The Sterling Akita Raw Diet

The Sterling Raw Diet

The Sterling Raw Diet was adapted from Ian Billinghurst's Give Your Dog A Bone and Grow Your Pups with Bones, as well as Kymythy Schultze's The Ultimate Diet. These book are highly recommended for those wanting to feed raw, as they offer guidelines for implementing the canine raw diet.

In formulating a canine diet, the ratios of calcium/phosphorus need to be 1.2:1. The Calcium/Phosphorus Ratio Chart lists the Ca/P ratios for the foods below, as well as many others. Please note that bonemeal is not a good calcium source, as it has been heated during processing, which renders its calcium unavailable for assimilation.

INGREDIENTS

Main Meat:

chicken backs
whole/half chickens
turkey necks
turkey wings
turkey legs

Optional Meat:

game hen (whole)
beef
lamb
rabbit (whole)
venison scrap
pork neck bones

Fish:

whole fresh fish
mackeral
sardines
smelt

Organ Meats:

chicken giblets
chicken liver
beef heart
beef liver
turkey giblets

Alternative Meal Base Ingredients:

1" slice tofu OR 1 lb optional meat
whole eggs, in-shell
fresh garlic
vitamin C (ascorbate)1000mg
vitamin E 400 IU with 150 micrograms of selenium

Greens/Vegetables,in season:

dark leafy greens: beet tops, chard, chicory, spinach, or turnip greens
red, orange, or yellow vegetables: beets, carrots, pumpkin, winter squash, or yam

Optional Ingredients:

alfalfa powder
Icelandic kelp
barley or wheat grass powder
carob powder
berries, in season
fruit, such as apples, bananas, or pears,(dead ripe and mashed, blenderized or juiced)
herbs, especially nettles and parsley
nuts, such as almonds or walnuts
raisins
sunflower seeds

Supplements:

Trans Factor Plus
liquid chlorophyll

Oils:

cod liver oil (1 tsp/day in winter)
fish oil
hemp oil
olive oil

FEEDING SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday

Main Meat: 1-2 lb +/-, depending on weather, activity, etc.

Saturday

Fast day with meaty beef bone

Sunday AM

Alternative Meal Base Ingredients, plus 1 cup of any green/veggie, in season, juiced or blenderized
Optional Ingredients (as desired)
Supplements (as desired)
Oil

Sunday PM

Organ Meal: rotation of a mixture of poultry or beef organ meats OR Fish meal

DISCLAIMER

Sterling Canine Services makes no claims as to the effectiveness of this feeding program for your dogs. The responsibility for your dog's nutritional well-being rests with you, the dog's owner. We did not come to our program overnight, and neither will you. However, we do feel strongly that a raw diet provides optimal canine nutrition for all dogs.