What a great idea for a video! You’re so right that one of the barriers to people trying raw is lack of time and not knowing where to get more variety. You showed it’s possible to feed a balanced diet with just a few ingredients that aren’t hard to source.
I think pork is really underrated. It's one of the most affordable meats out there. And it is at every grocery store basically. and green tripe offers a little bit of fermented veggie which is good.
@@Veganbutchershop yes but the prey they would eat in the wild are low in linoleic acid compared to what you can buy. Pigs are now very high linoleic acid whereas in the wild they are very low
Could you do a video like this but focusing on spending the least amount of money? I don't mind buying multiple ingredients but I'm always searching for how to spend the least amount of money while also providing my dogs with balanced meals. Thank you!
@@PawsofPreyAre there any meats we should not feed our dogs. My international market has frog legs and I wondered if this was a healthy choice for a food sensitive dog.
I'm so thankful that you give other options away from beef. I know beef is so highly nutritious but my dog is allergic to beef/bison so I'm definitely grateful that you take other ingredients into consideration!
I love this video. It shows that Raw feeding does not have to be that difficult or expensive. And you used some ingredients that I consider "super foods, although I realize that that term is used way too much. Pasteurized, eggs, green, tripe, and liver. Also, I think people forget about pork. It is a great protein, and lately it's been a lot more affordable than some others. I've been feeding Raw for 20 years and my emphasis is variety. This recipe is easy to change up and substitute some things, but still get a great variety. Thank you for making this video. I think it is one of the most helpful videos you have made for beginners. And also a great video to remind people to keep it simple. You don't need 20 ingredients in every bowl and you do not need a bunch of supplements.
This was incredibly helpful! I am in the same boat especially new to raw feeding and starting out with my new pug puppy! This will help tons with her until i get started and more comfortable. I was a little overwhelmed. When I brought home beef kidney I did find beef heart and cutting it up. Kind of made me grossed out. Lol but I'm going to still try it and give it my honest effort because I know that's what's best for her. ❤
Though I'm terrible with math I think you have the best videos and I Appreciate the content you put out!! I have a question what do you use as a flea intake preventative do you use one or do you use natural I tried to use natural products but my dog ended up getting fleas and now has a tape worm. He was already on interceptor plus in the summer months which now is summer when it's warm like I use the interceptor plus although it says it gets rid of tapeworm I'm still seeing tapeworm eggs even after defleeing him And my houseMy vet prescribed drontsl plus on top of what he's already on interceptor plus I don't Know how safe that is since they are both claim to get rid of the same things? I don't have a vet that believes in natural or raw feeding ! what do you think?
Awesome video vlog Mariah and thank you. I have never been a pet owner but am getting a dog in a couple of months and excited to raw feed, have been acquiring a lot of the recommendations and bought a large freeze to accomodate. PS: one video I always seem to have a problem finding is the best type of raw snacks. I know it is dog/animal specific to their nutrition but maybe a list of snacks, treats and the like especially for training would help me. Thank you for your work.❤
I use the pre-mix EZ Complete and have the commercial Viva Raw food delivered to make sure my cat's raw meat is easy and complete but I really love watching your videos. This channel along with a few TikTok pages have really helped transformed my cats diet. :)
Aww! Your so pretty ! So happy to see your face! Your so awesome to provide this information to us! Your always so helpful and I'm so thankful for you! 🙏❤
Fantastic! This is great for those who are starting to raw feed your pet. Depending on where you live, main chain groceries rarely you will find organ meats, chicken feet, necks. Your best bet is Latin or Asian grocery stores. I buy the main muscle meats at Costco ground beef, beef, pork, bison. The only item I buy online is green tripe but I order this during fall or winter (here in Phoenix AZ will arrive cooked or spoiled. Temps in summer are usually 115F and higher)
Everytime i watch your videos i just cant understand why you dont have 1mil subs! Seriously, im starting to suspect something is wrong with your sub`s button! You are the reason i am able to feed 30 cats raw! Your calculator for cats its simply a pleasure to use and to invent recipes! Also its cheaper to feed raw than buying canned or even dry cat food! Thank you very very much for everything you do for us and our pets!
Hahaha I wish! Raw feeding just isn't as popular as it could be. Hopefully soon it will be! And aw gosh, that makes me so happy to hear :') I'm so glad everything I've put out has been helpful to you!
This video was an answered prayer. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge for pet parents that want to get their pets off kibble, which is marketed as healthy but just generates profits for rich companies *at the expense of* our pets.
Just discovered your awesome channel... That I think deserves more attention than it's getting right now. Thanks... Will share your channel. My dogs have been on raw since they were 3-mth-old puppies. Reason for raw-feeding... I lost my heart dog to nasal adenocarcinoma seven years ago. She was on a highly processed diet. It was a very painful lesson.
Meat in various vareties and organs has most of the nutrition your pet needs add in some eggs, sardines, and your largely going to be good. I add a bit of mag and salt and on occasion some potasium. Organs like liver is where most carnivores get their minerals and vitamins. I like green tripe on occasion as well to mimic nature.
Thanks for all the info, I watch so many of your videos. I am currently feeding my dog a little bit of kibble and bone broth in the morning, then in the evening, she gets wet food but I also top it with raw foods that is easily accessible to me, such as, chicken liver, beef kidney, chicken wings, turkey necks, chicken feet, whole mackerel, blackberries, strawberries, raw eggs, blue mussels, kefir, prawns, squid rings, salmon oil, dried sprats and bone broth. I don't feed all these toppers at once, but I do top it with 5-6 different stuff listed above? my worry is that I am then unbalancing the meal? or do toppers just add as nutrient boosts?
Your videos and web page are great sources of information. Fun watching you "geek" out! I think I saw some smoke coming from out your ears from the gears grinding away on this one. LOL! Your Dog Meal Formulator is well worth the money! Thank you for putting this all together. 👍
Would be interested in seeing a video that goes in depth about nutrient relationships and how to achieve the optimal ratios with specific foods, supplements etc 💜
Absolutely brilliant challenge that you created here. I think this will go a long way to encourage people to take up feeding whole nutritious food instead of commerial pet food. Thank you for all the content you put out. Its been a great help to me, especially when i took the plunge and began to make my own food. I am going to buy your spread sheet at the weekend, its so tedious sourcing the info and doing the maths the way ive been doing it. I REALLY appreciate you selling that vital tool for a reasonable price....its going to be a game changer for me. It makes a nice change to see you too. 🙂
I love having a ball python who only needs one frozen rat per few weeks to have all his nutritional needs met. I wish there was food like that to give my dog! I need to start the raw diet for him but have several roadblocks including a small freezer/not enough space, among other things. But im starting to incorporate raw meat into his kibble diet as a step forward. I hope I can go 100% raw within a year or so. Love your vids!
Your videos are usually great. This one was truly a masterpiece. Most people don't have the time to truly source all the things you usually mention nor funds. This was possibly the most helpful. You should include a super low budget video. Things like off cut pieces of meat etc. We have 2 boerboels. That is way too expensive to feed muscle meats. We feed more muscular organs but are still too scared to go off kibbel completely. Thus far, we've managed green tripe, intestines, hearts, liver, kidneys, chicken stomachs, chicken heads feet and necks. We even get super cheap offcuts from our grocery stire but that is lots of fat and some leftover organs. But muscle meat will break the bank. Any thoughts? Maybe we need to add a multivitamin as well. We can also render some fat for cooking lard or to put in out bokashi bucket for the garden too.
Awh, well thank you so much! I do suggest feeding a bit more muscle meat. The variety of muscular organs you can feed is great! But muscle meat really should be a decent bulk of the diet. And please only feed fat raw! Cooked fat has high chance of causing pancreatitis.
I don't cook anything. Muscle meat is very pricy for us, nevermind for the large dogs. But, I'm looking into pork. Still gonna be a sometimes food. But we do our best😅😊
Wonderful to see you!!! You’re so beautiful! Love you! Love your videos! Love your mission! ❤❤❤ Also! Why am I so excited to see that you also shop at Publix for your pets just like me 💁♀️
This video just found me! THANK YOU for simplifying the process!!! I go into information overload easily…lol… You mentioned Turkey neck because you can easily find it. I have access to chicken necks. What would be the recommended chicken neck portion for adult, 40 lb dog? Thanks again! 🙏❤️
Nice to put a face to the voice. I just started watching your videos that convinced me to switch my puppy to Raw. So my vet told me not to buy ANY meat from the grocery stores because they are “sold to be cooked” and have higher chance of contamination….. I was like, so where the hell am I supposed to get this meat?? Do you know if this is true? Or is she trying to scare me into kibble lol
Thank you for all the helpful educational content. My dog has been on a commercial raw diet (viva raw, “human grade” for a while while I am learning how to DIY. She also gets an annual fecal parasite exam. But recently we found out she has worms!!! She is an indoor only dog. I am hesitant to go back to feeding raw. Should raw feeders be giving a dewormer? Do you have tips on how I can feed a PMD but lightly cooked/sanitized? Thank you! feeling discouraged.😢
Mariah as usual I love your voice especially in voice overs on your videos. Please please make one for cats. I don’t mind adding supplements at all but I just cannot seem to find kidney and especially spleen here in Western Washington but I’ll keep trying. And I’m also trying to use a spreadsheet and even if I get ingredients in the minimum requirements green area it always looks like it’s still unbalanced
thank you for this! trying to learn as much as i can for my kitty! question: could this recipe be applied for cats? if not, what do you recommend as substitutions?
Oh my gosh its so good to see you!! Hi mariah!! Thank you for all of your help over these years in my research to making my raw feeding better and better! :) May I ask we please have a cat recipe for this as well? I don't own a dog myself so a kitty version would really help out if you can manage it! Thank you for all you do!
@@PawsofPreyI love the cat videos! A simple cat recipe would be amazing but cats are not simple so not sure if there is one lol. Too bad about the lower viewership with the cat videos ..Love my cat and yes I think people just feed kibble. They don't even understand about raw.
@@PawsofPrey I couldn't agree more! In my opinion raw makes even MORE sense to feed cats, so I'm not sure why it's not more commonplace! My cat absolutely thrives and her teeth look incredible!
This may sound stupid but I don’t math. Saying 20% this 70% that doesn't tell me anything. I need exact measurements. I have a 40 pound shepherd/ terrier mix that is 11 years old. Has had allergies all her life. About a year ago i started feeding her 6 pounds cooked ground turkey, one pound ground chicken or beef or beef liver, 6 hard boiled eggs, 2 cans sardines, 1 medium can salmon with skin and bones. All meat is cooked then mixed together and divided into 7 days. She's getting about a pound of ground meat a day. At first she did better but then started losing weight to much so i added three fourths of a cup of dry food back to her diet. She doesn't seem to be doing as well as she was in the beginning. How should I change her diet? What could her diet be missing? I no longer think I'm doing it right or the best thing for her. 😪
It’s important to use percentages as every dog’s weight will be different. Weigh your dog. If they weigh say 6kg like our Jack Russells, that’s 6000g. Adult dogs need 2-3% of their body weight. 3% of 6000g is 0.03 x 6000g= 180g. (3%=3 divided by 100= 0.03) 2% = 0.02 x 6000g = 120g per day This will be the total per day. Then for muscle meat: 80% of 180g is 0.8 x 180g = 144g (80%=80 divided by 100 = 0.8) 10% bone: 10%= 0.1 x 180g = 18g 5% liver: 5%= 0.05 x 180g = 9g 5% other secreting organs: 5%= 0.05 x 180g = 9g *** For puppies, you need to feed 8-10% of their weight, so to keep it simple, let’s say 10%. Our puppies are 2kg (2000g), and they need 8-10% so: 10% of 2000g is 200g. This will be the total per day. Then for muscle meat: 80% of 200g is 0.8 x 200g = 160g (80%=80 divided by 100 = 0.8) 10% bone: 10%= 0.1 x 200g = 20g 5% liver: 5%= 0.05 x 200g = 10g 5% other secreting organs: 5%= 0.05 x 200g = 10g I hope that helps!
Now see how few ingrediants can be done for cats! I imagine though that would be much harder given their specific intakes. Just want to say I'm super glad I found your channel. I really want to switch our cats when we're in a better spot financially since most of our sourcing will have to be done online. Currently they're on a mid-grade wet diet with the occasional treat of easy to obtain things from a raw diet, and they LOVE those goodies so I'm hoping they'll switch over without too much fuss.
Loved this video! Sometimes it is difficult for me to find some ingredients and my cat doesn't eat everything he needs, like blue mussels, he just doesn't like it :( I use a commercial supplement that is indicated for vets here in Brazil but watching your videos I realise I am probably feeding too much of something or too little
Thanks! I used to feed my dogs tofu with other raw meat. I don't replace tofu with animal meats. It just makes my dog full, fun and hydrate. Can you make some videos about tofu? Or any opinions about feeding tofu?
Good video. Thank you for posting. My cats won't eat liver, raw or cooked. It's a battle. When I feed my two cats chicken thigh meat. I use the bones to make broth, which I then add to their meal.
I've watched several of your videos and there's some great information. I'd like to start this with my dog, but to be honest, doing this seems to be a bit on the expensive side especially when you start factoring in things like pork loin, pasture raised eggs, etc. What would a meal like you did in this video cost approximately? I'll try to look into pricing more myself, but not having fed my dog this stuff before, I'm not quite sure how much he would need on a daily basis, so it's hard to estimate price.
I’m pretty new here but love the content!!! Is there a video I’ve missed than provides total amount needed per pound of dogs healthy weight? I got (from her videos) ratios of organ meat, bones, etc.
Hello! I am new to your channel and really enjoying all the information packed videos! Kindly elaborate that if we chose beef instead of pork, since I live in a Muslim country pork is not available, what nutrients would I be missing out on and what can I add to balance out the difference, even if I have to go above 6 ingredients? I would be super grateful for your reply. Thank you! ❤!
My friend has a pasture raised, grass fed veal meat, liver, brain, spleen… that i would like to get for my dog. I was just wondering if veal is lacking some vitamins and minerals that beef has? Should i just get veal parts or wait till he has beef as well? P.s. great video Mariah And thank you for your help😊
I don't really suggest feeding any one recipe or commercial food long term. That's just my personal preference! Providing nutrients through different whole foods is what I believe is ideal. Who knows, maybe an ingredient you're feeding isn't as nutritious as we currently think, or maybe a specific meaty bone isn't as high in calcium as we initially thought. Maybe the zinc is too high in that one recipe and it makes it harder for the body to absorb iron and copper (nutrient ratios are also something to keep an eye on, at least over time) I'm not saying you can't, but I will always advocate for rotation! Makes things less stressful I think lol
Yolks are the main nutrient powerhouse! Whites do provide some as well, but mainly amino acids. They also added more calories and for this recipe I just didn't need them.
can i substitute quail eggs for pasture raised chicken eggs? i have also been using balut as well. i like your vlog format and can't believe you can pick up green tripe just like that at the store
Thank you I really appreciate this!! I feel less overwhelmed and stressed to start diy raw. Sadly my dog is allergic to chicken so in place of egg yolk should I feed quail eggs? Or if I were to add fish and sunflower seeds instead of egg would the diet be balanced?
You could feed duck or quail yolks, but I would personally feed oily fish like salmon, mackerel, or sardines to meet omega-3s and vitamin D, and feed a high quality vitamin E oil with mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols to meet vitamin E. For zinc, add some beef, lamb, goat, or bison meat. Oysters also meet zinc super easily with a small amount.
I’m having a problem with my standard poodle eating raw chicken, hearts, liver or gizzards. She loves sardines, tuna, canned chicken, ground beef and ground pork. Except she did throw up her meal the other day. I decided to cook her food somewhat and she did get some liver in this time because I blended it first and mixed it in with her food. She doesn’t even want beef heart. She loves steak though Lol. My lab eats anything. I feel I’m under feeding them because I keep hearing their stomachs growling. I know they have lost weight. I have also cut out all grains and vegetables. I feed twice a day. I cooked some ground beef, ground pork, beef heart, liver, gizzards and threw in 6 eggs, some small sardines and 3 cans of salmon. I par cooked it. Mixed all together, kind of like, what I call a goulash. Fed my 95 pound lab 3 cups and a big raw ox tail. I fed him again at night the 3 cups but no ox tail. I give my poodle 1 and a half cup and a small raw beef bone with, no meat just marrow. The same for dinner but no bone. We haven’t taken them for a walk in a few days. Work has been hectic. They have just been lazy. Definitely not by choice. So I’m wondering if what I have fed them is adequate for them. When I was feeding them dry, I fed them a little less but my lab was getting chunky. My poodle never over eats. Do you think I’m on the right track ?
With raw you’ll have to feed a lot more since it’s 75% moisture as opposed to like 10% with kibble. For example, for my medium sized dog recommended kibble amount would be like 1 1/2 cups and with raw feeding I feed her about a pound or so. She gets 1/2 lb of a premade raw grind, a salmon belly, chicken wing, and either ground beef, pork or chicken.
I just discovered your channel. How would it be to make freeze ahead meals for a 4lb dog using the balanced approach? I am thinking I could add a raw egg on occasion once it’s thawed.
I think there needs to be more videos like this. The raw feeding community is starting to get insane when it comes to how many ingredients need to be in a bowl. You have shown with one video that it can be done without 15 or 20 ingredients and another five supplements. And although you do provide services, your emphasis is not to make money. Which is a lot more than I can say for many people out there. I don't know how many face group books, etc. I've participated in where the people are basically telling people that they just cannot do a raw diet correctly without buying a recipe or paying for a nutritionist to tell them what to do. It is such a crock of crap.
My 36kg dog has shown a significant preference for chunks and meaty bones rather than complete 80:10:10 mince mixes. I'm happy to DIY his meals and add a small amount of 80:10:10 mince to his daily allowance. Do I need to freeze fresh meat from the store for one week before serving, or is it okay to serve the store brought meat without freezing it first?
