The BARF Starter Guide for dogs that are aged 5 months and over:

(It’s advised to not start on completes with offal – this can be too rich and cause soft stools)

Day 1-7: green tripe only

Day 8-14: 3/4 green tripe and 1/4 chicken mince with bone

Day 15-21: 3/4 boneless beef and 1/4 chicken mince with bone

Day 22-28: 1/4 duck mince with bone and boneless beef

You can then start adding in offal – build up slowly to a max of 5% liver and 5% other offal.

Introduce a new protein every 7 days and at this point you can also introduce whole bones if you wish. Or, if you prefer, you can switch to 80:10:10 complete meals.

Senior dogs may need less than 10% bone, so be guided by their poo.

Puppy Starter Guide:

Day 1-3 : green tripe only

Day 4-6: 3/4 green tripe and 1/4 chicken mince with bone

Day 7-9: 3/4 boneless beef and 1/4 chicken mince with bone

Day 10-12: 1/4 duck mince with bone and boneless beef

You can then start adding in offal – build up slowly to a max of 5% liver and 5% other offal. Next add in raw eggs – this includes the shell (2-3 a week),

After that introduce fresh oily fish. Starting with sprats or sardines. Give just one to start, chopped up and mixed into the food. If all ok then you can feed whole from then on (Stick to oily fish). Do not give tuna as it contains high levels of mercury. Don’t substitute with tinned fish as this is cooked.

Continue to introduce a new protein every 3 days, you can also introduce whole bones if you wish OR switch to completes.

If the above transition guide is not for you then you can try a simpler guide by Paleo Ridge below: