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The Doodle Raw Start Guide
A safe, step-by-step way to move your doodle onto raw food, without guesswork, gaps or a ruined stomach. Portion tables, meal plans for three sizes, a bone routine that works, and honest answers about the risks.
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Thinking about raw, but worried about getting it wrong?
Most raw-feeding advice is either a list of percentages with no explanation, or a wall of conflicting opinions. This guide gives you a clear order of steps, the numbers you actually need for your dog’s size, and honest answers about the risks, so you can decide with your eyes open and start without second-guessing every meal.
It’s written by Emma at HappiestDoodles, who lives with three multigenerational Australian Labradoodles: one raw-fed since puppyhood, and two who came to raw later after ear infections, itchy paws and a sensitive stomach.
What you get
- 📘 The 56-page guide, starting with a one-page quick start: the 10 steps in order
- 🍽️ A meal plan for your doodle’s size (Mini, Medium or Standard): day-by-day grams for the first two weeks, a settled sample week, and shopping lists
- 🖨️ A separate printables file: transition tracker, menu planner, freezer log, monthly check-in and four fridge cards
- 🛒 A buyer resources page with our current chicken-free product picks, kept up to date
- ✉️ Email help at info@happiestdoodles.com if you get stuck
Is this guide for you?
- ✔ You’re curious about raw feeding but worried about getting the balance wrong.
- ✔ Your doodle has a sensitive stomach, itchy skin or ear trouble and you want a careful way in.
- ✔ You’ve read ten conflicting blog posts and just want a clear order of steps.
- ✔ You want exact grams for your dog’s size, not vague percentages.
A look inside
What’s inside the guide: 11 chapters
- 1Is raw right for your doodle?Honest benefits and risks, and the households where raw isn’t a good idea.
- 2The building blocksMuscle meat, bone, organs, fish, eggs and vegetables, and what never goes in the bowl.
- 3Complete and balancedThe part most guides skip: the nutrients raw diets miss, and three ways to cover them.
- 4How much to feedPortion tables in pounds, ounces and grams, plus puppies and meal timing.
- 5Bones without the dramaTypes, sizes, how much, and a calm step-by-step introduction.
- 6Your starting planA week-by-week switch for healthy doodles and a slower path for sensitive ones.
- 7Meal plans: how they workHow the daily bowl is built and how to rotate a few core proteins in blocks of weeks. Your exact grams are in your meal plan.
- 8Reading the stoolWhat each change means and when to call your vet.
- 9Safe handlingA family-kitchen routine for thawing, serving and cleaning.
- 10Shopping for raw in the USWhere to buy, what it costs, how to spend smart on premium proteins, and travel tips.
- 11TroubleshootingRefusals, vomiting, loose stool, constipation and itch flare-ups.
Why this guide is different
- Honest about the risks. Raw feeding has real ones: bacteria, unbalanced recipes, bones. The guide tells you which are manageable and how, and when raw isn’t the right choice.
- Checked against the research. Portions, bones and supplements are checked against veterinary studies and current nutrition guidelines, with sources at the back. Where popular raw-feeding advice goes against the evidence, we say so.
- Built for doodles. Sensitive stomachs, bloat risk in standard poodle lines, coats that hide weight changes: the guide is written with doodles in mind.
- Chicken-free throughout. Every example and plan uses turkey, duck, beef, lamb or pork, because chicken is one of the most common triggers we see.
From Emma
We live with three multigenerational Australian Labradoodles in the Nordic countryside. Gösta has eaten raw since he was a puppy. Gunnar and Sven came to raw later, after ear infections, itchy paws and an unhappy stomach, and both needed a slow, careful route. This is the guide we wish we’d had: the clear steps, the real numbers and the honest answers, in one place.
We’re dog owners, not veterinarians. The guide is education, not veterinary advice.
Questions
Start raw with confidence
Prefer to read first? Our free guides on raw food safety and the kibble to raw transition are a good place to begin.
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