As holistic breeders, we start your puppy off right with a superior holistic puppy food diet. This diet is designed to support your puppy's growth, development, and health, but we don't just tell you what to feed your puppy. We tell you why! This is because we believe it is our responsibility to educate you so that you know how and why to feed your puppy this superior holistic diet. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!" - Benjamin Franklin Remember that superior puppy nutrition is foundational to the optimal health and development of your puppy. It generally costs a lot less in the long-run to feed your puppy a superior holistic puppy food diet and provide a holistic lifestyle than to follow more conventional puppy care. This is because your investment into a holistic puppy food diet and lifestyle dramatically decreases the likelihood that you will need as much vet care for your puppy in the future. On this page, we provide lots of information on how to feed your puppy a well-rounded, wholesome, holistic puppy food diet. We cover core nutritional principles, an overview (including videos for the visual learner) of the food and supplements we use and recommend, detailed instructions (& money-saving tips) on how to purchase your puppy's food and supplements, and detailed instructions for feeding your puppy on the day you bring your puppy home. To provide bonus support and education, we include a week-by-week road map for your puppy's diet for the first 6 months so you aren't left trying to figure it out on your own. Finally, we lay out several sample diets to help you understand how you can customize your new puppy's holistic puppy food diet for optimal health. PLEASE NOTE: If you are not getting a puppy from us, but you would still like to learn how to feed your pet a holistic diet like this, feel free to contact us. We're happy to help.
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As holistic breeders and educators, we strive to achieve the following core nutritional principles with each of our dog's diet. We recommend that you strive to implement these core nutritional principles with your puppy's diet as well.
✓ We strive for 30% - 60% meats and/or raw meaty bones.✓ We strive for 5% - 10% raw organ meats.✓ The remaining 30% - 65% of the diet should include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats.✓ We strive to incorporate some raw foods into every dog food diet.✓ We strive to only use high quality, ethically-sourced natural and clean ingredients.✓ We avoid cheap unhealthy ingredients, such as animal by-products, fillers (wheat, corn, soy), artificial ingredients, food colorings, etc.✓ We select a variety of meats to help prevent the development of meat sensitivities.✓ We strive for a large variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to provide excellent nutritional diversity.✓ We supplement with high-quality oils, but only from companies that provide careful processing to prevent oxidation.✓ We supplement with a holistic daily whole system supplement as a safety net to ensure no important nutrients are missing in the diet.✓ We supplement with a holistic daily joint supplement to proactively help joints to develop properly and stay healthy and strong.✓ We only provide superior treats and toppers that provide additional nutritional diversity and health benefits. ✓ We select pet food and supplement companies with proven quality and safety records.✓ We select pet food and supplement companies with excellent sourcing and processing practices and policies.
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We start our puppies on pawTree's Real Whitefish & Brown Rice Recipe as soon as they begin eating. We soften it with water and they LOVE it! The Whitefish & Brown Rice Recipe is a delicious meal of whitefish, brown rice, pearled barley, millet, coconut oil, flax seeds, apples, cranberries, blueberries, broccoli, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, spinach, carrots, and parsley. This holistic puppy food recipe is highly-digestible and nutritionally-dense, so it is the perfect recipe to use for small puppies as they are transitioning from Mama's milk to solid foods. It is easy on their little tummies, while providing a nice variety of food and superior nutrition to start them out right. The link to this product is provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
We recommend that you use pawTree's Freeze-Dried Raw Food Real Beef Recipe as a topper for your puppy's holistic puppy food. This food is a highly nutritious, delicious recipe of beef, beef liver, beef hearts, garbanzo beans, sweet potatoes, beef bone broth, kale, apples, blueberries, and pumpkin. This food is freeze-dried gently at low temperatures so as to preserve the nutritional content of each ingredient, and therefore includes extra support for digestive health in the form of live enzymes and other live nutrients. 78% of this recipe is beef and beef organs, so this topper increases the meat and organ content of your puppy's holistic puppy food diet as well as providing additional raw foods with nutritional diversity. The link to this product is provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
We recommend using pawTree's Wild Alaskan Salmon & Pollock Oil with your puppy because these oils are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for a dog's overall health and well-being. Omega-3 fatty acids help support a healthy coat and skin, reducing itching and promoting a shiny, lustrous coat. They also have anti-inflammatory properties and support heart health, brain health, and cognitive function, promoting optimal brain development in puppies and maintaining mental sharpness in adult dogs. Including salmon or pollock oil in your puppy's holistic puppy food diet is an excellent way to enhance your puppy's overall health and vitality. We recommend pawTree's Wild Alaskan Salmon & Pollock Oil specifically because it is sourced and produced under very strict regulations to ensure its purity, freshness, and safety. Unfortunately, most other fish oil products are not produced under such strict regulations and therefore often oxidize rapidly and can actually lead to health problems instead of preventing them. The link to this product is provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
We start our puppies on NuVet Plus K-9 Powder shortly after we start them on the Real Whitefish & Brown Rice Recipe. NuVet Plus is a nutrient rich formula that surpasses mere vitamin replenishment by providing full-spectrum nutritional support designed to boost your puppy’s immune system and overall health for life. Packed with superior highly-digestible natural ingredients, including antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, herbs and more, NuVet Plus is carefully formulated to foster healthy growth and optimal development. This makes NuVet Plus the ideal choice for foundational supplementation for puppies and long-term support for older dogs. The link to this company is provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
We also start our puppies on NuJoint Plus K-9 Powder at the same time as the NuVet Plus Powder. NuJoint Plus is a specialized holistic supplement designed to support optimal joint growth, development, and function, while promoting joint mobility, flexibility, and overall joint health. Formulated with MSM, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and Vitamin C, this is a top choice for foundational joint support for young puppies and long-term joint support for older dogs. With joint problems becoming more and more of a problem in the canine world, and research indicating that up to 75% of joint problems are caused by environmental factors (early spay/neuter, nutritional deficiencies, injuries, and medical injuries), providing ongoing joint support is a must for your puppy. The link to this company is provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
Gastro Pro Plus is a complete combination of probiotics, prebiotics, digestive enzymes, and herbs formulated specifically to support good gastrointestinal health. Probiotics are beneficial microorganisms (good bacteria) that are critical for good digestive health. Prebiotics are long-chain sugars that feed and support good bacteria so as to encourage healthy probiotic growth in the GI tract. Digestive Enzymes are important as they aid in the breakdown of fats, proteins, starches, and cellulose, while the herbs included in Gastro Pro Plus help soothe and calm the gut.
We recommend adding freeze-dried raw lamb hearts and livers to your new puppy's holistic diet. This will increase the organ meat content, add an additional meat source, provide more raw food, and add more nutrients into your puppy's holistic puppy food diet. Links to these products are provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
As far as variety, we recommend pawPairings. Packed with superfoods, these great seasonings can be added to kibble or freeze-dried raw to provide variety and extra nutrition. They are super convenient as they do not require any transition time to add them into your puppy's diet. These pawPairings are also amazing for the picky eater. Just add a sprinkle on top of your puppy's food and watch the picky eater suddenly transform into a good eater. Links to these products are provided below in the Purchasing Your Puppy's Food & Supplements section of this page.
We only use and recommend companies that produce high quality, safe, and nutritious holistic pet foods. For more details about the specific companies that we use and recommend, please click the links below.
Two to three weeks before Go Home Day, you need to order your puppy's food and supplements so you will be ready as soon as your puppy comes home. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about ordering your puppy's food & supplements. PawTree Login: https://pawtree.com/shalom/account/login NuVet Labs Login: https://www.nuvetlabs.com/order_new2/login.asp?account=Y (Please Use Order Code: 258615 ) Your Login Informaton: As a complementary service to our customers, we create your pawTree and NuVet Labs accounts for you ahead of time. With pawTree, we even set up a sample EZ Ship order that includes your required products. Please check your email for your login details. When you first log in, please be sure to change your password.
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Please follow these instructions very carefully so as to make your puppy's transition to your home as easy as possible on your puppy's digestive system. When a puppy is moving to a new home, the puppy must adapt to a lot of changes and new things. Therefore, it is critically important not to change anything in your puppy's diet for a minimum of 2 weeks after you bring your puppy home. In this way, hopefully you will avoid the common digestive upset that many puppies experience when they move to their new home.
This roadmap is intended to guide you through how to feed your puppy for the first 6 months of life. The goal of the roadmap is to help you establish and implement a simple, wholesome, well-rounded, diverse holistic diet for your puppy by the time she is 6 months old. Please Note: The roadmap begins with Week One, which refers to the first week in your home, not the puppy's first week of life. In other words, Week One is the puppy's 8th week of life.
There are many different ways for you to provide a superior holistic puppy diet for your puppy's long-term health. Some people prefer to feed an all raw diet, some people like to feed a mixed raw & kibble diet, and some prefer to just feed kibble. Regardless of which approach you prefer, pawTree provides customizable holistic nutrition options to help you achieve your goals. Combined with NuVet Labs supplementation and a holistic lifestyle, pawTree holistic dog foods will help you to give your puppy a fantastic foundation for both long life and good health. Below are a few sample customized holistic dog food diets to help you see just a few of the many possibilities available to you! Remember, you can be creative and mix and match however you like, as long as you are staying within the core holistic dog food principles described at the beginning of this page. You can go directly to the sample diets for each category by clicking on the links below:
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