Page 5 - Raw Diet References Book 2019

Let’s break the raw diet into some simple rules. If you get these rules
right, you’ll get the raw diet right (I promise … just follow these rules
and your dog will do just fine).

Rule # 1: The Raw Dog Food Diet Must Have

Calcium

Dogs, and especially puppies, need a solid source of minerals,
especially calcium and phosphorus. Your dog wouldn’t survive without
them.

To get enough calcium and keep a healthy balance of minerals,
your dog’s raw diet needs to contain about 12% to 15% bone.

If you feed your dog bones, you’ll mostly get the minerals right. The

most important ones to worry about are calcium and phosphorus. Both
dogs and growing puppies need enough calcium in their diet. And they
need some phosphorus to go with it because these minerals work
closely together. Bones contain both calcium and phosphorus.

On the other hand, meat is high in phosphorus and too low in calcium.
An all-meat diet will certainly cause bone and nervous system issues
in your dog and severe bone issues in growing puppies. So you need
bone in the diet …

To get enough calcium and keep a healthy balance of minerals, your
dog’s raw diet needs to contain about 12% to 15% bone. To make
things simpler, this means about 1/3 of his diet should be nice meaty
bones. Here are some good choices for meaty bones:

• Chicken wings, necks, legs or thighs

• Turkey necks (other bones are large)
• Beef tail bones (great for larger dogs)

• Lamb or goat necks or ribs