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Raw Guide

Get your pet’s raw food journey started off on the right paw.

Step one: Trial run

Safety comes first when incorporating new foods into your pet’s diet.

If your pet has shown signs of allergies or is a puppy, we recommend testing the four main proteins to determine sensitivities, likes and dislikes. In order to get clear results, avoid feeding your pet supplements or treats during the trial period. Of course, if you already know your pet is allergic to one of these proteins, skip it and test the others.

While you carry out the trial described in the next section, keep a close eye on your pet and check for the following allergy symptoms:

The four main proteins

Turkey

Start by feeding your pet turkey (the blend is called “TTurO”) for one full week as you observe them. If they don’t have any allergy symptoms, move on to the next protein. 

Duck

Now feed duck to your pet for one week. You can use the whole duck blend or our turkey-duck blend, Turduckey (only if your pet was OK with turkey). Keep in mind that duck has a higher fat content than the Turduckey. 

Chicken

Next try chicken for a week. You can either use thighs with organ meat or legs with organ meat. Thighs are lower in bone than legs but both are good blends.

Beef

Lastly, feed your pet beef for a week. Beef goes last because, since we cannot grind beef bones, our beef blends contain poultry bones. We use poultry. Chicken legs, duck frames and turkey necks.

You can pick up your order at our shop or get it delivered to your door. We have five delivery routes in these six states: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.

see delivery routes here

You can pick up your order at our shop or get it delivered to your door. We have five delivery routes in these six states: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.

see delivery routes here

You can pick up your order at our shop or get it delivered to your door. We have five delivery routes in these six states: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.

see delivery routes here

You can pick up your order at our shop or get it delivered to your door. We have five delivery routes in these six states: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.

see delivery routes here

Next steps

Once you’ve tested these four proteins, your pet will have a wide variety of blends to safely choose from! If you want to incorporate another protein, such as whole pork or salmon, we just recommend limiting new ingredients to one per week so you can identify the source in case your pet has allergy symptoms.

If your pet has bad allergies and experiences inflammation in their skin, ears, etc., it might be a good idea to feed them only rabbit for at least two weeks. Consult with their vet if you’re concerned about their symptoms.

a bowl shaped like yin and yang, filled with a mix of healthy raw proteins

Food energetics

What traditional medicine can teach us about pet allergy remedies.

The concept of food energetics comes from traditional Chinese medicine. In this theory, different foods are classified as cooling, neutral, warming, hot or super hot, depending on the energy they require to be digested.

We recommend avoiding warming, hot and super hot proteins if your dog has allergies or during the summer. Cooling proteins are best for allergic dogs as they are easily digested, and neutral proteins could be rotated in as well. Below is a short list of pup-friendly ingredients, categorized by energy. For more information and an extensive list of foods, visit the page below by clicking Learn More.

Cooling Neutral
Meats
Rabbit, duck, whitefish
MEATS
Beef, beef liver, pork liver, pork kidneys, quail, tripe, sardines, salmon
Fruits and veggies
Broccoli, strawberries, apples, bananas
Fruits and veggies
Carrots, cauliflower, green beans, pumpkin, raspberries
  Other
Goat milk, chicken eggs
Warming Hot or very hot
Meats
Turkey, chicken, chicken liver, pheasant
MEATS
Lamb, mutton, sheep, venison
Cooling Neutral Warming Hot or very hot
Meats
Rabbit, duck, whitefish
MEATS
Beef, beef liver, pork liver, pork kidneys, quail, tripe, sardines, salmon
MEATS
Turkey, chicken, chicken liver, pheasant
MEATS
Lamb, mutton, sheep, venison
Fruits and veggies
Broccoli, strawberries, apples, bananas
Fruits and veggies
Carrots, cauliflower, green beans, pumpkin, raspberries
  Other
Goat milk, chicken eggs

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