams/day)	Adolescent Puppies (grams/day) (12-21 months)
1 – 5	49 – 245	98 – 490	147 – 735	102 – 514	73 – 367	61 – 306
5 – 10	185 – 370	370 – 740	555 – 1,11	388 – 777	277 – 555	231 – 462
10 – 20	320 – 640	640 – 1,28	960 – 1,92	672 – 1,34	480 – 960	400 – 800
20 – 30	560 – 840	1,12 – 1,68	1,68 – 2,52	1,18 – 1,76	840 – 1,26	700 – 1,0
30 – 40	750 – 1,0	1,5 – 2,0	2,25 – 3,0	1,58 – 2,1	1,13 – 1,5	937 – 1,25
40 – 50	960 – 1,2	1,92 – 2,4	2,88 – 3,6	2,0 – 2,52	1,44 – 1,8	1,2 – 1,5

The raw food feeding guidelines are based on averages, each dog is uniquely individual. To illustrate the above, assume we have a 4 year old Boston, weighing 10kgs and not too active.

This means that:

• We will be feeding @ 3% of desired body weight, which is roughly 300 grams per day;
• We are feeding twice a day, therefore, 150 grams per meal
• Assuming there is 30 days in the month, need to therefore order 9 kgs of food for the month

Raw Food Feeding Guidelines for Cats

Please note that these recommendations are for guidance only. It is safe to adjust these amounts for individuals based on health, lifestyle and appetite to  achieve an ideal trim body condition.

The table below illustrate this for all feline life stages.

Desired or Ideal Weight of Adult Cat (kg)	Typical Adult (grams/day)	Pregnant (grams/day)	New Mother with Kittens (grams/day)	Kittens up to 4 months (grams/day)	Kittens 4 – 9 months (grams/day)	Kittens 9 – 12 months (grams/day)
1 – 1.5	40 – 60			130 – 195
1.5 – 2	60 – 80			165 – 220
2 – 2.5	80 – 100			200 – 250	200 – 250
2.5 – 3	100 – 120			250 – 300	250 – 300	209 – 251
3 – 3.5	120 – 140	270 – 315	450 – 525		270 – 315	238 – 278
3.5 – 4	140 – 160	315 – 360	525 – 600		315 – 360	266 – 304
4 – 4.5	160 – 180	360 – 405	600 – 675		360 – 405	304 – 342
4.5 – 5	180 – 200	405 – 450	675 – 750		405 – 450	329 – 366
5 – 5.5	200 – 220	450 – 495	750 – 825			353 – 388
5.5 – 6	220 – 240	440 – 480	715 – 780			376 – 410
6 – 6.5	210 – 228	480 – 520	780 – 845			399 – 432
6.5 – 7	228 – 245	520 – 560	845 – 910			455 – 490
7 – 8	245 – 280	490 – 560	770 – 880
8 – 9	280 – 315	560 – 630	880 – 990
9 – 10	315 – 350	630 – 700	990 – 1,0

The raw food feeding guidelines are based on averages, each cat is uniquely individual.