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Hey, Reader!

If you've been raw feeding for a while, you've probably heard the classic rule: feed 2 to 3 percent of your dog's body weight per day.

It's a fine place to start. But it treats a 10 lb Yorkshire Terrier and a 150 lb Great Dane exactly the same, and their bodies don't work the same.

Small dogs burn through energy faster relative to their size, so they need a bigger share of their body weight in food. Large dogs need less. Feed both 2.5 percent, and one may slowly lose weight while the other slowly gains.

This topic came up in my raw nutrition course at THP School, and it made me take a hard look at my own raw dog food calculator. It used one flat percentage for every dog, no matter the size.

So I fine-tuned it.

The daily amount now scales with your dog's size. You can pick from over 130 breeds, from Chihuahuas to Caucasian Ovcharkas (and yes, Wally's breed, the Feist, made the list). Puppy amounts now don't just depend on age but also on their expected adult size.

💡And there's something new for Dalmatian owners, too.

Curious whether your dog's amount changes? Plug in their numbers and compare the result to what you're feeding now.

→ Try the updated calculator​

Happy raw feeding,
Barbara

P.S. Know a breeder who feeds raw? Send them my way. I'm adding more to my list of raw-feeding US breeders, and their breed might already be waiting in the calculator.

My raw feeding recommendations:

• Choose between 13 different raw dog food blends from Raw Paws Pet Food here. Use K9Savings for 15% off!
• Raw Feeding Miami has an amazing raw dog food ingredient selection. Use this link for 10% OFF your first RFM purchase.
• ​Try this trial box from Darwin’s for 75% less (up to $100) - you’ll get to test it without wasting money. Fun fact: I started my raw feeding journey with raw dog food from Darwin's!
• ​My favorite resources for a healthy dog lifestyle - everything from freezers to knives, food storage containers, cutting boards, supplements, meat grinders as well as dog training tools and travel gadgets.
• Use my free raw dog food calculator to figure out how much of what your pup(py) needs to eat.
• Double check your meat's fat content with my free muscle meat fat calculator.

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