Thank you for that...so if i go on 20kg for now and then pplay by ear. So that would be 2kg of RAW per day? that seems like an awful lot?
Just trying to work out what I would need in a month and at 2kg a day i would need ALOT!

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That can't be right! What breed is she?

Here is what Katiefranke says:
You need to feed approx 2-3% of their expected adult body weight (if still growing) per day, or of their ideal adult body weight (if they have stopped growing) per day.

2% would perhaps be for a dog with low exercise or overweight. 3%+ would be for a dog with high exercise daily, perhaps sports dogs and also puppies. Somewhere around 2.5% suits most average adult dogs. Large breeds have slower metabolisms so they tend to need the lower % and small breeds have a high metabolism so often need far more than 3% even.

My previous post should have said 10% of current weight! Duh! Facepalm! I based mine on about 3% of projected breed standard weight then upped it when I saw how tall they were getting.

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You need to be feeding approx 400 -420gms per day if you are going for 2-3% of her expected weight.

Ahhhh!! Now it all makes sense!!! thank you!! She is a greyhoound x saluki and weighs 9.3kg at the moment!

Thank you both!!

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How many grams would dogs around 30kg need??

We spend about £40 now so id like to keep it around that or under. But i really cant seem to get my head around it all i think i need a doggie chef lol or an idoits guide!

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Hello,

I have switched to raw feeding last year and back to a complete wet food as I wasn't confident in what I was doing & my vet said they should really be on a complete diet. He had never heard of prize choice so couldn't give me advice.

The dogs have now been on prize choice minced meat blocks for about 6 months now although I'm still a bit nervous about I want to carry on this time as I have done more research.

I have a few questions, hopefully some people can answer:-

I add 20% of blitzed veggies to the meat. Is 20% the correct amount to give in a 400 gram block?

Prize Choice say that it has 4g per 100g of bone in the mince. Is this enough to provide sufficient calcium?

Also the chicken (for example) has crude protein and fat. Does this mean the meat is rubbish?

The chickens analysis has 14.1% protein and 8.6% oil is this sufficient for 9 and 10 year old dogs?

I posted above - does that diet seem nutrionally sound for my dogs?

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Cassie 2002 - 17th May 2012
Sadie Age 9

If you feed a full raw diet of meat, bones and offal then it is a COMPLETE diet and don't let your vet put you off!

I don't add veggies as i personally believe that dogs don't need them and neither of my two will eat them anyway

I'm not sure by weight if thats enough calcium as i feed whole bones i'll leave that to someone else

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Thank you - my dogs have trouble with raw meaty bones so they have to have the minced version.

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Cassie 2002 - 17th May 2012
Sadie Age 9

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