🥩 1. 80/10/10 Raw Feeding Model

✳️ What It Is:

This model mimics the rough ratio of muscle meat, bones, and organs found in wild prey animals:

80% Muscle Meat (including heart, gizzards, etc.)
10% Raw Edible Bone (chicken necks, duck wings, ribs)
10% Organ Meat (5% liver + 5% another secreting organ like kidney, spleen, pancreas)

✅ Benefits:

Simple to follow and great for pet parents new to raw feeding.
Reflects what a wild canine might consume when eating a whole animal.
Typically low-carb and supportive for dogs with yeast, obesity, or cancer.
Encourages feeding species-appropriate foods instead of synthetic vitamins.

⚠️ Home Prep Cautions:

Not completely complete and balanced long-term unless you rotate protein sources and fill in nutrient gaps.
Many pet parents struggle to source the full range of secreting organs needed.
Calcium and phosphorus ratios can be off if bone quantity is miscalculated.
Does not include key nutrients like vitamin E, zinc, manganese, iodine, or omega-3s unless added separately / supplemented.

Note: if ordering these grinds commercially prepared— be sure you understand any labeling details and whether or not they have completed the nutrient profiles for you.

If you are ordering “grinds” with bone to blend into your recipes — make sure you know — NEVER FEED COOKED BONE. So keep these grinds RAW.

🛠️ How to Balance:

If 80/10/10 is all you’re feeding with no veg and other supplements:

Add fatty fish (like sardines or mackerel) 2–3 times weekly for omega-3 and vitamin D.
Include a small amount of kelp or seaweed powder (for iodine).
Rotate proteins (e.g., beef, turkey, duck, rabbit, lamb) to balance amino acids and trace minerals.
Add a vitamin E supplement or a food-based source like wheat germ oil.
Consider using a balanced premix or nutrient analysis app if feeding daily long-term.

Even as someone who feeds the commercially prepared base mixes to which you add raw muscle meat — have rotated 80/10/10 grinds into my dog’s feeding protocol for several meals a month to have variety and different proteins. Sometimes I add a bit of the base mix and sometimes I include Omega 3, a veg medley topper or Kefir/Sauerkraut, etc. I want you to understand — variety is important! Stay out of the rut!