Easy Raw Dog Food Feeding Charts & Worksheets

These raw feeding charts and worksheets cover everything you need to build a balanced BARF or PMR diet: muscle meat, bone, and organ ratios, RMB math, and printable meal prep worksheets.

Use them alongside the free raw dog food calculator to get your exact numbers, then reference the charts below for the reasoning behind them.

Let’s jump right in.

BARF & PMR Raw Dog Food Feeding Charts

What Does Raw Dog Food Consist Of?

There are 2 main models of raw feeding – BARF and PMR.

The first one is BARF raw dog food, which includes plant matter like veggies, fruit, nuts & seeds.

The second one is known as PMR raw dog food, which is fed without any plant matter.

Now, below, I break down BARF and PMR raw dog food into their respective components.

Please note that the amounts differ depending on the dog’s life stage and activity level.

BARF Raw Dog Food

Adult Dog:

• 70% muscle meat
• 10% raw meaty bone
• 10% secreting organs (half liver, half other secreting organs)
• 10% plant matter (8% veggies & fruit 2% nuts & seeds)

Pregnant Dog:

• 56-61% muscle meat
• 15-20% raw meaty bone (adjust according to poop consistency)
• 14% secreting organs (7% liver, 7% other secreting organs)
• 10% plant matter

Puppy:

• 58% muscle meat
• 17% raw meaty bone
• 14% secreting organs (7% liver, 7% other secreting organs)

PMR Raw Dog Food

Adult Dog:

• 80% muscle meat
• 10% raw meaty bone (including furry or feathered heads for fiber, adjust according to poop consistency)
• 10% secreting organs (half liver, half other secreting organs)

Pregnant Dog:

• 66-71% muscle meat
• 15-20% raw meaty bone (including furry or feathered heads for fiber, adjust according to poop consistency)
• 14% secreting organs (7% liver, 7% other secreting organs)

Puppy:

• 69% muscle meat
• 17% raw meaty bone (including furry or feathered heads for fiber, adjust according to poop consistency)
• 14% secreting organs (7% liver, 7% other secreting organs)

How Much Raw Dog Food Does My Dog Need to Eat Per Day?

As I already said, the amount of daily raw dog food your dog needs to eat depends on their life stage as well as their level of activity.

So in this section of the raw feeding guide for dogs, you’ll find instructions of how to do the raw dog food math.

And yes, that includes raw feeding guidelines for adult dogs and puppies.

Adult Raw Dog Food Feeding Formula 

In a nutshell, here’s how to do the raw feeding math for adult dogs:

Divide the target body weight by 100, then multiply the result with the maintenance percentage. This is going to be a number between 1.5%-4%.

OK, but what exactly is your dog’s target body weight? It’s your dog’s ideal body weight without being overweight or underweight.

And what about the maintenance percentage? That’s the percentage of your dog’s ideal body weight that’s needed to maintain their ideal body weight.

For adult dogs, this maintenance percentage ranges between 1.5% – 4%. 

However, please note that 2.5% works for the average, active dog who exercises 1-2 hours per day.

• 1.5% Inactive dog/couch potato [less than 30 minutes of daily exercise]
• 2% Moderately active dog [30-60 minutes of daily exercise]
• 2.5% Active dog [1-2 hours of daily exercise]
• 3% Vigorously active dog [2.5-4 hours of daily exercise]
• 3.5% Working dog [4 hours + of daily exercise]
• 4% Pregnant dog [3rd trimester through weaning puppies]

Pre-Calculated Raw Dog Food Feeding Charts for Adult Dogs

Below, you’ll find my raw dog food feeding charts.

Quick tip: To make portioning your raw dog food a bit easier, it’s totally fine to round up or down to the nearest decimal.

How to Split Up The Daily Raw Dog Food Amount Into Its Components

We’ll use the example of a 40lb adult dog fed a BARF diet.

Puppy Raw Dog Food Feeding Formula

OK, moving on to the raw feeding guide for puppies.

Start by dividing your puppy’s monthly body weight [BW] by 100.

Next, multiply the result with the respective percentage. For puppies, this is somewhere between 10-2.5%:

• 2 months old puppy: BW/100 x 10%
• 3 months old puppy: BW/100 x 9.5%
• 4 months old puppy: BW/100 x 9%
• 5 months old puppy: BW/100 x 8%
• 6 months old puppy: BW/100 x 7%
• 7 months old puppy: BW/100 x 6%
• 8 months old puppy: BW/100 x 5%
• 9 months old puppy: BW/100 x 4%
• 10 months old puppy: BW/100 x 3.5%
• 11 months old puppy: BW/100 x 3%
• 12 months old puppy: BW/100 x 2.5%

Now obviously, this approach includes weighing your puppy on a monthly or even on a weekly basis.

To do this, one option is to take them to your vet and have them weighed there.

Another option is to weigh them at home using a digital pet scale. The one I link to weighs puppies and kittens up to 33 lbs.

If you have a larger breed, you’ll want to use a large breed dog weight scale like this one.

Pre-Calculated Raw Dog Food Feeding Charts for Puppies

How to Split Up The Daily Puppy Raw Dog Food Amount Into Its Components

As an example, we’ll use a 6 months old female Labrador puppy.

This puppy weighs 45 lb and is fed PMR dog food at a 7% maintenance percentage.

6 months old: 45 lb, fed at 7%: 45/100=0.45 x 7=3.15lb = 50.4 oz

Bone vs Meat Ratio on Raw Meaty Bones

Why is that important?

Well, as the name suggests, RMBs consist of edible bone AND meat!

So a 10 oz turkey neck isn’t just 10 oz of bone, it also has meat on it.

That’s important when you raw meal prep because the meat on the bone counts towards your dog’s muscle meat allowance.

How to Calculate The Ratio of Bone vs Meat on RMBs

First, you have to know the bone vs meat ratio in percentages.

I’ll share the ratios of 20 of the most common RMBs with you below and will provide concrete examples.

Next, you’ll want to weigh the raw meaty bone.

Now you just have to calculate how much bone and how much meat is on the respective bone bearing in mind its weight.

Bone vs Meat Ratios of 20 Common RMBs with Average Weights

Please note that these weights are AVERAGE weights and that they can vary quite a bit.

So always weigh your raw meaty bone in order to be able to calculate its proper bone vs meat ratio!

Chicken Leg Quarter

• Average weight: 10oz
• Bone: 26% = 2.6oz
• Meat: 74% = 7.4oz

Chicken Wings

• Average weight: 3oz
• Bone: 45% = 1.35oz
• Meat: 55% = 1.65oz

Chicken Feet

• Average weight: 1oz
• Bone: 60% = 0.6oz
• Meat: 40% = 0.4oz

Chicken Heads

• Average weight: 3oz
• Bone: 75% = 2.25ou
• Meat: 25% = 0.75oz

Chicken Neck w/Skin

• Average weight: 2.5oz
• Bone: 45% = 1.125 oz
• Meat: 55% = 1.375 oz

Chicken Neck w/o Skin

• Average weight: 1.5oz
• Bone: 50% = 0.75oz
• Meat: 50% = 0.75oz

Duck Frames

• Average weight: 22oz
• Bone: 75% = 16.5oz
• Meat: 25% =5.5oz

Duck Wings

• Average weight: 3oz
• Bone: 60% = 1.2oz
• Meat: 40% = 1.8oz

Duck Feet

• Average weight: 1oz
• Bone: 60% = 0.6oz
• Meat: 40% = 0.4oz

Duck Heads

• Average weight: 4oz
• Bone: 75% = 3oz
• Meat: 25% = 1oz

Duck Necks

• Average weight: 5.5oz
• Bone: 50% = 2.75oz
• Meat: 25% = 2.75oz

Bone-in Turkey Thighs

• Average weight: 12oz
• Bone: 15% = 1.8oz
• Meat: 85% = 10.2oz

Turkey Necks

• Average weight: 12oz
• Bone: 40% = 4.8oz
• Meat: 60% = 7.2oz

Turkey Wings

• Average weight: 14oz
• Bone: 33% = 4.62 oz
• Meat: 67% = 9.38 oz

Bone-in Turkey Breast

• Average weight: 5lb (80oz)
• Bone: 14% = 11.2 oz
• Meat: 86% = 68.8 oz

Turkey Leg Quarters

• Average weight: 2lb (32 oz)
• Bone: 17% = 5.44 oz
• Meat: 83% = 26.56 oz

Rabbit Heads

• Average weight: 5oz
• Bone: 75% = 3.75 oz
• Meat: 25% = 1.25 oz

Rabbit Frames

• Average weight: 10oz
• Bone: 75% =7.5 oz
• Meat: 25% = 2.5 oz

Rack of lamb/goat/pork ribs

• Average weight: 2lb (32oz)
• Bone: 25% = 8 oz
• Meat: 75% = 24 oz

Pork feet aka pork trotters

• Average weight: 12oz
• Bone: 30% = 3.6 oz
• Meat: 70% = 8.4

Try Before You Buy

Raw Meaty Bone Calculator

Enter your adult dog’s weight to see how much bone to feed daily.

Dog’s Weight (lbs)

Please enter a valid weight between 1 and 250 lbs.

Raw Meaty Bone

Select a boneChicken Head (75/25 bone/meat)Turkey Neck (40/60 bone/meat)Duck Frame (75/25 bone/meat)

Please select a raw meaty bone.

Calculate

Your Results

Daily bone allowance

Oz of to feed

Bonus muscle meat on this bone

Days one lasts

For adult dogs. Based on a 2.5% feeding rate at avg. piece weight.

Want calculations for 20 common raw meaty bones – plus muscle meat, liver, other secreting organs, and plants?

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How to Figure Out How Much of a Particular RMB Your Dog Needs Per Day

This approach works well for RMBs that are easy to cut up such as necks, wings and feet.

For example, let's assume that your dog needs 1.6oz of bone per day.

Now let's assume you want to feed a turkey neck, which has a 40% bone content.

So, you'll have to divide the 1.6 oz bone allowance by the 40% bone content, and then multiply the result with 100.

1.6/40 = 0.04 x 100 = 4

So, you would need to feed 4 ounces of turkey neck to cover the bone allowance.

Here’s another approach that works better for bone-dense RMBs like heads and frames:

Figure out how long the amount of bone in a given RMB will last your dog and only feed that RMB during this time frame.

For example, my dog Wally needs 1.52 oz of bone per day.

If I have a rabbit head that weighs 5 oz and has 3.75 oz bone, that amount of bone lasts him for 2.5 days.

Here’s how to do that math: Divide the bone content (3.75) by your dog’s daily bone allowance (1.52):

3.75 / 1.52 = 2.5 days worth of bone

So, if Wally eats a rabbit head Monday morning, he'll need the next rabbit head on:

• Wednesday night
• Saturday night
• Tuesday morning

That's way easier than trying to cut up rabbit heads and potentially hurting yourself in the process.

K9sOverCoffee Raw Feeding Planner — See How It Works

Watch this video on YouTube.

Raw Dog Food Worksheets for Adult Dogs and Puppies

Now, let’s get to the fun part where you do YOUR dog’s raw dog food math with the worksheets below!

I’ll give you options for both adult dogs and puppies, eating either a BARF diet or a PMR diet.

Raw Dog Food Work Sheet for Adult Dogs

Fill in your dog’s target body weight, the maintenance percentage you feed them at, and then calculate their daily raw dog food amount. As an alternative, you can also use the free raw dog food calculator.

Remember:

• 1.5% inactive dog /couch potato (less than 30 minutes of daily exercise)
• 2% moderately active dog (30-60 minutes of daily exercise)
• 2.5% active dog (1-2 hours of daily exercise)
• 3% vigorously active dog (2.5-4 hours of daily exercise)
• 3.5% working dog (4+ hours of daily exercise)
• 4% pregnant dog (3rd trimester through weaning puppies)

Your dog's target body weight	Fed at this maintenance percentage	Daily raw dog food amount
X lb	X % (1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4)	BW/100x%=lb=oz
Example Wally: 38lb	2.5%	38/100=0.38x2.5=0.95l b=15.2oz
Your dog:

Adult BARF daily raw dog food components	Fed at ___ %: ___oz
70% muscle meat
10% raw meaty bone
5% liver
5% other secreting organ
8% veggies/fruit
2% nuts/seeds

Adult PMR daily raw dog food components	Fed at ___ %: ___oz
80% muscle meat
10% raw meaty bone
5% liver
5% other secreting organ

Raw Dog Food Work Sheet for Puppies

Monthly body weight of your puppy	Daily raw dog food amount
2 months old: ___lb, fed at 10%	___/100=__x10=__lb=__oz
3 months old: ___lb, fed at 9.5%	___/100=__x9.5=__lb=__oz
4 months old: ___lb, fed at 9%	___/100=__x9= __lb=__oz
5 months old: ___lb, fed at 8%	___/100=__x8= __lb=__oz
6 months old: ___lb, fed at 7%	___/100=__x7=__lb=__oz
7 months old: ___lb, fed at 6%	___/100=__x6= __ lb=__oz
8 months old: ___lb, fed at 5%	___/100=__x5=__ lb=__oz
9 months old: ___lb, fed at 4%	___/100=__x4=__lb=__oz
10 months old: ___lb, fed at 3.5%	___/100=__x3.5 =__lb=__oz
11 months old: ___lb, fed at 3%	___/100=__x3=__lb=__oz
12 months old: ___lb, fed at 2.5%	___/100=__x2.5=__lb=__oz

Puppy BARF daily raw dog food components	Fed at ___ %: ___oz
58% muscle meat
17% raw meaty bone
7% liver
7% other secreting organ
8% veggies/fruit
2% nuts/seeds

Puppy PMR daily raw dog food components	Fed at ___ %: ___oz
69% muscle meat
17% raw meaty bone
7% liver
7% other secreting organ

Breaking Down Raw Dog Food Meal Prep

Now that I've shared my raw dog food feeding charts, I'd like to break down my approach for raw dog food meal prep.

Because over the years, I've prepared thousands of raw meals for dogs.

That said, here’s how I go about it:

1. Your Dog's Allowance

Write down your dog’s daily allowances of the different raw dog food components:

• Muscle meat
• Raw meaty bone
• Liver
• Other secreting organ
• (optional for BARF diet) Plant matter

2. Meal Prep Frequency

Decide if you want to make a batch of raw dog food for one week, 2 weeks or a full month, then multiply your dog’s daily allowance accordingly.

The more meals you want to prep, the more time AND freezer space you’ll need, so that’s something to be aware of.

3. Focus on RMBs

Plan your dog’s meals around the raw meaty bones you can easily source. For smaller dogs, smaller RMBs like feet, wings and heads from smaller animals work best:

• Chicken heads, wings, necks, and feet
• Duck wings and feet

For medium and large size dogs, larger wings, heads, necks and frames work best:

• Rabbit heads and frames
• Chicken leg quarters
• Duck necks, heads, and frames
• Turkey necks, wings, and thighs
• Pork, goat, and lamb ribs
• Pig feet

4. Bone Ratio of Your RMB

Write down the bone amount of the RMB you decide to meal prep around, then figure out how many your pup needs per week to meet their weekly bone allowance.

5. Meat Ratio of Your RMB

Write down the meat amount of the RMB you decide to meal prep around, then add it to your dog’s weekly muscle meat allowance.

That was the hardest part!

6. Other Raw Dog Food Ingredients

All that’s left to do now is add up your dog’s daily liver, other secreting organs and (optional) plant matter amount.

Now you can prepare for the actual meal prep:

• Go shopping for the ingredients
• Make sure you have enough food storage containers or zip lock bags

Related Reading: Raw dog food meal prep - the ultimate guide for beginners

Bottom Line

I hope you found this blog entry on raw dog food feeding charts helpful and are now a step closer to making your own homemade raw dog food!

If you still feel confused, please reach out to me and I’ll do everything I can to help you.

At the end of the day, that’s my main goal with everything I write about on the blog.

Sharing what I’ve learned on the topic of raw dog food so you can nourish your pup with fresh, minimally processed food.

Another option is to connect with like-minded raw feeders in the free K9sOverCoffee raw feeding Facebook group here.

Either way, I’d love to get your feedback on the blog post along with worksheets as it will help me improve the way I present this raw feeding math to others.

So that said, please get in touch at Barbara [@] k9sovercofffee.com.

This is also an opportunity to pick my raw feeding brain for free, so don’t be shy!

For more resources, visit my full homemade raw dog food library.

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Barbara Rivers

Barbara Rivers is the founder of K9sOverCoffee and a raw feeding educator with over a decade of hands-on experience.

She has fed raw in the US and Europe since 2015, after her Boxer mix Missy’s cancer diagnosis led her to move away from processed kibble and commit to species-appropriate nutrition.

As a former professional dog walker, she developed deep insight into canine behavior, conditioning, and the essential link between proper exercise and long-term health.

Barbara completed online training with veterinarian Dr. Marion Smart and Labrador breeder Dana Scott and works for one of Germany’s leading raw dog food brands, BARFER’S.

In 2026–2027, she is completing a year-long raw nutrition certification for dogs and cats at THP School, founded by raw feeding pioneer Swanie Simon.

Through her blog and weekly newsletter, she provides clear, experience-based guidance to help dog owners feed raw safely and confidently.