A STARTING GUIDE FOR PUPPIES AND ADULT DOGS

PUPPIES

For puppies under 5 months:

A step-by-step approach is recommended when transitioning puppies to raw.  This will help to avoid any stomach issues and should make the swop over as smooth and easy as possible.

Step 1 is to work out how much food your puppy need.  Please use our Feeding Calculator to discover how much food your puppy needs throughout the day.    Puppies under 3 months old need at least 4 meals per day. Three meals a day for puppies between 3 and 6 months of age and for puppies 6 months to 1 year old, two meals per day.  Having said this, it is not set in stone, be guided by your puppy, some may drop a meal sooner of their own accord.   

Do not mix kibble and raw and there is no need to add vegetables and fruits.   

Days 1 - 3, start with Bulmer Tripe Mince (boneless green tripe) only, for every meal. 

Days 4 - 6, introduce bone.  Feed half Bulmer Chicken Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Tripe.

Days 7 - 9 , feed half Bulmer Chicken Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Bulmer Beef & Tripe Mince (Boneless). 

Days 10 - 12, feed half Bulmer Duck Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Bulmer  Beef & Tripe Mince (Boneless). 

From Day 13, you can start introducing offal slowly.  Begin with a teeny amount of liver.  Liver is packed full of nutrients, but can cause runny poops.  Very gradually build up the amount of liver to 5% of the daily diet.  Once liver is well tolerated, you should begin to introduce a second secreting organ, such as Kidney, Pancreas, Spleen, in the same way that liver was introduced. 

Aim to feed raw oily fish and raw eggs two or three times a week.  Just crack an egg over the meal.  The shell can be given too if pup likes it, but do not grind the shell up.  Sprats and Sardines are good to start, chop them up and mix into the meal.  If pup is Ok with this, you can feed whole in future. 

Continue to introduce a new protein every three days from now on.  You can introduce whole bones now, or switch to feeding complete meals.    

By introducing one protein at a time, you will discover if pup has any allergies or intolerances to any particular meat.  

Tripe is extremely beneficial to puppies and adult dogs.  Tripe is the stomach of a herbivore – usually a cow or a sheep. Green simply means “unwashed.” If you feed your dog “green” tripe, he will benefit from the minerals in the remains of the semi-digested material. On the other hand, humans typically eat white tripe. This kind has had all these important nutrients washed out of it, so it isn’t beneficial for your dog.

Feeding green tripe intermittently, if you have the stomach for it (it is extremely stinky)  is healthy. It will give your puppy access to the range of nutrients he needs. (Tip: wear gloves.  The smell stays on your skin for ages). 

Always make sure your puppy has access to fresh drinking water.  Raw fed dogs actually drink a lot less water than kibble fed dogs.  Allow them to drink as much as they want.

PUPPIES OVER 5 MONTHS AND ADULT DOGS:

Week 1, Bulmer Tripe Mince (boneless green tripe) only. 

Week 2, introduce bone.  Feed half Bulmer Chicken Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Tripe.

Week 3, feed half Bulmer Chicken Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Bulmer Beef & Tripe Mince (Boneless). 

Week 4, feed half Bulmer Duck Mince (up to 25% bone) and half Bulmer  Beef & Tripe Mince (Boneless). 

From week 5, you can start introducing offal slowly.  Begin with a teeny amount of liver.  Liver is packed full of nutrients, but can cause runny poops.  Very gradually build up the amount of liver to 5% of the daily diet.  Once liver is well tolerated, you should begin to introduce a second secreting organ, such as Kidney, Pancreas, Spleen, in the same way that liver was introduced. 

Aim to feed raw oily fish and raw eggs two or three times a week.  Just crack an egg over the meal.  The shell can be given too if pup likes it, but do not grind the shell up.  Sprats and Sardines are good to start, chop them up and mix into the meal.  If pup is Ok with this, you can feed whole in future. 

Continue to introduce one new protein every week from now on.  You can introduce whole bones now, or switch to feeding complete meals.    

By introducing one protein at a time, you will discover if your dog has any allergies or intolerances to any particular meat.  

Older, more senior dogs may need less bone content.