How to Build Your Dog's Weekly Raw Plan

This is where it all comes together. Over this series we have covered why raw, whether it is safe, the balance, the portions, the transition, the cost, the sourcing, the stool-reading, puppies and big breeds. Now let us turn all of that into a single practical skill: building your dog’s weekly plan.

Step 1: Set the daily amount

Start with how much your dog needs per day. Take their weight and your chosen percentage of bodyweight, usually somewhere in the 2% to 3% band for an adult, and that gives your daily total in grams.

For a puppy, feed towards expected adult weight and keep growth lean, as covered in the puppy post.

Then decide your meals. Two a day suits most adults, and is essential for large, deep-chested breeds. Split the daily total accordingly.

Step 2: Work out the weekly components

Now scale up to a week and apply 80/10/5/5. Take the daily total, multiply by seven, and split it into the four components:

• 80% muscle meat
• 10% raw edible bone
• 5% liver
• 5% other secreting organ

Working at the weekly level is the trick that makes this manageable. You are aiming to hit these totals across seven days, not at every single meal.

Step 3: Choose your proteins and spread the variety

Pick a few proteins to rotate through the week. A typical week might lean on a couple of cheaper staples, such as chicken or turkey and green tripe, with one or two richer proteins like beef or lamb for variety. Build in oily fish once in the week for omega-3.

Spread things out so no single day is overloaded. Put your bonier items on different days from your richest organ days, so the dog’s gut is not hit with too much of any one thing at once.

Step 4: Lay out the seven days

Now sketch the week, meal by meal. A simple structure works well:

• A couple of days built around a complete mince for ease.
• A couple built around a plain muscle-meat mince with added bone and organ.
• A fish day.
• A tripe-led, gut-friendly day.
• Organ portions spread across several days rather than dumped on one.

Keep liver and other organ in small daily amounts rather than one big serving, which is gentler on digestion and keeps stools firm.

Step 5: Turn it into a shopping list

Add up everything across the week into a single combined list: total muscle meat by type, total bone, total liver, total organ, fish, plus any eggs or extras. Buy to that list. This is what keeps cost down and waste low, and it turns sourcing into a quick, confident shop.

Step 6: Feed, watch, adjust

A plan is a starting point, not a fixed contract. Once you are feeding it:

• Read the stools daily and fine-tune the bone and organ.
• Check body condition weekly and adjust portions to keep your dog lean and well-covered.
• Re-weigh regularly, especially puppies and any dog whose weight you are managing.
• Rotate proteins over time so the variety continues.

Within a few weeks you will have dialled in your dog’s particular sweet spot, and the whole thing will run on quiet routine.

A simple worked example

Take a 20kg adult dog at 2.5% of bodyweight. That is 500g a day, or 3,500g across the week, fed as two meals of 250g.

Across the week that breaks down to roughly:

• Muscle meat (80%): about 2,800g
• Bone (10%): about 350g
• Liver (5%): about 175g
• Other organ (5%): about 175g

Spread those totals across seven days, rotate two or three proteins, slot in a fish meal and a tripe day, keep the organ in small daily amounts, and you have a balanced, varied week. Then let the dog’s stools and condition guide your fine-tuning.

When you would rather not do the maths

You can absolutely build your own plans, and once the principles click, many owners enjoy it. But if the weekly calculating, balancing and adjusting is more than you want to take on every single week, that is exactly what this site is built to do for you.

You give us your dog’s details, and we build the balanced weekly plan: exact portions, a full seven-day meal plan, the combined shopping list, the weekly cost, and prompts to re-weigh and adjust as your dog changes. The thinking is done. You just feed the dog.

That brings this twelve-part series to a close. You now know enough to feed your dog raw with genuine confidence. Whether you build your plans yourself or let us do the heavy lifting, your dog is lucky to have an owner who cared enough to learn it properly.

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This article is general guidance and not a substitute for professional veterinary advice. Always consult your vet before changing your dog’s diet, particularly if your dog is pregnant, unwell, or has a diagnosed health condition.