FEEDING GUIDE

You can use our Raw Feeding Calculator to calculate their daily food allowance, you can then work out your freezer space and how often you would like a delivery.

Adult dogs should be fed 2-4% of their ideal body weight per day. This is only a guide, some dogs may need more or less to maintain proper weight.

Please note: Use as pet food only. Not for human consumption. Keep apart from food. Wash hands and clean tools, utensils and surfaces after handling this product.

For more information visit our Feeding Guide.

PUPPIES

Puppies aged 0-3 weeks

They should be drinking their mother’s milk to obtain essential nutrients, enzymes, microbiome and essential fatty acids.

Puppies aged 3-4 weeks

These pups need 3 meals a day. Feed around 8% of the puppy’s body weight per day.

For instance:
1kg – 80g
2kg – 160g
3kg – 240g
4kg – 320g

Mash the foods up very well. If the pups are not still drinking milk from their mother, try adding goat’s milk to their diet too, as this is easier for puppies to digest than cow’s milk, and is full of nutrients.

Puppies aged 6-12 weeks

Stick to the above percentages, using common sense to monitor the pups growth, activity levels and adjust slightly if need be.

Most pups will begin to wean from their mother at 3/4 weeks and be weaned completely at 7/8 weeks. They will still benefit from some of their mother’s milk even up to 12 weeks old, if she has any milk left or any tolerance left to feed them.

Puppies aged 12 weeks
and over (3 months) 

Feed 2 or 3 meals a day. You should be able to feed all the variety of Southend Dog raw foods by this stage. Introduce some more raw meaty bones now too, such as trachea chews or poultry necks.

Puppies aged over
4 months 

Begin to reduce the amount the puppy eats per day. Aiming to reach 5/6% of body weight by the time the puppy is 6 months old.

Continue to gradually reduce the % of food your puppy eats as they grow up. Until you have reached the % you wish to feed them as an adult.

DELIVERY

Whilst DPD aim to deliver within 24 hours we cannot guarantee it, The food is good for 48 hours and in some cases longer (weather dependant) so long as the food is firm to touch on arrival it is perfectly safe to refreeze. Our food is manufactured frozen so refreezing it once providing it is firm to touch is perfectly safe for dogs.

DEFROSTING

We recommend that you defrost overnight in the fridge, the raw food will last for 4 days this way. Once defrosted, do not refreeze.