🥩 How Nutrition Needs Shift as Dogs Age Senior dogs often experience natural changes in digestion, metabolism, and activity. These shifts influence how well they utilise nutrients and how easily they maintain muscle, weight, and energy. Common age‑related changes include: Slower digestion and reduced nutrient uptake Changes in mobility and activity levels Altered appetite or interest in food Shifts in body composition (muscle vs. fat) A gradual decline in metabolic efficienc

🐾 Why Variety Matters in Raw Feeding Feeding a wide range of brands and proteins helps broaden the nutrient profile of your dog’s diet. Different animals, cuts, and farming practices naturally produce different levels of vitamins, minerals, fats, and amino acids. Relying on only one or two brands—known as brand blindness —can unintentionally narrow that nutritional diversity over time. Dogs may appear to do well on a single brand, but long‑term nutritional balance is best su

Raw Meaty Bones: Why They Matter in a Dog’s Diet Raw meaty bones have long been recognised by nutrition-focused dog owners as an important component of a fresh, species‑appropriate diet. While every dog is an individual and feeding choices should always be made with their specific needs in mind, many raw feeders include raw meaty bones because of the nutritional value they can contribute and the natural behaviours they support. As nutritionists, our role is to explain how the

Nutrient Variety in Raw Feeding Feeding a wide variety of proteins, cuts, and whole‑food ingredients helps broaden the nutrient profile of your dog’s diet. Different animals, farming methods, and soils produce different nutrient levels, which is why rotating brands and proteins supports a more complete nutritional picture. This is also why using macros alone can be misleading—nutrient density varies naturally. Vitamins in Whole Foods 🦴 Vitamin A Vitamin A contributes to: Nor

Raw Feeding Essentials: What Each Component Contributes Raw feeding works best when each part of the diet plays a clear nutritional role. Understanding why each element matters helps you build meals that are varied, nutrient‑dense, and aligned with how dogs are designed to eat—without implying any medical purpose. 🥩 Meat, Bone & Offal (80/10/10 Base) Using an 80/10/10 mince as your foundation provides the three core building blocks of a raw diet: Muscle meat — Supplies am