Creating healthy and balanced meals for your dog may seem daunting. We have created this guide to assist you with meal planning for all diet types.  

You want to provide a variety of protein sources for your dog, up to nine different types of protein per month. 

Variety is essential for ensuring your dog gets enough vitamins and minerals while minimizing the development of food sensitivities that lead to inflammation and skin conditions. This applies to every diet below.

Before you begin shopping, you can use our FeedReal Calculator  to get your shopping list. If you're signed up for our DIY Workshop , make sure to select a seven (7) day shopping list.

Here's a guide to help you while you're shopping:

Any mammal, non-reptilian, preferably a ruminant animal

Kidney, Spleen, Pancreas, Brain, Testicles, Ovaries/Thymus

Below, sample recipes are based on a 50-pound, somewhat active adult dog. If your dog is heavier or lighter than 50 lbs, you can use our calculator to determine the percentages and amounts necessary to create your raw bowl. 

Your 50-pound, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. Your bowl should look like this: feeding the Real Ancestral 6X Diet™ at 12% bone content and using 60% raw meaty bone cuts.

Your 50.00 lbs, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. Here's what your bowl should look like: feeding the BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) at 12% bone content and using 60% raw meaty bone cuts.

You want to provide a variety of <a href="https://feedreal.com/glossary/catabolism">protein</a> sources for your dog, up to nine different types of protein per month. 

Variety is essential for ensuring your dog gets enough vitamins and minerals while minimizing the development of food sensitivities that lead to <a href="https://feedreal.com/glossary/inflammation">inflammation</a> and skin conditions. This applies to every diet below.

Before you begin shopping, you can use our <a href="https://feedreal.com/calculator">FeedReal Calculator</a>  to get your shopping list. If you're signed up for our <a href="https://feedreal.com/workshops">DIY Workshop</a> , make sure to select a seven (7) day shopping list.

*Raw chicken and duck feet are commonly recommended as a source of collagen and chondroitin, thanks to their ligaments and connective tissue. However, their bone density is lower compared to other raw meaty bones. Because poultry feet contain only 54% of the calcium found in other bones, such as necks, wings, and backs, and have minimal muscle meat, they should never be the sole source of calcium for puppies. They should only be used occasionally as the raw meaty bone component.

**Pork trotters (feet) can serve as an alternative to raw meaty bones, especially for large breeds due to their size. However, they are high in fat, making them unsuitable for dogs with fat sensitivities or those prone to pancreatitis.

Use sparingly due to higher <a href="https://feedreal.com/glossary/starch">starch</a>:

Do any of these ratio diets look familiar? 80/10/10 is PMR aka Franken Prey and 70/10/10/10 is BARF! As you may have noticed, many of the <a href="https://feedreal.com/glossary/raw-feeding">raw feeding</a> models are quite similar and overlap in components. 

The Frankenprey approach allows us to fill the nutritional components with different proteins.

Your 50.00 lbs, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. True prey model raw is feeding just one protein, which is often inconvenient or inaccessible for many. Your bowl should look like this: feeding the PMR (Prey Model Raw) at 12% bone content and using 40% raw meaty bone cuts.

Remember, these are all guidelines, and it's essential to adjust and feed the dog in front of you. If you're unsure where to begin, schedule a consultation with a certified nutritionist to help guide you, like those at Real Dog Box. FeedReal also has articles available to help guide you through the raw feeding process, whether you are making a bowl for a puppy, adult, or senior dog.

Articles from future units will be accessible once you have completed that unit.

Unit 5 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/transitioning-your-dog-to-raw">Transitioning to a Raw Diet</a> 

Unit 4 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/making-your-dogs-bowl-without-a-calculator">Formulation Math for a Balanced Raw Diet</a> 

Unit 3 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/can-puppies-eat-raw">Raw Feeding for Puppies</a> 

Unit 3 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/your-senior-dogs-raw-diet">Raw Feeding Senior Dogs</a> 

Unit 3 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/raw-feeding-your-adult-dog">Raw Feeding Adults</a> 

Unit 3 - <a href="https://feedreal.com/articles/your-pregnant-or-lactating-dogs-raw-bowl">Raw Feeding Pregnant or Lactating Dogs</a> 

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