Foundation Recipes

Shopping Guide: Ancestral, BARF & PMR Recipes

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Creating healthy and balanced meals for your dog may seem daunting. We have created this guide to assist you with meal planning for all diet types.

You want to provide a variety of protein sources for your dog, up to nine different types of protein per month.

Variety is essential for ensuring your dog gets enough vitamins and minerals while minimizing the development of food sensitivities that lead to inflammation and skin conditions. This applies to every diet below.

Before you begin shopping, you can use our FeedReal Calculator to get your shopping list. If you're signed up for our DIY Workshop , make sure to select a seven (7) day shopping list.

Here's a guide to help you while you're shopping:

Types of Raw Meaty Bones to include

Chicken/Duck Breasts
Chicken/Duck Heads
Chicken/Duck Legs
Chicken/Duck Quarters
Chicken/Duck/Turkey Wings
Chicken/Duck Carcass
Chicken/Duck/Turkey Feet
Chicken/Duck/Turkey Necks
Lamb Neck
Lamb/Pork Ribs
Whole Rabbit
Rabbit Head
Pork Feet
Pork Tails
Whole Quail

For large dogs, only

Pork Ribs
Beef Short Ribs (not long)
Ox Tail

Boneless Muscle Meats

Breast
Thigh
Gizzard
Heart*
Cheek
Tongue
Green Tripe* (not white)
Tendons*
Lungs
Loins
Shoulder
Butt

*rich cuts, use in smaller amounts

Liver

Any mammal, non-reptilian, preferably a ruminant animal
Beef/Pork/Chicken/Duck/Turkey/Rabbit
Deer/Lamb/Bison

Other Secreting Organ

Any mammal, non-reptilian, preferably a ruminant animal
Kidney, Spleen, Pancreas, Brain, Testicles, Ovaries/Thymus

Seafood/Oily Fish

Atlantic Mackerel
Atlantic Herring
Sardine
Salmon
Smelt
Anchovies
Green or Blue Mussels
Canned Oysters

Fur/Fiber

Rabbit ears/feet* contain bone
Rabbit Pelt
Cow Ears
Boar/Bison Ears
Whole Chicken/Duck/Quail w/ Feathers

Fruits & Veggies* puree or steam

Blueberries
Dark leafy greens

Use sparingly due to higher starch:

Squash
Pumpkin

Below, sample recipes are based on a 50-pound, somewhat active adult dog. If your dog is heavier or lighter than 50 lbs, you can use our calculator to determine the percentages and amounts necessary to create your raw bowl.

Ancestral Recipes

Your 50-pound, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. Your bowl should look like this: feeding the Real Ancestral 6X Diet™ at 12% bone content and using 60% raw meaty bone cuts.

Recipe 1:

11.0 oz beef chunks
4.0 oz chicken feet
2.08 oz wild-caught anchovies
0.96 oz beef liver
0.96 oz beef spleen
0.96 oz rabbit pelt

Recipe 2:

11.52 oz chicken breast
3.36 oz duck head
2.08 oz smelt
0.96 oz chicken liver
0.96 oz beef kidney
0.96 oz cow ear

Recipe 3:

12.32 oz turkey breast
2.72 oz ox tail strips
0.96 oz salmon
0.96 oz pancreas
0.96 oz rabbit feet

BARF Recipes

Your 50.00 lbs, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. Here's what your bowl should look like: feeding the BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) at 12% bone content and using 60% raw meaty bone cuts.

Recipe 1:

12.0 oz beef chunks
4.0 oz chicken feet
0.96 oz beef liver
0.96 oz beef spleen
2.08 oz broccoli

Recipe 2:

11.20 oz chicken breast
4.80 oz duck neck
0.96 oz rabbit liver
0.96 beef kidney
2.08 oz blueberries

Recipe 3:

10.08 oz pork loin
5.92 oz chicken wings
0.96 oz chicken liver
0.96 oz beef pancreas
2.08 oz pumpkin

PMR and other Ratio Diet Recipes

Do any of these ratio diets look familiar? 80/10/10 is PMR aka Franken Prey and 70/10/10/10 is BARF! As you may have noticed, many of the raw feeding models are quite similar and overlap in components.

The Frankenprey approach allows us to fill the nutritional components with different proteins.

Your 50.00 lbs, somewhat active adult dog should eat approximately 1.25 lbs (20.00 oz) daily. True prey model raw is feeding just one protein, which is often inconvenient or inaccessible for many. Your bowl should look like this: feeding the PMR (Prey Model Raw) at 12% bone content and using 40% raw meaty bone cuts.

Recipe 1:

12.0 oz chicken thigh
5.92 oz duck wing
0.96 oz beef liver
0.96 oz beef pancreas

Recipe 2:

15.36 oz beef heart
2.72 oz oxtail tips
0.96 oz rabbit liver
0.96 oz beef kidney

Recipe 3:

14.56 oz pork chunks
3.36 oz duck head
0.96 oz bison liver
0.96 oz beef spleen

Remember, these are all guidelines, and it's essential to adjust and feed the dog in front of you. If you're unsure where to begin, schedule a consultation with a certified nutritionist to help guide you, like those at Real Dog Box. FeedReal also has articles available to help guide you through the raw feeding process, whether you are making a bowl for a puppy, adult, or senior dog.

References

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Billinghurst, I. (1993). Give your dog a bone: The practical commonsense way to feed dogs for long healthy life.
Lonsdale, T. (2001). Raw meaty bones: Promote health. Rivetco P/L.
Habib, Rodney; Becker, Karen Shaw. (2021). The Forever Dog. HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.
Brady, C. (2020). Feeding dogs dry or raw? The science behind the debate. Farrow Road Publishing.