Dog Feeding Standards • UK Guide • October What Do Dogs Need in Their Diet? The Nutrients, the Amounts and the Foods to Avoid What does a dog need in its diet? Protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and fresh water every day, plus digestible carbohydrate and fibre for energy and gut health, in amounts that suit…
Canine Nutrition • Essential Guide • October 2026 Essential Nutrients for Dogs: A Complete Guide to a Balanced Diet The essential nutrients dogs need are water, protein (which supplies ten essential amino acids), fat (which supplies essential fatty acids), vitamins and minerals. Carbohydrate has no set requirement and adds energy and fibre. A complete food…
Last Updated: June 2026 | Written to WSAVA & PDSA standards | UK Vet-Approved Your puppy just ate, and now their belly looks like a little drum. Sound familiar? Overfeeding is the most common mistake UK puppy owners make. The PDSA PAW Report found that 46% of UK dogs weighed were already overweight or obese,…
Honestly, when I first switched my Shepherd pup to raw, I spent weeks reading conflicting advice and nearly gave up before I even ordered anything. One source says never mix proteins, another says the 80:10:10 ratio is the only way, and every other person seems to have a different story. So let me keep this…
Can a puppy eat raw chicken? Technically Yes, but medically No. It all depends on the age, health, and specific parts of the chicken in question. Raw feeding is growing fast in the UK. More pet owners want to feed their dogs something that feels natural, fresh, and close to what dogs would eat in…
What raw food can puppies eat? It’s the question that keeps most UK dog owners up at night. But here’s the messy reality: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) found that many raw pet food samples they tested across Britain were crawling with nasty bacteria. Yet a massive University of Helsinki study suggests those raised on…
Raw food can be genuinely good for puppies, but the answer carries conditions that most guides ignore entirely. Whether it benefits your puppy or harms them depends almost entirely on what type you choose, which breed you have, and what age your puppy is at the time you start. This guide covers all three, honestly,…
How to Introduce Raw Food to a Puppy Introducing raw food to a puppy the wrong way is worse than kibble. That one sentence is what most guides are afraid to say, but it makes getting the sequence right critical for UK puppy owners sourcing from Tesco/Sainsbury’s. Done correctly, it takes 4-6 weeks for results…
When can puppies start eating raw food? Most UK owners assume the answer is somewhere around eight weeks when the puppy arrives home. The biological window actually opens at three weeks old, and what happens in that early gap shapes gut health, immune strength, and coat condition for the rest of the dog’s life. Getting…
Can puppies eat raw food? Yes, and honestly, more puppies thrive on it than most people expect. A properly balanced raw diet supports stronger gut health, leaner growth and better coat condition from the very first weeks of life. But get the balance wrong and the consequences are serious. Permanent skeletal damage, bacterial infection in…